FullStop:Punctuation and Segmentation Prediction for Dutch with Transformers

Understand

When applying automated speech recognition (ASR) for Belgian Dutch (Van Dyck et al.

• 2021), the output consists of an unsegmented stream of words, without any punctuation.
• A next step is to perform segmentation and insert punctuation, making the ASR output more readable and easy to manually correct.
• As far as we know there is no publicly available punctuation insertion system for Dutch that functions at a usable level.