Add clip_timestamps and hallucination_silence_threshold options

faster_whisper/transcribe.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from faster_whisper.audio import decode_audio
 from faster_whisper.feature_extractor import FeatureExtractor
 from faster_whisper.tokenizer import _LANGUAGE_CODES, Tokenizer
-from faster_whisper.utils import download_model, format_timestamp, get_logger
+from faster_whisper.utils import download_model, format_timestamp, get_end, get_logger
 from faster_whisper.vad import (
     SpeechTimestampsMap,
     VadOptions,
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class TranscriptionOptions(NamedTuple):
     word_timestamps: bool
     prepend_punctuations: str
     append_punctuations: str
+    clip_timestamps: Union[str, List[float]]
+    hallucination_silence_threshold: Optional[float]
 
 
 class TranscriptionInfo(NamedTuple):
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ def transcribe(
         append_punctuations: str = "\"'.。,，!！?？:：”)]}、",
         vad_filter: bool = False,
         vad_parameters: Optional[Union[dict, VadOptions]] = None,
+        clip_timestamps: Union[str, List[float]] = "0",
+        hallucination_silence_threshold: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[Iterable[Segment], TranscriptionInfo]:
         """Transcribes an input file.
 
@@ -264,6 +268,12 @@ def transcribe(
             https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad.
           vad_parameters: Dictionary of Silero VAD parameters or VadOptions class (see available
             parameters and default values in the class `VadOptions`).
+          clip_timestamps: Union[str, List[float]]
+            Comma-separated list start,end,start,end,... timestamps (in seconds) of clips to process.
+            The last end timestamp defaults to the end of the file.
+          hallucination_silence_threshold: Optional[float]
+            When word_timestamps is True, skip silent periods longer than this threshold (in seconds)
+            when a possible hallucination is detected
 
         Returns:
           A tuple with:
@@ -379,6 +389,8 @@ def transcribe(
             word_timestamps=word_timestamps,
             prepend_punctuations=prepend_punctuations,
             append_punctuations=append_punctuations,
+            clip_timestamps=clip_timestamps,
+            hallucination_silence_threshold=hallucination_silence_threshold,
         )
 
         segments = self.generate_segments(features, tokenizer, options, encoder_output)
@@ -406,8 +418,33 @@ def generate_segments(
         encoder_output: Optional[ctranslate2.StorageView] = None,
     ) -> Iterable[Segment]:
         content_frames = features.shape[-1] - self.feature_extractor.nb_max_frames
+        content_duration = float(content_frames * self.feature_extractor.time_per_frame)
+
+        if isinstance(options.clip_timestamps, str):
+            TranscriptionOptions.clip_timestamps = [
+                float(ts)
+                for ts in (
+                    options.clip_timestamps.split(",")
+                    if options.clip_timestamps
+                    else []
+                )
+            ]
+        seek_points: List[int] = [
+            round(ts * self.frames_per_second) for ts in options.clip_timestamps
+        ]
+        if len(seek_points) == 0:
+            seek_points.append(0)
+        if len(seek_points) % 2 == 1:
+            seek_points.append(content_frames)
+        seek_clips: List[Tuple[int, int]] = list(
+            zip(seek_points[::2], seek_points[1::2])
+        )
+
+        punctuation = "\"'“¿([{-\"'.。,，!！?？:：”)]}、"
+
         idx = 0
-        seek = 0
+        clip_idx = 0
+        seek = seek_clips[clip_idx][0]
         all_tokens = []
         prompt_reset_since = 0
 
@@ -420,12 +457,30 @@ def generate_segments(
                 all_tokens.extend(options.initial_prompt)
 
         last_speech_timestamp = 0.0
-        while seek < content_frames:
+        # NOTE: This loop is obscurely flattened to make the diff readable.
+        # A later commit should turn this into a simpler nested loop.
+        # for seek_clip_start, seek_clip_end in seek_clips:
+        #     while seek < seek_clip_end
+        while clip_idx < len(seek_clips):
+            seek_clip_start, seek_clip_end = seek_clips[clip_idx]
+            if seek < seek_clip_start:
+                seek = seek_clip_start
+            if seek >= seek_clip_end:
+                clip_idx += 1
+                if clip_idx < len(seek_clips):
+                    seek = seek_clips[clip_idx][0]
+                continue
             time_offset = seek * self.feature_extractor.time_per_frame
-            segment = features[:, seek : seek + self.feature_extractor.nb_max_frames]
+            window_end_time = float(
+                (seek + self.feature_extractor.nb_max_frames)
+                * self.feature_extractor.time_per_frame
+            )
             segment_size = min(
-                self.feature_extractor.nb_max_frames, content_frames - seek
+                self.feature_extractor.nb_max_frames,
+                content_frames - seek,
+                seek_clip_end - seek,
             )
+            segment = features[:, seek : seek + segment_size]
             segment_duration = segment_size * self.feature_extractor.time_per_frame
 
             if self.logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
@@ -478,10 +533,33 @@ def generate_segments(
             previous_seek = seek
             current_segments = []
 
+            # anomalous words are very long/short/improbable
+            def word_anomaly_score(word: dict) -> float:
+                probability = word.get("probability", 0.0)
+                duration = word["end"] - word["start"]
+                score = 0.0
+                if probability < 0.15:
+                    score += 1.0
+                if duration < 0.133:
+                    score += (0.133 - duration) * 15
+                if duration > 2.0:
+                    score += duration - 2.0
+                return score
+
+            def is_segment_anomaly(segment: Optional[dict]) -> bool:
+                if segment is None or not segment["words"]:
+                    return False
+                words = [w for w in segment["words"] if w["word"] not in punctuation]
+                words = words[:8]
+                score = sum(word_anomaly_score(w) for w in words)
+                return score >= 3 or score + 0.01 >= len(words)
+
+            def next_words_segment(segments: List[dict]) -> Optional[dict]:
+                return next((s for s in segments if s["words"]), None)
+
             single_timestamp_ending = (
                 len(tokens) >= 2
-                and tokens[-2] < tokenizer.timestamp_begin
-                and tokens[-1] >= tokenizer.timestamp_begin
+                and tokens[-2] < tokenizer.timestamp_begin <= tokens[-1]
             )
 
             consecutive_timestamps = [
@@ -564,18 +642,70 @@ def generate_segments(
                     last_speech_timestamp=last_speech_timestamp,
                 )
 
-                word_end_timestamps = [
-                    w["end"] for s in current_segments for w in s["words"]
-                ]
-                if len(word_end_timestamps) > 0:
-                    last_speech_timestamp = word_end_timestamps[-1]
-                if not single_timestamp_ending and len(word_end_timestamps) > 0:
-                    seek_shift = round(
-                        (word_end_timestamps[-1] - time_offset) * self.frames_per_second
-                    )
-
-                    if seek_shift > 0:
-                        seek = previous_seek + seek_shift
+                if not single_timestamp_ending:
+                    last_word_end = get_end(current_segments)
+                    if last_word_end is not None and last_word_end > time_offset:
+                        seek = round(last_word_end * self.frames_per_second)
+
+                # skip silence before possible hallucinations
+                if options.hallucination_silence_threshold is not None:
+                    threshold = options.hallucination_silence_threshold
+                    if not single_timestamp_ending:
+                        last_word_end = get_end(current_segments)
+                        if last_word_end is not None and last_word_end > time_offset:
+                            remaining_duration = window_end_time - last_word_end
+                            if remaining_duration > threshold:
+                                seek = round(last_word_end * self.frames_per_second)
+                            else:
+                                seek = previous_seek + segment_size
+
+                    # if first segment might be a hallucination, skip leading silence
+                    first_segment = next_words_segment(current_segments)
+                    if first_segment is not None and is_segment_anomaly(first_segment):
+                        gap = first_segment["start"] - time_offset
+                        if gap > threshold:
+                            seek = previous_seek + round(gap * self.frames_per_second)
+                            continue
+
+                    # skip silence before any possible hallucination that is surrounded
+                    # by silence or more hallucinations
+                    hal_last_end = last_speech_timestamp
+                    for si in range(len(current_segments)):
+                        segment = current_segments[si]
+                        if not segment["words"]:
+                            continue
+                        if is_segment_anomaly(segment):
+                            next_segment = next_words_segment(
+                                current_segments[si + 1 :]
+                            )
+                            if next_segment is not None:
+                                hal_next_start = next_segment["words"][0]["start"]
+                            else:
+                                hal_next_start = time_offset + segment_duration
+                            silence_before = (
+                                segment["start"] - hal_last_end > threshold
+                                or segment["start"] < threshold
+                                or segment["start"] - time_offset < 2.0
+                            )
+                            silence_after = (
+                                hal_next_start - segment["end"] > threshold
+                                or is_segment_anomaly(next_segment)
+                                or window_end_time - segment["end"] < 2.0
+                            )
+                            if silence_before and silence_after:
+                                seek = round(
+                                    max(time_offset + 1, segment["start"])
+                                    * self.frames_per_second
+                                )
+                                if content_duration - segment["end"] < threshold:
+                                    seek = content_frames
+                                current_segments[si:] = []
+                                break
+                        hal_last_end = segment["end"]
+
+                last_word_end = get_end(current_segments)
+                if last_word_end is not None:
+                    last_speech_timestamp = last_word_end
 
             for segment in current_segments:
                 tokens = segment["tokens"]
@@ -794,6 +924,7 @@ def add_word_timestamps(
         word_durations = np.array([word["end"] - word["start"] for word in alignment])
         word_durations = word_durations[word_durations.nonzero()]
         median_duration = np.median(word_durations) if len(word_durations) > 0 else 0.0
+        median_duration = min(0.7, float(median_duration))
         max_duration = median_duration * 2
 
         # hack: truncate long words at sentence boundaries.

faster_whisper/utils.py

@@ -143,3 +143,10 @@ class disabled_tqdm(tqdm):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs["disable"] = True
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def get_end(segments: List[dict]) -> Optional[float]:
+    return next(
+        (w["end"] for s in reversed(segments) for w in reversed(s["words"])),
+        segments[-1]["end"] if segments else None,
+    )