""" _common.py — shared plumbing for the transcription scripts. Every transcribe_*.py does the same three things: 1. read the list of clips (clip_id + wav path) for a language, 2. run each clip through one engine, 3. write results/.csv in the shared schema: clip_id,engine,transcript This module holds steps 1 and 3 so each engine script only has to implement "given a wav path, return a transcript string". That keeps the engines honest: they all read the exact same audio and write the exact same shape, which is the whole point of a fair benchmark. """ import csv import os REPO_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) AUDIO_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "audio") RESULTS_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "results") GROUND_TRUTH_CSV = os.path.join(AUDIO_DIR, "ground_truth.csv") def load_clips(language): """ Return [(clip_id, wav_path), ...] for one language, read from ground_truth.csv. Verifies each wav actually exists on disk so a missing file fails loudly here instead of deep inside an engine call. """ if not os.path.exists(GROUND_TRUTH_CSV): raise SystemExit( f"[STOP] {GROUND_TRUTH_CSV} not found. Run prepare_data.py first " f"(Step 3) to generate the clips and ground truth." ) clips = [] with open(GROUND_TRUTH_CSV, newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f: reader = csv.DictReader(f) for row in reader: if row.get("language") != language: continue clip_id = row["clip_id"] wav_path = os.path.join(AUDIO_DIR, language, f"{clip_id}.wav") if not os.path.exists(wav_path): raise SystemExit( f"[STOP] Ground truth lists '{clip_id}' but {wav_path} is " f"missing. Re-run prepare_data.py for '{language}'." ) clips.append((clip_id, wav_path)) if not clips: raise SystemExit( f"[STOP] No clips found for language '{language}' in " f"{GROUND_TRUTH_CSV}. Did prepare_data.py run for this language?" ) return clips def write_results(engine, rows): """ Write results/.csv with the shared schema. `rows` is a list of (clip_id, transcript) — the engine name is filled in here so it's spelled identically for the scorer to join on. """ os.makedirs(RESULTS_DIR, exist_ok=True) out_path = os.path.join(RESULTS_DIR, f"{engine}.csv") with open(out_path, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f: writer = csv.writer(f) writer.writerow(["clip_id", "engine", "transcript"]) for clip_id, transcript in rows: writer.writerow([clip_id, engine, transcript]) print(f"\n[done] Wrote {len(rows)} rows to {out_path}") return out_path def require_env(name, how_to_fix): """Fetch an API key from the environment or stop with a clear message.""" value = os.environ.get(name) if not value: raise SystemExit( f"[STOP] Environment variable {name} is not set.\n{how_to_fix}" ) return value