Audio

What is an audio embedding?

An audio embedding is a vector for a clip or a transcript window, used to find similar speech or sound rather than only exact words.

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How it works

  • Embed the transcript window, or a model that reads the waveform.
  • Index that vector.
  • Query with a phrase or another clip.

What it is not

It is not a spectrogram you browse by eye.

audio embedding: this, and the thing it is confused with

audio embedding: this, and the thing it is confused with
ThisNot this
RepresentsSound or the words in a windowA picture of the spectrum
SearchSimilar speechExact substring only
Still keepThe audio and the textOnly the vector

Where Pixeltable fits

Pixeltable usually embeds the transcript text with an embedding index. A waveform model is the same pattern on the audio column.

Questions

How does audio embedding work?
Embed the transcript window, or a model that reads the waveform. Index that vector. Query with a phrase or another clip.
What is audio embedding often confused with?
It is not a spectrogram you browse by eye.