QUICKSTART.md

🚀 Quick Start - Ensemble TTS Annotation

⚡ 5-Minute Setup

1. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. (Optional) Fine-tune emotion2vec on PT-BR data

For best results, fine-tune emotion2vec on VERBO + emoUERJ datasets:

# Download datasets (see instructions)
python scripts/data/download_ptbr_datasets.py

# Fine-tune (requires datasets downloaded)
python scripts/training/finetune_emotion2vec.py \
    --epochs 20 \
    --batch-size 8 \
    --device cuda \
    --augment

Note: You can skip this step and use the base model. The system will automatically use the fine-tuned model if available.

3. Test Ensemble (Quick Mode - 2 models)

python scripts/ensemble/annotate_ensemble.py \
    --input marcosremar2/orpheus-tts-portuguese-dataset \
    --mode quick \
    --max-samples 10 \
    --output test_results.parquet

Expected time: ~2-3 minutes (with GPU) or ~5-10 minutes (CPU)

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📊 Modes Explained

Quick Mode (2 models)

--mode quick

• Models: emotion2vec + SenseVoice
• Precision: ~92%
• Speed: 2x slower than single model
• Use case: Testing, rapid prototyping

Balanced Mode (3 models) ⭐ RECOMMENDED - OPTION A

--mode balanced

• Models: emotion2vec (fine-tuned) + Whisper + SenseVoice
• Precision: ~95-97%
• Speed: 3x slower
• Cost-benefit: OPTIMAL (academic research validated)
• Use case: Production, best balance of accuracy and cost

Full Mode (5 models)

--mode full

• Models: emotion2vec + SenseVoice + Whisper + HuBERT + Wav2Vec2
• Precision: ~97-98% (+1-3% over balanced)
• Speed: 5x slower
• Cost-benefit: Marginal gains, high cost
• Use case: Research, when maximum accuracy is critical

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🎯 Common Commands

Annotate Small Sample (Testing)

python scripts/ensemble/annotate_ensemble.py \
    --input marcosremar2/orpheus-tts-portuguese-dataset \
    --mode balanced \
    --max-samples 100 \
    --device cuda

Annotate Full Dataset

python scripts/ensemble/annotate_ensemble.py \
    --input marcosremar2/orpheus-tts-portuguese-dataset \
    --mode balanced \
    --device cuda \
    --output data/annotated/full_ensemble.parquet

Use Different Voting Strategy

python scripts/ensemble/annotate_ensemble.py \
    --input your-dataset \
    --mode balanced \
    --voting confidence  # majority, weighted, or confidence

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🔧 Troubleshooting

CUDA Out of Memory

# Use CPU instead
--device cpu

# Or reduce batch processing
--max-samples 50

Missing Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade

Models Not Loading

# Check HuggingFace cache
ls ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/

# Clear cache if needed
rm -rf ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/

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📈 Expected Results

After annotation, you'll get:

{
  "emotion_label": "happy",
  "emotion_confidence": 0.94,  # High confidence!
  "emotion_agreement": 0.8,    # 80% models agree
  "emotion_votes": "{'happy': 2, 'neutral': 1}"
}

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⏱️ Processing Time Estimates

Dataset: 118,000 samples

Mode	GPU (RTX 3090)	CPU (16 cores)
Quick	~2-3 hours	~8-10 hours
Balanced	~4-6 hours	~12-16 hours
Full	~8-12 hours	~24-30 hours

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🎓 Next Steps

1. ✅ Test with small sample
2. ✅ Review results
3. ✅ Run on full dataset
4. 📊 Evaluate quality
5. 🚀 Use for TTS fine-tuning

See README.md for full documentation.