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dcc:itsol:whisper:setup [2026/09/24 08:20] – New Whisper Guide camarocicodcc:itsol:whisper:setup [2026/09/25 10:19] (current) – alba
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-====== Before You Start ======+====== Before you start ======
  
 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:
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   * the language spoken in the recording, if you know it.   * the language spoken in the recording, if you know it.
  
-===== Get Access =====+===== Get access =====
  
 **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.
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-===== Check Your Scratch Space =====+===== Check your scratch space =====
  
 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.
  
-===== Create Input and Output Directories =====+===== Create input and output directories =====
  
 You only need to do this once. You only need to do this once.
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 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]].
  
-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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-===== Upload Recordings =====+===== Upload recordings =====
  
   - In the file browser, open ''%%whisper%%'' and then ''%%input%%''.   - In the file browser, open ''%%whisper%%'' and then ''%%input%%''.