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BaldWhisper: Faster Whisper with Head Shearing and Layer Merging

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Main Authors:	Sy, Yaya, Cerisara, Christophe, Illina, Irina
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Audio and Speech Processing Artificial Intelligence Computation and Language Sound
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