image-match/python/py/Lib/site-packages/torchmetrics/functional/text/wer.py

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from typing import Union

import torch
from torch import Tensor, tensor

from torchmetrics.functional.text.helper import _edit_distance


def _wer_update(
    preds: Union[str, list[str]],
    target: Union[str, list[str]],
) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
    """Update the wer score with the current set of references and predictions.

    Args:
        preds: Transcription(s) to score as a string or list of strings
        target: Reference(s) for each speech input as a string or list of strings

    Returns:
        Number of edit operations to get from the reference to the prediction, summed over all samples
        Number of words overall references

    """
    if isinstance(preds, str):
        preds = [preds]
    if isinstance(target, str):
        target = [target]
    errors = tensor(0, dtype=torch.float)
    total = tensor(0, dtype=torch.float)
    for pred, tgt in zip(preds, target):
        pred_tokens = pred.split()
        tgt_tokens = tgt.split()
        errors += _edit_distance(pred_tokens, tgt_tokens)
        total += len(tgt_tokens)
    return errors, total


def _wer_compute(errors: Tensor, total: Tensor) -> Tensor:
    """Compute the word error rate.

    Args:
        errors: Number of edit operations to get from the reference to the prediction, summed over all samples
        total: Number of words overall references

    Returns:
        Word error rate score

    """
    return errors / total


def word_error_rate(preds: Union[str, list[str]], target: Union[str, list[str]]) -> Tensor:
    """Word error rate (WordErrorRate_) is a common metric of performance of an automatic speech recognition system.

    This value indicates the percentage of words that were incorrectly predicted. The lower the value, the better the
    performance of the ASR system with a WER of 0 being a perfect score.

    Args:
        preds: Transcription(s) to score as a string or list of strings
        target: Reference(s) for each speech input as a string or list of strings

    Returns:
        Word error rate score

    Examples:
        >>> preds = ["this is the prediction", "there is an other sample"]
        >>> target = ["this is the reference", "there is another one"]
        >>> word_error_rate(preds=preds, target=target)
        tensor(0.5000)

    """
    errors, total = _wer_update(preds, target)
    return _wer_compute(errors, total)