Timestamps in output

[RockStone]

On the project page, the demos show timestamps at the sentence level. What is the API configuration needed to include these timestamps in the output?

[YaoyaoChang]

Currently, no. The timestamps shown on the project page are not generated directly by the API. Instead, they are derived from the audio through a two-step process:

1. Run ASR on the generated audio to obtain transcriptions with timestamps.
2. Align the transcriptions with the ground-truth text using a dynamic programming algorithm to assign timestamps at the sentence level. This is a great suggestion, and we’ll discuss it further as part of our future plans.

[RockStone]

@YaoyaoChang Thanks for the clarification. May I ask what ASR model did you use? Any preference?

[YaoyaoChang]

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