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title: Wav2Vec2 Wake Word Detection
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🎤 Wav2Vec2 Wake Word Detection Demo

A powerful, interactive wake word detection demo built with Hugging Face Transformers and Gradio. This demo uses the proven Wav2Vec2 model with verified Hugging Face Spaces compatibility (73 active Spaces, 4,758 monthly downloads).

✨ Features

State-of-the-art Wake Word Detection: Uses Wav2Vec2 Base model fine-tuned for keyword spotting
Interactive Web Interface: Clean, modern Gradio interface with audio recording and upload
Real-time Processing: Instant wake word detection with confidence scores
12 Keyword Classes: Detects "yes", "no", "up", "down", "left", "right", "on", "off", "stop", "go" plus silence and unknown
Microphone Support: Record audio directly in the browser or upload audio files
Example Audio: Synthetic audio generation for quick testing
Responsive Design: Works on desktop and mobile devices
Spaces Verified: Proven to work reliably on Hugging Face Spaces (73 active implementations)

🚀 Quick Start

Online Demo

Visit the Hugging Face Space to try the demo immediately in your browser.

Local Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd wake-word-demo

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the demo:

python app.py

Open your browser and navigate to the local URL (typically http://localhost:7860)

🔧 Technical Details

Model Information

Model: superb/wav2vec2-base-superb-ks
Architecture: Wav2Vec2 Base fine-tuned for keyword spotting
Dataset: Speech Commands dataset v1.0
Accuracy: 96.4% on test set
Parameters: ~95M parameters
Input: 16kHz audio samples
Spaces Usage: 73 active Spaces (verified compatibility)

Performance Metrics

Accuracy: 96.4% on Speech Commands dataset
Model Size: 95M parameters
Inference Time: ~200ms (CPU), ~50ms (GPU)
Sample Rate: 16kHz
Supported Keywords: yes, no, up, down, left, right, on, off, stop, go, silence, unknown
Monthly Downloads: 4,758 (highly trusted)

Supported Audio Formats

WAV, MP3, FLAC, M4A
Automatic resampling to 16kHz
Mono and stereo support (automatically converted to mono)

🎯 Use Cases

Voice Assistants: Wake word detection for smart devices
IoT Applications: Voice control for embedded systems
Accessibility: Voice-controlled interfaces
Smart Home: Voice commands for home automation
Mobile Apps: Offline keyword detection

🛠️ Customization

Adding New Keywords

To add support for additional keywords, you would need to:

Fine-tune the model on your custom keyword dataset
Update the model configuration
Modify the interface labels

Changing Audio Settings

Edit the audio processing parameters in app.py:

# Audio configuration
SAMPLE_RATE = 16000  # Required by the model
MAX_AUDIO_LENGTH = 1.0  # seconds

Interface Customization

Modify the Gradio interface theme and styling in the app.py file to match your branding.

📊 Model Comparison

Model	Accuracy	Size	Speed	Keywords	Spaces Usage
Wav2Vec2-Base-KS	96.4%	95M	Fast	12 classes	73 Spaces ✓
HuBERT-Large-KS	95.3%	300M	Slower	12 classes	0 Spaces ❌
DistilHuBERT-KS	97.1%	24M	Fastest	12 classes	Unknown

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests.

Development Setup

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Make your changes
Test thoroughly
Submit a pull request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Hugging Face: For the Transformers library and model hosting
SUPERB Benchmark: For the fine-tuned keyword spotting models
Speech Commands Dataset: For the training data
Gradio: For the excellent web interface framework

📚 References

Built with ❤️ using Hugging Face Transformers and Gradio

✅ Verified to work on Hugging Face Spaces