WaxalNet: ASR benchmark and fine-tuned models for 19 African languages (WAXAL).
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Omnilingual LLM-300M fine-tuned on pooled WAXAL languages: one model per language family and one for all 19.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-bantu
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-kwa
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-gur
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-cushitic
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Omnilingual ASR (wav2vec2 CTC head, 300M) fine-tuned per WAXAL language.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-dag
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Whisper Small fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 18 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 168 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 58 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 28
Archival models from the WaxalNet ablations (leave-one-language-out, matched-recipe). Not intended for use.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ewe
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ful
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-lin
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Omnilingual ASR (wav2vec2-Llama decoder, 300M) fine-tuned per WAXAL language.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-dag
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Whisper Tiny fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 9 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 20 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 50 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 14
MMS-300M fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 13 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 83 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 30 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 12
WaxalNet: ASR benchmark and fine-tuned models for 19 African languages (WAXAL).
Archival models from the WaxalNet ablations (leave-one-language-out, matched-recipe). Not intended for use.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ewe
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-ful
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-loo-lin
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Omnilingual LLM-300M fine-tuned on pooled WAXAL languages: one model per language family and one for all 19.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-bantu
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-kwa
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-gur
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-cushitic
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Omnilingual ASR (wav2vec2-Llama decoder, 300M) fine-tuned per WAXAL language.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-llm-300m-waxal-dag
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Omnilingual ASR (wav2vec2 CTC head, 300M) fine-tuned per WAXAL language.
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waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated -
waxal-benchmarking/omniasr-ctc-300m-waxal-dag
Automatic Speech Recognition • Updated
Whisper Tiny fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 9 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 20 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 50 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-tiny-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 37.8M • Updated • 14
Whisper Small fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 18 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 168 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 58 -
waxal-benchmarking/whisper-small-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.2B • Updated • 28
MMS-300M fine-tuned on the WAXAL corpus across 19 African languages. Part of the WAXAL ASR Benchmark (EMNLP 2025).
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waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-ach
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 13 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-aka
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 83 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-amh
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 30 -
waxal-benchmarking/mms-300m-waxal-dga
Automatic Speech Recognition • 0.3B • Updated • 12