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| ====== Before You Start ====== | ====== Before you start ====== |
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| Whisper runs on Hábrók and reads your recordings from one directory there, writing the transcripts to another. You need: | Whisper runs on Hábrók and reads your recordings from one directory there, writing the transcripts to another. You need: |
| * the language spoken in the recording, if you know it. | * the language spoken in the recording, if you know it. |
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| ===== Get Access ===== | ===== Get access ===== |
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| **Request an account.** Staff members and PhD students request a P-account. Students request an S-account, which needs approval from their course, thesis, or project supervisor. Both request forms are on the [[https://portal.hb.hpc.rug.nl/public/start.html|Hábrók web portal start page]], and [[:habrok:introduction:policies|Accounts, access and policies]] explains who is eligible. You can skip this step if you already use Hábrók. | **Request an account.** Staff members and PhD students request a P-account. Students request an S-account, which needs approval from their course, thesis, or project supervisor. Both request forms are on the [[https://portal.hb.hpc.rug.nl/public/start.html|Hábrók web portal start page]], and [[:habrok:introduction:policies|Accounts, access and policies]] explains who is eligible. You can skip this step if you already use Hábrók. |
| {{ :dcc:itsol:whisper:login.webm?800x450 |}} | {{ :dcc:itsol:whisper:login.webm?800x450 |}} |
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| ===== Check Your Scratch Space ===== | ===== Check your scratch space ===== |
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| The app reads recordings from and writes results to your ''%%scratch%%'' directory. The default quota is 250 GB. ''%%scratch%%'' is not backed up, so keep the results you need somewhere else. See [[:habrok:data_management:storage_areas|Storage areas]] for details. | The app reads recordings from and writes results to your ''%%scratch%%'' directory. The default quota is 250 GB. ''%%scratch%%'' is not backed up, so keep the results you need somewhere else. See [[:habrok:data_management:storage_areas|Storage areas]] for details. |
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| ===== Create Input and Output Directories ===== | ===== Create input and output directories ===== |
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| You only need to do this once. | You only need to do this once. |
| Use these lowercase names. The form then proposes the right directories for you, inside the ''%%scratch%%'' directory you opened in step 1. If your recordings live elsewhere, for example in a group ''%%scratch%%'' directory, check the ''%%Folder for input files%%'' and ''%%Folder for output files%%'' fields when you fill in the form; see [[dcc:itsol:whisper:running#input_and_output_directories|Input and Output Directories]]. | Use these lowercase names. The form then proposes the right directories for you, inside the ''%%scratch%%'' directory you opened in step 1. If your recordings live elsewhere, for example in a group ''%%scratch%%'' directory, check the ''%%Folder for input files%%'' and ''%%Folder for output files%%'' fields when you fill in the form; see [[dcc:itsol:whisper:running#input_and_output_directories|Input and Output Directories]]. |
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| Put only the recordings for the current run in ''%%whisper/input%%''. **The app hands every entry in the input directory to Whisper, so any other file makes the job fail**. The job script is the usual cause: leave ''%%Script Location%%'' pointing at ''%%whisper/%%'', never at ''%%whisper/input%%'', because the script and the job log would then be treated as recordings. | Put only the recordings for the current run in ''%%whisper/input%%''. **The app hands every entry in the input directory to Whisper, so any other file makes the job fail**. The job script is the usual cause for this: leave ''%%Script Location%%'' pointing at ''%%whisper/%%'', never at ''%%whisper/input%%'', because the script and the job log would then be treated as recordings. |
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| {{ :dcc:itsol:whisper:create_dirs.webm?800x450 |}} | {{ :dcc:itsol:whisper:create_dirs.webm?800x450 |}} |
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| ===== Upload Recordings ===== | ===== Upload recordings ===== |
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| - In the file browser, open ''%%whisper%%'' and then ''%%input%%''. | - In the file browser, open ''%%whisper%%'' and then ''%%input%%''. |