Intron AfriSpeech-200 Automatic Speech Recognition Challenge
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WER score computation
Help · 9 May 2023, 14:31 · 6
Can you explain whatthe WER score means? Does a score of 0.97 mean 97/100 or is it really 0.97/100? I would really appreciate your help with this.
It means that out of 100 words, you get 97 wrong.
My first valid submission was only a space (" ") for each ID, and I got a score of 1.0
I see some people with scores higher than 1, even 3 point something, what about that?
Yes, if you have target as
"Hi!"
And you predict
"Hello there!"
That's a score of 2.0
Out of 1 word, you got 2 wrong... :D
I get it now. WER can actually exceed 100 percent. Thanks so much!
Yes. I'm glad I could help, you're welcome. :) Best of luck!