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Clinical Audio
June 20269 min read

Voice Quality Metrics: Jitter, Shimmer, HNR, and AVQI Explained

Clinical voice quality metrics demystified: jitter, shimmer, HNR, and AVQI with normal ranges, Praat extraction, and Python code for speech-language pathology pipelines.

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Audio DSP
June 20268 min read

dB SPL vs dBFS: Understanding Audio Levels for Engineers and Clinicians

dB SPL vs dBFS explained: conversion formula, calibration workflow, and why the distinction matters for clinical voice analysis and audio ML pipelines.

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Machine Learning
March 202612 min read

Fine-Tuning Audio ML Models: Plan, Audit, Diagnose

A structured framework for audio ML fine-tuning: how to plan a new pipeline, audit an existing script, and diagnose an underperforming model.

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MLOps
February 202614 min read

MLOps Setup – OVHcloud + DVC + MLflow (Audio Dataset)

A practical guide to a reproducible MLOps pipeline for audio data: OVHcloud Object Storage, DVC for dataset versioning, and MLflow for tracking.

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Industrial Acoustics
January 202611 min read

The Silent Sentinels: When Materials Speak, Quality Control Listens

Four unexpected uses of passive acoustic monitoring in manufacturing: from 3D-printed concrete to cryogenic aerospace composites, materials speak through sound.

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Machine Learning
November 20259 min read

Wav2Vec2 & XLSR Model Guide

A comprehensive guide to Wav2Vec2 model variants, their use cases, and best practices for speech processing tasks.

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