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Chiran Rajamanthree
Chiran Rajamanthree

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Building an Intelligent Audio-to-Insight Pipeline Using Python and Flask

This is a submission for the AssemblyAI Challenge : Sophisticated Speech-to-Text.

What I Built

In today's fast-moving life, tools that can enable one to manage and extract insights from long content, such as long meetings or podcasts, are an immediate need. So I built a summarization tool with the AssemblyAI API, which is a valuable solution. It does not only excel in the summarization of extended content but also offers other advanced features, which make it a crucial app for the modern user.

Key features of it,

  • Content Summarization: Quickly generate concise summaries of lengthy content.

  • Chapterized Full Content Generation: Automatically divide and structure the entire content into well-organized chapters for easy navigation and understanding.

  • Real-Time Processing and Results: View the results in real-time as the content is processed, ensuring immediate access to insights.

  • Downloadable PDF Output: Save the processed content or summary as a professionally formatted PDF for future reference or sharing.

  • Real-Time Information Retrieval: Instantly access specific details or insights related to the content for enhanced decision-making and comprehension

Demo

You can see the demo video on YouTube
The application is available at this github

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Journey

I integrated AssemblyAI's Universal-2 STT model to enhance our application. Here's a streamlined workflow:

  1. Audio Upload: Users upload files or provide URLs, securely hosted via AssemblyAI's upload endpoint.
  2. Transcription: Audio is processed using the Universal-2 model, ensuring accurate transcriptions across diverse accents, noise levels, and speaking speeds.
  3. Polling: The app checks for completion using a transcript ID, leveraging Universal-2's real-time capabilities for minimal latency.
  4. Post-Processing:
  5. Summarization: Key insights are extracted via AssemblyAI's Lemur endpoint.
  6. Q&A: Transcript IDs enable content-based question-and-answer functionality.
  7. Results Display: Transcriptions, summaries, and Q&A responses are presented in an intuitive interface.

Why Universal-2?

  • Accuracy: Excels in challenging audio scenarios.
  • Scalability: Supports high request volumes.
  • Customization: Enables multi-language and domain-specific enhancements.

This integration transformed the app into a robust, intelligent audio-to-text solution, offering seamless access to insights from audio content.

Future Enhancements

  • Optimizing for languages other than English
  • Enhance the error handling
  • Enhance the final content summary by implementing more enable summarization tools

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