Transcribe with Whisper and Process with LLM

From Audio to Insights: Transcribe with Whisper and Process with LLM

Do you record interviews, meetings, or lectures and then spend hours writing out what was said? Whisper is a free, powerful AI tool that automatically converts spoken audio to written text. This workshop will show you how to use it safely and effectively. On top of that, you will learn to process those transcriptions into useful outputs, such as meeting notes and summaries, using chatbots like Mistral.

Who should attend?

This workshop is for everyone who works with audio recordings and wants to save time on transcription and processing. No technical background is required, but basic familiarity with chatbots is helpful.

Content

This workshop covers the process from recording your audio to turning it into useful documents. The workshop will cover the following topics:

• How to safely record audio

• How to transcribe audio using Whisper on the Habrok computing system

• How to enable and work with speaker identification (“who said what in a recording”)

• Processing transcriptions using chatbots (with agents). For example: generating meeting minutes.

Setup:

The first hour of the workshop will be a presentation with a demo and a discussion session. The remaining three hours will be dedicated to hands-on learning, during which you will experiment with Whisper and Mistral Le Chat. During this session, you will explore the various features of these AI tools and learn how to apply them to tasks relevant to your work.

(Additionally, you are welcome to attend with a question that you may already need help with, and we can provide assistance during the hands-on session!)

Preparation

• Have a Habrok account. You can request a Habrok account here.

• Have a Mistral account (Free or Enterprise).

• It is recommended that you bring an audio recording and an example of your desired output (e.g., previous meeting notes).

• It is recommended that you bring your own laptop. If you do not have a laptop, please contact us so we can arrange one for you.

Result

By the end of this workshop, you will have a clear understanding of what Whisper with chatbots can and cannot do, and you will be ready to use it in your research, teaching, or other professional work. This workshop is designed to engage participants actively, with opportunities for collaborative exploration and plenty of time to ask questions and get feedback.

Please note: this workshop does not provide advice on university policies regarding AI use, since a comprehensive university-wide policy does not yet exist. It is up to you to decide how to use Whisper and chatbots based on our privacy and security disclaimers given during the workshop and your faculty guidelines.

Enrollment and course fee

Attendance is free for UG staff and PhD-students, but registration is required.

More information

• If you would like to be notified of future courses or other AI-related events, please fill out this form.

• If you would like to organize a personalized From Audio to Insights: Transcribe with Whisper and Process with LLM workshop, have more questions about the workshop or would like to know more about AI tool support, you can mail the AI Office at ai-office rug.nl.

_{This is a Research Support Hub workshop. The Research Support Hub is a CIT initiative to support all researchers and PhD-candidates throughout the University of Groningen on data management, geo-services, statistics, machine Learning, AI-tools and high performance computing.}