Whisper Workshop
Whisper Workshop 2025, AKL, NZ

About the Event
A Deep Dive into the Whisper
Whisper is one of the most advanced speech processing models, enabling state-of-the-art transcription and translation capabilities. This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of speech processing, explore Whisper and Transformer architectures, and provide a hands-on interactive notebook session to help you customize Whisper for your own projects.
📍 Venue: Room 421E-619, 26 Symonds Street, Auckland CBD
đź’˛ Cost: Free (refreshments and lunch provided)
🎟 Tickets: Limited to 30 participants – register early

Learning Objectives
- Understand core concepts in speech processing.
- Explore Whisper’s architecture and why it leads the field.
- Practice using Whisper’s built-in functions and tuning its settings.
- Apply fine-tuning for specialized vocabularies, accents, and audio types.
Workshop details
Prerequisites: Basic Programming knowledge
Suggested materials to satisfy prerequisites: Python Beginner’s Guide.
Technologies: PyTorch, Jupyter Notebook
Hardware Requirements: Please bring your own laptop

