Some really cool ideas in your post, thanks for sharing.
I hadn’t considered if the whisper settings changed depending on the difficulty level of the imported lesson.
LingQ doesn’t say which model or alignment technique they are using for the transcription. I’ve tried basically every provider on the market and it seems like some models work better than others for different content.
Specifying the language as auto detect (instead of manual set) can cause wildly different results with providers that allow it. Very few providers handle multiple languages in a single audio well, Gladia was very promising but has a substantial price tag compared to a local or standard payg provider.
It is true, actually.
All imported were reformatted with AI to correct the grammar and move words between sentences. The feature seems to be turned off since 4th February. It forced me to completely override changes done after lesson creation because of the poor timestamp redistribution.
Second this,
Have noticed this several times too when polling the API, the lesson comes back as failed import and then moments later polls as a ready lesson. I figured it was a random failsafe to break bots.
Feature was disabled last year for various reasons. This is their recommendation.