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ASR training using ESPnet2 library calls

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
jupyter-notebook, python

Research direction

Start with the linked timit_train_espnet2.md experiment and reproduce the epoch 1 training error. Compare its Python data preparation for sound or npy inputs with the ESPnet2 training entry points. Done means a working example notebook that prepares the data separately and trains an ASR model without recipes.

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Description

Hi - I am looking for an example notebook where I want to train an ASR on a dataset such as TIMIT using ESPnet2 library calls. The data preparation is required to be done separately in Python (not using recipes) for 'sound' or 'npy' (not Kaldi style) as would be required. Any pointer on the training part would be helpful./Tirthankar.

Here is my experiment but this is giving error on epoch 1 training.
timit_train_espnet2.md

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