LeMUR: LLMs for Audio and Speech
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LeMUR: LLMs for Audio and Speech
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Re: LeMUR: LLMs for Audio and Speech
#2Hey HN, Matt from AssemblyAI here. If you want to test out LeMUR one of the fastest ways is with our Google Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1xX-YeAgW5aFQfoquJPX...
I'm happy to answer questions about the API as well
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#3Can I not do the same thing with Whisper to transcribe and then pipe the data into my LLM of choice?
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#4Can I not do the same thing with Whisper to transcribe and then pipe the data into my LLM of choice?
I'd recommend just trying the Colab in my comment above to test out how quick you can do what you want with LeMUR versus building your own. Piping in 100 hours of audio into an LLM can be a lot of work compared to an API call, but it'll depend on what you are building
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#5I know this is kind of offtopic, but y'all _genuinely_ need to up your UX game. Lots of popups, strange blurred text in the background that makes me think the interface itself is a popup, a youtube URL entered into the text box that.. doesn't do anything (it looks like it should), strangely contrasting and miniature text.
Really not trying to be a jerk -- I think this is a neat project.
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#6Can I not do the same thing with Whisper to transcribe and then pipe the data into my LLM of choice?
Their ASR model is Conformer trained on 1.1M hours, so the result should be better than Whisper.
From their pricing page, with ~ length of a meeting, input size 15000 tokens (60 minutes audio file), output size 2000 tokens (1500 words), LeMUR default, the price estimate is $0.353, which is I think a fairly good price.
This tool can save a lot of time for a secretary, even replace them. But I think sending your meeting data is still quite risky.
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#7Not downplaying this, but how is it any different than using any number of free audio transcription libraries (sphinx, google, etc.) and any LLM?
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#8I know this is discouraged to complain about name clashes, but Lemur was also a serious brand in the music production space for over 20 years. First they developed hardware, then transitioned to apps, but now they are no more. For me, when you say "audio" and "lemur" it's the first thing I think of.
Re: LeMUR: LLMs for Audio and Speech
#9Hey HN, Matt from AssemblyAI here. If you want to test out LeMUR one of the fastest ways is with our Google Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1xX-YeAgW5aFQfoquJPX... I'm happy to answer questions about the API as well
Love using Google Collab as your onboarding doc.
Re: LeMUR: LLMs for Audio and Speech
#10Not downplaying this, but how is it any different than using any number of free audio transcription libraries (sphinx, google, etc.) and any LLM?
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