Guides

Guides are goal-oriented. Pick the track that matches what you want to do.

Finetuning

Load a checkpoint, adapt configs, freeze layers, and evaluate a finetuned model.

Migrating from ESPnet2

Move an existing ESPnet2 recipe to the ESPnet3 pipeline step by step.

Coming from PyTorch

Map your existing PyTorch training loop, DataLoader, and model to ESPnet3.

Coming from other toolkits

Switch from HuggingFace, NeMo, or SpeechBrain to ESPnet3.

Running a baseline

Run inference, evaluate metrics, and execute a recipe on a cluster.

Customize ESPnet3

Add system-specific stages and extend the pipeline beyond the defaults.