Update model card: rename to sumit-maithili-tiny, add proper SYSPIN citation and acknowledgments

README.md

@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ tags:
 - fine-tuned
 - speech
 - audio
+- indian-languages
+- devanagari
 datasets:
 - rockerritesh/maithili-tts-dataset
 base_model: openai/whisper-tiny
 pipeline_tag: automatic-speech-recognition
 model-index:
-- name: Whisper Tiny Maithili
+- name: sumit-maithili-tiny
   results:
   - task:
       type: automatic-speech-recognition
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ model-index:
       name: Word Error Rate
 ---
 
-# Whisper Tiny - Maithili ASR
+# sumit-maithili-tiny
 
 Fine-tuned [openai/whisper-tiny](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-tiny) for **Maithili** (मैथिली) automatic speech recognition.
 
@@ -47,13 +49,18 @@ Fine-tuned [openai/whisper-tiny](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-tiny) for
 
 ## Dataset
 
-The model was trained on the **IISc SYSPIN Project Maithili TTS Dataset**, which contains:
+The model was trained on the **IISc SYSPIN Project Maithili TTS Dataset** — studio-recorded speech data released under the [SYSPIN project](https://spiredatasets.iisc.ac.in/syspinCorpus) by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
 
-- **Male speaker:** 2,060 utterances (~3h 27m) — Age 43, 11 years experience
-- **Female speaker:** 532 utterances (~54m) — Age 30, 1 year experience
-- **Audio format:** 48kHz WAV, resampled to 16kHz for training
-- **Domains:** Social, Health, Agriculture, Books, Food, Finance, Technology
+| Speaker | Utterances | Duration | Age | Experience |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Male (Spk001) | 2,060 | 3h 27m 47s | 43 | 11 Years |
+| Female (Spk001) | 532 | 0h 54m 9s | 30 | 1 Year |
+
+- **Recording:** Neumann TLM-103 microphone, professional studio, ~40dB SNR
+- **Audio format:** 48kHz, 24-bit, Mono WAV (resampled to 16kHz for training)
+- **Domains:** Agriculture, Books, Finance, Food, Health, India Related, Local Conversation, Politics, Social, Sports, Technology
 - **Transcripts:** Devanagari script (Maithili language)
+- **License:** Audio data is released under [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en) by IISc, Bengaluru
 
 ## Training
 
@@ -107,13 +114,31 @@ Try it out: [Maithili ASR Space](https://huggingface.co/spaces/rockerritesh/mait
 
 ## Citation
 
-If you use this model, please cite the IISc SYSPIN Project:
+If you use this model, please cite:
 
+```bibtex
+@misc{sumit-maithili-tiny,
+    title = {sumit-maithili-tiny: Whisper Tiny Fine-tuned for Maithili ASR},
+    author = {Sumit Yadav},
+    year = {2026},
+    url = {https://huggingface.co/rockerritesh/whisper-tiny-maithili}
+}
 ```
-@misc{syspin_maithili,
-  title={IISc SYSPIN Project - Maithili Speech Dataset},
-  author={IISc SYSPIN Project Language Experts},
-  year={2024},
-  publisher={Indian Institute of Science}
+
+The audio data is from the SYSPIN project. Please also cite:
+
+```bibtex
+@misc{SYSPIN_S1.0_Corpus,
+    title = {SYSPIN_S1.0 Corpus - A TTS Corpus of 900+ hours in nine Indian Languages},
+    author = {Abhayjeet Et al.},
+    year = {2025}
 }
 ```
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+The audio dataset was created under the SYSPIN project by **Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru** and is released under [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en). We are grateful to the voice artists and the SPIRE Lab, EE Dept., IISc for making this data publicly available.
+
+Special thanks to the project of German Development Cooperation "FAIR Forward - AI for All" and Bhashini AI Solutions Private Limited for their financial support in developing the TTS corpus.
+
+**Contact (dataset):** SPIRE Lab, EE Dept., IISc, Bengaluru — contact.syspin@iisc.ac.in