4 papers
From Press to Pixels: Evolving Urdu Text Recognition
Samee Arif, Sualeha Farid
This paper presents a comparative analysis of Large Language Models (LLMs) and traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems on Urdu newspapers, addressing challenges pos…
With a Grain of SALT: Are LLMs Fair Across Social Dimensions?
Samee Arif, Zohaib Khan, Maaidah Kaleem +3
This paper presents a systematic analysis of biases in open-source Large Language Models (LLMs), across gender, religion, and race. Our study evaluates bias in smaller-scale Llama…
Kahaani: A Multimodal Co-Creative Storytelling System
Samee Arif, Muhammad Saad Haroon, Aamina Jamal Khan +3
This paper introduces Kahaani, a multimodal, co-creative storytelling system that leverages Generative Artificial Intelligence, designed for children to address the challenge of su…
WER We Stand: Benchmarking Urdu ASR Models
Samee Arif, Sualeha Farid, Aamina Jamal Khan +3
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of Urdu Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models. We analyze the performance of three ASR model families: Whisper, MMS, and Seamless…