Editors’ Summary: In this post, Douglas A. Boyd introduces an open-source tool for comparing the accuracy of machine-generated transcriptions to determine which is best suited for your project. His tool, the Transcript Accuracy Auditor, compares a machine‑generated transcript to a human‑corrected reference of the same interview and provides a score for WIP (Word Information Preserved) and WER (Word Error Rate). His tool makes the evidence of accuracy visible and easily interpretable, by both archivists and engineers. The post provides instructions for using the tool and points to its known limitations.
Editors’ Choice: A New Tool to Measure Machine-Generated Transcript Accuracy: The Transcript Accuracy Auditor
