fastabx: A library for efficient computation of ABX discriminability

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Autores principales: Poli, Maxime, Chemla, Emmanuel, Dupoux, Emmanuel
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author Poli, Maxime
Chemla, Emmanuel
Dupoux, Emmanuel
author_facet Poli, Maxime
Chemla, Emmanuel
Dupoux, Emmanuel
contents We introduce fastabx, a high-performance Python library for building ABX discrimination tasks. ABX is a measure of the separation between generic categories of interest. It has been used extensively to evaluate phonetic discriminability in self-supervised speech representations. However, its broader adoption has been limited by the absence of adequate tools. fastabx addresses this gap by providing a framework capable of constructing any type of ABX task while delivering the efficiency necessary for rapid development cycles, both in task creation and in calculating distances between representations. We believe that fastabx will serve as a valuable resource for the broader representation learning community, enabling researchers to systematically investigate what information can be directly extracted from learned representations across several domains beyond speech processing. The source code is available at https://github.com/bootphon/fastabx.
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spellingShingle fastabx: A library for efficient computation of ABX discriminability
Poli, Maxime
Chemla, Emmanuel
Dupoux, Emmanuel
Computation and Language
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
We introduce fastabx, a high-performance Python library for building ABX discrimination tasks. ABX is a measure of the separation between generic categories of interest. It has been used extensively to evaluate phonetic discriminability in self-supervised speech representations. However, its broader adoption has been limited by the absence of adequate tools. fastabx addresses this gap by providing a framework capable of constructing any type of ABX task while delivering the efficiency necessary for rapid development cycles, both in task creation and in calculating distances between representations. We believe that fastabx will serve as a valuable resource for the broader representation learning community, enabling researchers to systematically investigate what information can be directly extracted from learned representations across several domains beyond speech processing. The source code is available at https://github.com/bootphon/fastabx.
title fastabx: A library for efficient computation of ABX discriminability
topic Computation and Language
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02692