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feat(transcription): per-project names and terms for Whisper - #1063

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Summary

A per-project Names and terms field biases Whisper toward the words a demo is full of.

  • Editor: a "Names and terms" textarea in the media stage, above "Regenerate as". Saved on blur as project.vocabulary (additive field, no schema bump, one undo step), capped at 600 characters. No global default, by decision.
  • Pipeline: every transcription run, background or manual, sends it with every chunk (transcribeAsset → IPC → SttManager → whisperServer).
  • Helper: whisper-stt-server reads an optional prompt multipart field and sets initial_prompt with carry_initial_prompt, so every 30 s window is conditioned on it, not only the first.
  • Framing: Node sends the terms as Glossary: <terms>., not as a bare list. The bare list caused real regressions, see below.

Existing transcripts are not re-run when the field changes: the user regenerates.

Related issue

Part of #1023 (part 1, the vocabulary prompt). Part 2 is rejected with measurements in #1057.

Testing

Measured with a rebuilt CPU helper (ggml-small-q8_0, Silero VAD), each clip decoded with and without the prompt.

Clip No prompt Bare list Glossary: framing (shipped)
TTS clip with exact reference, 17 jargon terms WER 11.5 %, terms 10/17 WER 5.7 %, 14/17 WER 5.7 %, 14/17
Real EN demo, n8n-as-code (155 s, language en) "NA10 as code" 0/4, "NA10 manager" 0/2 4/4, 2/2, but punctuation lost and "Karl" became "ocal" 4/4, 2/2, punctuation and "Karl" intact
LibriVox reading (EN) "Lacelli's Ambicromby" intro line with all three names dropped, whole text Title Case "Lascelles Abercrombie", intro intact
Real EN release-candidate take (language en) correct "Welcome to this release candidate" dropped correct
Real FR demo, "Auchan" "au champ" 0/2 0/2 with "Auchan, YouTube" 2/2, stays French even with English terms in the list

Takeaways

  • It helps on names and jargon: half the word errors gone on the reference clip, and every recurring product name fixed on the real demo.
  • A bare list hurts: Whisper reads it as text already said and skips the words that repeat it. The glossary framing removed both regressions seen.
  • Still missed: Supabase, Vercel, Kubernetes on the TTS clip. The prompt biases, it does not force.
  • Language side effect: on an English take auto-detected as French, the no-prompt run came out translated into French. With an English glossary it came out as the correct English. French speech with English terms stayed French.

Checks

  • Unit tests: helper form field and framing, prompt on every chunk, project vocabulary on both extraction paths, withVocabulary trim, no-op, clear, cap and round-trip through parseDocumentFile. Write audit row added.
  • tsc (app and tests), Biome and i18n:check pass. Full suite: one failure (write audit), fixed and re-run.
  • Not run: Vulkan build (no Vulkan SDK on this machine), and an in-app pass of the field.

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  • New Features
    • Add a project-level “Names and terms” field to help improve transcription of specific vocabulary. Saved terms guide recognition across all transcription chunks, whether using native processing or the renderer fallback.
    • The field supports up to 600 characters and is available in supported interface languages.

The helper reads an optional prompt multipart field and sets it as initial_prompt with carry_initial_prompt, so every 30 s window is conditioned on the project's names and terms. Part of #1023.
A Names and terms field in the media stage, saved as project.vocabulary (additive, no schema bump) and sent with every chunk of every transcription run. Part of #1023.
A bare list read to whisper as text already spoken: it dropped the opening words that held the terms and turned a list of names into Title Case output. Measured on real recordings, see #1023.
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The project now stores names and terms as optional vocabulary. Transcription passes that vocabulary as a prompt through renderer and Electron paths. The server formats nonempty prompts as a glossary, and the native handler carries them across decode windows.

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Project vocabulary transcription

Layer / File(s) Summary
Save project vocabulary
src/lib/ai-edition/schema/index.ts, src/components/ai-edition/v4/MediaStage.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/v4/MediaStage.test.ts, src/components/ai-edition/v4/MediaStage.regenerate.test.tsx, src/lib/ai-edition/store/documentWriteAudit.test.ts, src/i18n/locales/*/editor.json
The project schema accepts optional vocabulary. MediaStage adds a localized names-and-terms field, trims and caps input at 600 characters, and saves changed values on blur. Regeneration waits for pending document saves. Tests cover persistence, clearing, unchanged input, the character limit, and regeneration requests.
Pass vocabulary through transcription
src/lib/ai-edition/document/transcribe.ts, src/lib/ai-edition/document/transcribe.test.ts, src/lib/captioning/transcribe.ts, electron/stt/transcriptionContract.ts, electron/stt/index.ts, electron/stt/index.test.ts
Document transcription passes project vocabulary to native and renderer paths. Renderer IPC and the Electron request contract accept an optional prompt, which is forwarded to each chunk. Tests cover both transcription paths and multi-chunk forwarding.
Format and apply Whisper prompt
electron/stt/whisperServer.ts, electron/stt/whisperServer.test.ts, electron/native/whisper-stt/src/main.cpp, technical-documentation/architecture/transcription-and-captions.md
The server trims prompt text, removes trailing periods, and sends nonempty text with Glossary: framing. The native handler sets the Whisper initial prompt and carries it across decode windows. Tests cover formatting and empty prompts; the architecture documentation describes the prompt behavior.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MediaStage
  participant transcribeAsset
  participant RendererSttApi
  participant SttManager
  participant WhisperServerManager
  participant whisper.cpp
  MediaStage->>MediaStage: Save project vocabulary
  transcribeAsset->>RendererSttApi: Send vocabulary as prompt
  RendererSttApi->>SttManager: Forward prompt
  SttManager->>WhisperServerManager: Send prompt for each chunk
  WhisperServerManager->>whisper.cpp: Send glossary-formatted prompt
  whisper.cpp->>whisper.cpp: Carry initial prompt across decode windows
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Regeneration uses saved names and terms rather than an unsaved edit. No actionable merge blocker was identified in the reviewed change.

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