In this paper, we are comparing monolingual Wav2V ec 2.0 models with various multilingual models to see whether we could improve speech recognition performance on a unique oral history archive containing a lot of mixed-language sentences. Our main goal is to push forward research on this unique dataset, which is an extremely valuable part of our cultural heritage. Our results suggest that monolingual speech recognition models are, in most cases, superior to multilingual models, even when processing the oral history archive full of mixed-language sentences from non-native speakers. We also performed the same experiments on the public CommonV oice dataset to verify our results. We are contributing to the research community by releasing our pre-trained models to the public.

The maximization of diversity of neuronal response properties has been recently suggested as an organizing principle for the formation of such prominent features of the functional architecture of the brain as the corti(cid:173) cal columns and the associated patchy projection patterns (Malach, 1994). We show that (1) maximal diversity is attained when the ratio of dendritic and axonal arbor sizes is equal to one, as found in many cortical areas and across species (Lund et al., 1993; Malach, 1994), and (2) that maxi(cid:173) mization of diversity leads to better performance in systems of receptive fields implementing steerable/shiftable filters, and in matching spatially distributed signals, a problem that arises in many high-level visual tasks. A fundamental feature of cortical architecture is its columnar organization, mani(cid:173) fested in the tendency of neurons with similar properties to be organized in columns that run perpendicular to the cortical surface. This organization of the cortex was ini(cid:173) tially discovered by physiological experiments (Mouncastle, 1957; Hubel and Wiesel, 1962), and subsequently confirmed with the demonstration of histologically defined columns. Tracing experiments have shown that axonal projections throughout the cerebral cortex tend to be organized in vertically aligned clusters or patches.

Our results show that maximal diversity of neuronal response properties is attained when the ratio of dendritic and axonal arbor sizes is equal to 1, a value found in many cortical areas and across species (Lund et al., 1993; Malach, 1994). Maximization of diversity also leads to better performance in systems of receptive fields implementing steerablejshiftable filters, which may be necessary for generating the seemingly continuous range of orientation selectivity found in VI, and in ma.tching spatially distributed signals. This cortical organization principle may, therefore, have the double advantage of accounting for the formation of the cortical columns and the associated patchy projection patterns, and of explaining how systems of receptive fields can support functions such as the generation of precise response tuning from imprecise distributed inputs, and the matching of distributed signals, a problem that arises in visual tasks such as stereopsis, motion processing, and recognition.

Our results show that maximal diversity of neuronal response properties is attained when the ratio of dendritic and axonal arbor sizes is equal to 1, a value found in many cortical areas and across species (Lund et al., 1993; Malach, 1994). Maximization of diversity also leads to better performance in systems of receptive fields implementing steerablejshiftable filters, which may be necessary for generating the seemingly continuous range of orientation selectivity found in VI, and in ma.tching spatially distributed signals. This cortical organization principle may, therefore, have the double advantage of accounting for the formation of the cortical columns and the associated patchy projection patterns, and of explaining how systems of receptive fields can support functions such as the generation of precise response tuning from imprecise distributed inputs, and the matching of distributed signals, a problem that arises in visual tasks such as stereopsis, motion processing, and recognition.

A fundamental feature of cortical architecture is its columnar organization, manifested in the tendency of neurons with similar properties to be organized in columns that run perpendicular to the cortical surface. This organization of the cortex was initially discovered by physiological experiments (Mouncastle, 1957; Hubel and Wiesel, 1962), and subsequently confirmed with the demonstration of histologically defined that axonal projections throughout thecolumns. Tracing experiments have shown tend to be organized in vertically aligned clusters or patches.