Gavin BROOKS    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2024/08/29
Presentation Theme	Using automatic speech recognition tools to transcribe learner corpora: Examining the WER of automated compared to professional transcriptions
Conference	The 63rd JACET International Convention
Promoters	JACET
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Country	Japan
Venue	Aichi University
Holding period	2024/08/29～2024/08/30
Publisher and common publisher	Gavin Brooks
Details	This presentation used OpenAI's Whisper to automatically transcribe 100 L2 speaker presentations and 100 discussions, comparing them with professional transcriptions. While Whisper showed high accuracy for presentations, accuracy decreased for multi-speaker discussions, with higher proficiency speakers showing higher accuracy. Practical advice for utilizing ASR tools was also provided.