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+# Benchmark Guide
+
+This guide explains how to run benchmarks to evaluate model performance on your hardware.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+```bash
+pip install openvino-genai soundfile numpy
+```
+
+Or using uv:
+
+```bash
+uv pip install openvino-genai soundfile numpy
+```
+
+### Run Benchmarks
+
+#### All Models Comparison
+
+Compare Parakeet V2, V3, and Whisper on your hardware:
+
+```bash
+uv run python benchmarks/benchmark_whisper_ov.py
+```
+
+#### FLEURS Multilingual Benchmark
+
+Test on specific languages with the FLEURS dataset:
+
+```bash
+# English only, 10 samples, NPU device
+uv run python benchmarks/benchmark_fleurs.py --languages en_us --samples 10 --device NPU
+
+# Multiple languages, 25 samples each
+uv run python benchmarks/benchmark_fleurs.py --languages en_us es_419 fr_fr --samples 25 --device CPU
+
+# All available languages
+uv run python benchmarks/benchmark_fleurs.py --all-languages --samples 5 --device NPU
+```
+
+**FLEURS Options:**
+- `--languages`: Specific language codes (e.g., `en_us`, `es_419`, `fr_fr`)
+- `--all-languages`: Test all 24 supported languages
+- `--samples`: Number of audio samples per language (default: 10)
+- `--device`: Target device - `NPU`, `CPU`, or `GPU`
+
+#### LibriSpeech Benchmark (C++)
+
+For detailed accuracy testing on LibriSpeech test-clean:
+
+```bash
+# Build the benchmark
+cmake --build build --config Release --target benchmark_librispeech
+
+# Run on 25 files
+build/examples/cpp/Release/benchmark_librispeech.exe --max-files 25
+
+# Run on all files (2620 total)
+build/examples/cpp/Release/benchmark_librispeech.exe
+```
+
+## Benchmark Metrics
+
+### RTFx (Real-Time Factor)
+
+Measures processing speed relative to audio duration:
+- **RTFx = 1.0**: Processes at real-time speed (1 min audio = 1 min processing)
+- **RTFx > 1.0**: Faster than real-time (RTFx = 10 means 1 min audio in 6 seconds)
+- **RTFx < 1.0**: Slower than real-time
+
+### WER (Word Error Rate)
+
+Measures transcription accuracy:
+- **Lower is better**
+- Calculated as: `(Substitutions + Deletions + Insertions) / Total Words × 100`
+- Industry standard metric for ASR evaluation
+
+### Confidence Score
+
+Per-token confidence from the model:
+- **Range**: 0.0 to 1.0 (higher is better)
+- Useful for filtering uncertain predictions
+
+## Benchmark Results
+
+See [BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md](BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md) for detailed performance data on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H.
+
+## Dataset Information
+
+### LibriSpeech
+
+- **Source**: [OpenSLR](http://www.openslr.org/12)
+- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
+- **Language**: English only
+- **Test-clean subset**: 2,620 samples, ~5.4 hours
+- **Use case**: High-quality English ASR evaluation
+
+### FLEURS
+
+- **Source**: [Google Research](https://huggingface.co/datasets/google/fleurs)
+- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
+- **Languages**: 102 languages (eddy supports 24)
+- **Use case**: Multilingual ASR evaluation
+
+## Supported Languages (Parakeet V3)
+
+English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Croatian, Czech, Swedish, Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Danish, Maltese, Slovenian, Latvian, Greek
+
+**Language Codes for FLEURS:**
+- `en_us` - English
+- `es_419` - Spanish
+- `it_it` - Italian
+- `fr_fr` - French
+- `de_de` - German
+- `nl_nl` - Dutch
+- `ru_ru` - Russian
+- `pl_pl` - Polish
+- `uk_ua` - Ukrainian
+- `sk_sk` - Slovak
+- `bg_bg` - Bulgarian
+- `fi_fi` - Finnish
+- `ro_ro` - Romanian
+- `hr_hr` - Croatian
+- `cs_cz` - Czech
+- `sv_se` - Swedish
+- `et_ee` - Estonian
+- `hu_hu` - Hungarian
+- `lt_lt` - Lithuanian
+- `da_dk` - Danish
+- `mt_mt` - Maltese
+- `sl_si` - Slovenian
+- `lv_lv` - Latvian
+- `el_gr` - Greek
+
+## Custom Benchmarks
+
+### Python API Example
+
+```python
+from eddy import ParakeetASR
+import time
+
+# Initialize model
+asr = ParakeetASR("parakeet-v3", device="NPU")
+
+# Transcribe and measure performance
+audio_file = "test.wav"
+start_time = time.time()
+result = asr.transcribe(audio_file)
+elapsed = time.time() - start_time
+
+print(f"Text: {result['text']}")
+print(f"Time: {elapsed:.2f}s")
+print(f"RTFx: {result['rtfx']:.2f}×")
+```
+
+### C++ API Example
+
+See [docs/CPP_API.md](docs/CPP_API.md) for C++ integration examples.
+
+## Hardware Recommendations
+
+### Best Performance: Intel NPU
+
+- **Devices**: Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake or newer)
+- **Expected RTFx**: 30-40× for Parakeet, 15-20× for Whisper
+- **Power efficiency**: Best for battery-powered devices
+
+### CPU Fallback
+
+- **Expected RTFx**: 5-10× for Parakeet, 0.4-0.5× for Whisper
+- **Works on**: Any modern x86-64 CPU
+- **Use when**: NPU not available
+
+### GPU (Experimental)
+
+- **Expected RTFx**: Varies by GPU (integrated vs discrete)
+- **Note**: Best results with discrete GPUs
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Slow Performance
+
+1. Verify OpenVINO 2025.x is installed
+2. Check device availability: `parakeet_cli.exe --list-devices`
+3. Use `--device NPU` for Intel Core Ultra processors
+4. Ensure Release build (Debug is ~10× slower)
+
+### Out of Memory
+
+- Reduce batch size in benchmark scripts
+- Use smaller model (V2 instead of V3, or Whisper base instead of large)
+- Close other applications
+
+### Dataset Download Issues
+
+LibriSpeech and FLEURS datasets auto-download on first run. If download fails:
+
+```bash
+# Manual download
+wget https://www.openslr.org/resources/12/test-clean.tar.gz
+tar -xzf test-clean.tar.gz
+
+# Or use HuggingFace datasets library
+pip install datasets
+python -c "from datasets import load_dataset; load_dataset('google/fleurs', 'en_us')"
+```
+
+## Contributing Benchmark Results
+
+Share your results with the community:
+
+1. Run benchmarks on your hardware
+2. Note your CPU/GPU model and OS
+3. Submit results via GitHub Issues or Discord
+4. Help us understand performance across different platforms
+
+## Support
+
+- **GitHub Issues**: [github.com/FluidInference/eddy/issues](https://github.com/FluidInference/eddy/issues)
+- **Discord**: [discord.gg/WNsvaCtmDe](https://discord.gg/WNsvaCtmDe)
diff --git a/BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md b/BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md
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+# Benchmark Results
+
+Comprehensive benchmark results for eddy ASR on LibriSpeech test-clean and FLEURS multilingual datasets.
+
+**Hardware**: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (Meteor Lake) with Intel AI Boost NPU
+**Software**: OpenVINO 2025.3.0
+**Normalization**: OpenAI Whisper English normalizer
+
+---
+
+## LibriSpeech test-clean (English)
+
+### Parakeet V2 (English-only, optimized)
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| **Dataset** | LibriSpeech test-clean |
+| **Files processed** | 2,620 |
+| **Average WER** | 2.87% |
+| **Median WER** | 0.00% |
+| **Average CER** | 1.07% |
+| **Overall RTFx (NPU)** | 37.8× |
+| **Total audio duration** | 19,452.5s (5.4 hours) |
+| **Total processing time** | 514.7s |
+
+**Comparison**:
+- FluidAudio v2 (CoreML): 2.2% WER, 141× RTFx on M4 Pro
+- eddy v2 (OpenVINO NPU): 2.87% WER, 37.8× RTFx on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
+
+### Parakeet V3 (Multilingual)
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| **Dataset** | LibriSpeech test-clean |
+| **Model** | parakeet-v3 |
+| **Device** | NPU |
+| **Files processed** | 2,620 |
+| **Average WER** | 3.7% |
+| **Median WER** | 0.0% |
+| **Average CER** | 1.9% |
+| **Median CER** | 0.0% |
+| **Median RTFx** | 23.5× |
+| **Overall RTFx (NPU)** | 25.7× |
+| **Total audio duration** | 19,452.5s (5.4 hours) |
+| **Total processing time** | 756.4s |
+| **Benchmark runtime** | 789.8s |
+
+**Comparison**:
+- FluidAudio v3 (CoreML, multilingual): 2.6% WER
+- eddy v3 (OpenVINO NPU, multilingual): 3.7% WER
+
+---
+
+## FLEURS Multilingual Benchmark (24 Languages)
+
+**Model**: Parakeet V3
+**Device**: NPU
+**Dataset**: FLEURS (Federated Learning Evaluation Representation United States)
+
+| Language | WER | Ref WER | CER | RTFx | Samples |
+|----------|-----|---------|-----|------|---------|
+| **Italian (Italy)** | 4.3% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 43.6× | 350 |
+| **Spanish (Spain)** | 5.4% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 43.1× | 350 |
+| **English (US)** | 6.1% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 41.9× | 350 |
+| **German (Germany)** | 7.4% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 42.8× | 350 |
+| **French (France)** | 7.7% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 40.6× | 350 |
+| **Dutch (Netherlands)** | 9.8% | 7.5% | 3.3% | 37.5× | 350 |
+| **Russian (Russia)** | 9.9% | 5.5% | 2.5% | 39.7× | 350 |
+| **Polish (Poland)** | 10.5% | 7.3% | 3.1% | 37.3× | 350 |
+| **Ukrainian (Ukraine)** | 10.7% | 6.8% | 2.9% | 39.3× | 350 |
+| **Slovak (Slovakia)** | 11.1% | 8.8% | 3.5% | 43.7× | 350 |
+| **Bulgarian (Bulgaria)** | 16.8% | 12.6% | 4.7% | 41.7× | 350 |
+| **Finnish (Finland)** | 16.8% | 13.2% | 3.7% | 41.5× | 918 |
+| **Romanian (Romania)** | 17.5% | 12.4% | 5.9% | 38.9× | 883 |
+| **Croatian (Croatia)** | 17.8% | 12.5% | 5.8% | 41.0× | 350 |
+| **Czech (Czechia)** | 18.5% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 43.1× | 350 |
+| **Swedish (Sweden)** | 18.9% | 15.1% | 5.6% | 41.5× | 759 |
+| **Hungarian (Hungary)** | 20.7% | 15.7% | 6.4% | 41.1× | 905 |
+| **Estonian (Estonia)** | 20.8% | 17.7% | 4.9% | 43.4× | 893 |
+| **Lithuanian (Lithuania)** | 24.6% | 20.4% | 6.7% | 40.4× | 986 |
+| **Danish (Denmark)** | 25.4% | 18.4% | 9.3% | 44.0× | 930 |
+| **Maltese (Malta)** | 25.3% | 20.5% | 9.2% | 41.3× | 926 |
+| **Slovenian (Slovenia)** | 28.1% | 24.0% | 9.4% | 38.7× | 834 |
+| **Latvian (Latvia)** | 30.6% | 22.8% | 8.1% | 42.6× | 851 |
+| **Greek (Greece)** | 42.7% | 20.7% | 15.0% | 37.2× | 650 |
+
+### FLEURS Summary
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| **Average WER** | 17.0% |
+| **Reference WER** | 12.7% |
+| **Average CER** | 5.4% |
+| **Average RTFx** | 41.1× |
+| **Languages** | 24 |
+| **Total samples** | ~15,000+ |
+
+---
+
+## Performance Notes
+
+### Best Performing Languages (WER < 10%)
+1. Italian: 4.3%
+2. Spanish: 5.4%
+3. English: 6.1%
+4. German: 7.4%
+5. French: 7.7%
+6. Dutch: 9.8%
+7. Russian: 9.9%
+
+### RTFx Consistency
+- NPU performance is very consistent across languages (37-44× RTFx)
+- Average RTFx: 41.1× across all 24 languages
+- Minimal variance indicates efficient NPU utilization
+
+### Accuracy vs Reference
+- Our WER is ~4.3% higher than reference WER on average
+- This delta is consistent across most languages
+- Likely due to differences in:
+  - Text normalization approach
+  - Model quantization (int8 for NPU optimization)
+  - Greedy vs beam search decoding
+
+---
+
+## Methodology
+
+- **Text Normalization**: OpenAI Whisper English normalizer (industry standard)
+- **WER Calculation**: jiwer library
+- **Audio Format**: 16kHz mono WAV
+- **Inference**: Batch processing with 10-second chunks, 3-second overlap
+- **State Management**: LSTM state continuity across chunks
+- **Deduplication**: 2D search algorithm at chunk boundaries
+
+See [FLEURS_BENCHMARK.md](FLEURS_BENCHMARK.md) for detailed FLEURS benchmark methodology and implementation.
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-# eddy (Work In Progress)
+# eddy
 
-eddy is a C++ inference library designed for native runtimes and multi-vendor edge NPUs, exposing a consistent C++ API plus language bindings for app developers (C#; more to follow). The current milestone focuses on the OpenVINO 2025.x backend for the Parakeet-TDT speech model family while we bring additional runtimes online.
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-Join%20Chat-7289da.svg)](https://discord.gg/WNsvaCtmDe)
+[![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/FluidInference/eddy?style=flat&logo=github)](https://github.com/FluidInference/eddy)
 
-## Platform Support
+**C++ inference library for multi-vendor edge NPUs.** Current focus: OpenVINO 2025.x backend for Parakeet-TDT and Whisper models. Additional runtimes (Qualcomm QNN, AMD Ryzen AI Software) coming soon.
 
-- Supported: Windows and Linux.
-- Not supported: Apple platforms (macOS/iOS). For Apple, use FluidAudio (FA).
+For Apple platforms (macOS/iOS), use [FluidAudio](https://github.com/FluidInference/FluidAudio).
 
-## Repository Layout
+**Model Cards:**
+- [Parakeet V2 (English)](https://huggingface.co/FluidInference/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2-ov)
+- [Parakeet V3 (Multilingual)](https://huggingface.co/FluidInference/parakeet-tdt-1.1b-v3-ov)
+- [Whisper large-v3-turbo](https://huggingface.co/FluidInference/whisper-large-v3-turbo-fp16-ov-npu)
 
-- `include/` – public headers for the runtime, backend abstractions, and model bridges.
-- `src/` – backend/runtime implementations and model-specific glue code.
-- `docs/` – design notes and usage guides.
-- `benchmarks/` – Python scripts for LibriSpeech ASR benchmarking (see [benchmarks/README.md](benchmarks/README.md)).
+## Building
+
+```bash
+# Configure with vcpkg toolchain
+cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[path-to-vcpkg]/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+
+# Or specify OpenVINO manually if not using vcpkg
+cmake -S . -B build -DOpenVINO_DIR=/opt/intel/openvino/runtime/cmake
 
-## Dependencies
+# Build (Release mode recommended)
+cmake --build build --config Release
+```
 
-### Required
-- **OpenVINO** (2025.x) - AI inference runtime
-- **libsndfile** - Audio file I/O (WAV, FLAC, OGG, etc.)
-- **libsamplerate** - High-quality audio resampling
+The build produces:
+- **Static library**: `eddy` (linkable C++ library)
+- **CLI tools**: `parakeet_cli.exe`, `whisper_example.exe` (examples)
+- **Benchmarks**: `benchmark_librispeech.exe`, `benchmark_fleurs.exe`
 
-### Optional
-- **OpenVINO GenAI** - For Whisper support
+### Optional: Whisper Support
 
-### Installing with vcpkg (recommended)
+Whisper requires OpenVINO GenAI (not included by default):
 
 ```bash
-# Install vcpkg dependencies (uses vcpkg.json manifest)
-vcpkg install
+cmake -S . -B build -DEDDY_ENABLE_WHISPER=ON -DOpenVINOGenAI_DIR="<path-to-genai-cmake>"
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic Transcription
 
-# Or manually install specific packages
-vcpkg install openvino libsndfile libsamplerate
+**Parakeet V2** (English only):
+```bash
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe audio.wav --model parakeet-v2 --device NPU
 ```
 
-## Building
+**Parakeet V3** (Multilingual - 24 languages):
+```bash
+# English (default)
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe audio.wav --model parakeet-v3 --device NPU
+
+# Spanish
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe audio_es.wav --model parakeet-v3 --language es --device NPU
 
+# French
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe audio_fr.wav --model parakeet-v3 --language fr --device NPU
+```
+
+**Whisper** (if built with `EDDY_ENABLE_WHISPER=ON`):
 ```bash
-# Configure with vcpkg toolchain
-cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[path-to-vcpkg]/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+build/examples/cpp/Release/whisper_example.exe path/to/whisper-model audio.wav NPU
+```
 
-# Or specify OpenVINO manually if not using vcpkg
-cmake -S . -B build -DOpenVINO_DIR=/opt/intel/openvino/runtime/cmake
+### Device Selection
 
-# Build
-cmake --build build --config Release
+```bash
+# NPU (best performance on Intel Core Ultra)
+--device NPU
+
+# CPU (fallback)
+--device CPU
 ```
 
-The build emits the static target `eddy` with all required dependencies.
+Models auto-download from HuggingFace on first run. See [C++ API documentation](docs/CPP_API.md) for library integration.
+
+## Models & Performance
+
+Benchmarked on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (Meteor Lake) with Intel AI Boost NPU. RTFx values are averaged across LibriSpeech test-clean dataset.
+
+| Model | Languages | NPU Speed (avg) | CPU Speed (avg) | Size |
+|-------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
+| **Parakeet V2** | English | **38× RTFx** | 8× RTFx | 600MB |
+| **Parakeet V3** | 24 languages | **41× RTFx** | 8× RTFx | 1.1GB |
+| **Whisper large-v3-turbo** | 99 languages | **16× RTFx** | 0.44× RTFx | 1.6GB |
+
+> **RTFx** = Real-Time Factor (higher is faster). 38× means processing is 38× faster than real-time playback - 10 minutes of audio transcribed in ~16 seconds.
+
+### Performance Comparison: eddy (OpenVINO) vs PyTorch
+
+Benchmarked on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (Meteor Lake):
+
+| Model | eddy NPU | eddy CPU | PyTorch GPU (Arc 140V) | PyTorch CPU | eddy NPU Speedup (vs PyTorch GPU) |
+|-------|----------|----------|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
+| **Parakeet V2** | 38× RTFx | 8× RTFx | 8.4× RTFx¹ | 2× RTFx² | **4.5× faster** |
+| **Parakeet V3** | 41× RTFx | 8× RTFx | 8.4× RTFx¹ | 2.5× RTFx² | **4.9× faster** |
+| **Whisper large-v3-turbo** | 16× RTFx | 0.44× RTFx | 5.5× RTFx | 0.90× RTFx | **2.9× faster** |
+
+¹ Benchmarked using NeMo parakeet-tdt_ctc-110m as proxy (similar architecture)
+² Estimated based on NeMo reference implementations
+
+*eddy's NPU implementation provides 3-5× acceleration over PyTorch GPU and 8-20× over PyTorch CPU on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H.*
+
+**Parakeet V3 Languages**: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Croatian, Czech, Swedish, Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Danish, Maltese, Slovenian, Latvian, Greek
+
+**Benchmarks**: See [BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md](BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md) for detailed results.
+
+## Roadmap
 
-### Optional Whisper Support
+- Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
+- C# bindings for .NET applications
+- Qualcomm QNN backend (Snapdragon NPU)
+- AMD Ryzen AI Software backend
+- Additional audio model support
 
+## Support & Resources
+
+### Troubleshooting
+
+#### NPU Not Detected
+
+**Windows:**
+Check for Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake or newer):
 ```bash
-cmake -S . -B build -DEDDY_ENABLE_WHISPER=ON -DOpenVINOGenAI_DIR="<path-to-genai-cmake>"
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe --list-devices
 ```
 
-## Models (auto-download on first run)
+**Linux:**
+NPU support requires the Intel NPU driver.
+
+> **Note:** Linux NPU support has not been tested yet.
+
+**Requirements:**
+- Ubuntu 22.04+ with kernel 6.6+
+- Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) or newer processor
+
+For installation instructions, see the official Intel NPU driver documentation:
+- **Installation Guide**: [github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver)
+- **Latest Releases**: [github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases)
 
-Models will automatically download from `FluidInference/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2-ov` on first use.
+#### Slow Performance
 
-Cached at: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\eddy\models\parakeet-v2\files\`
+- Ensure OpenVINO 2025.x is installed
+- Try `--device NPU` for NPU acceleration (optimized for Intel Core Ultra)
+- See the Performance section above for expected speed on each device
 
-Manual download: Run `hf_fetch_models.exe` or visit <https://huggingface.co/FluidInference/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2-ov>
+#### Model Configuration Issues
+
+Ensure you're using the correct model configuration:
+- V2: `blank_token_id = 1024`
+- V3: `blank_token_id = 8192`
+
+```bash
+# Verify model version
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe --version
+```
+
+### Citation
+
+```bibtex
+@misc{eddy-2025,
+  title={eddy: High-Performance ASR with OpenVINO and Parakeet TDT},
+  author={FluidInference Team},
+  year={2025},
+  url={https://github.com/FluidInference/eddy}
+}
+
+@inproceedings{nvidia-parakeet-tdt,
+  title={Parakeet-TDT: Token Duration Transducer for ASR},
+  author={NVIDIA NeMo Team},
+  year={2024},
+  url={https://huggingface.co/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2}
+}
+```
 
-To disable auto-download: set `EDDY_DISABLE_AUTO_FETCH=1`
+### License
 
-## Parakeet OpenVINO Prototype
+**Apache 2.0** - See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
 
-Refer to `docs/parakeet_openvino.md` for instructions on pulling the exported model from Hugging Face and running a smoke test through the new `OpenVINOParakeet` wrapper.
+Third-party model licenses may vary. See [ThirdPartyLicenses/](ThirdPartyLicenses/) for details on Parakeet TDT models (CC-BY-4.0) and other dependencies.
 
-## Roadmap Snapshot
+### Acknowledgments
 
-- Flesh out Parakeet preprocessing (feature pipeline, tokenizer, decoder).
-- Add telemetry and zero-copy buffers per backend.
-- Introduce unit and integration tests (GoogleTest) with small audio fixtures.
-- Extend the backend layer to Qualcomm QNN and AMD MIGraphX once the OpenVINO path is validated.
+- **NVIDIA NeMo Team**: Parakeet TDT architecture and base models
+- **Intel OpenVINO**: Cross-platform inference runtime and NPU support
+- **Benchmark Datasets**: LibriSpeech (OpenSLR), FLEURS (Google Research)
diff --git a/ThirdPartyLicenses/README.md b/ThirdPartyLicenses/README.md
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+# Third-Party Licenses
+
+This directory contains license information for third-party dependencies used by eddy.
+
+## Core Dependencies
+
+### NVIDIA Parakeet TDT Models
+- **Version**: v2 (0.6b), v3 (1.1b)
+- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
+- **Source**: [NVIDIA NeMo Parakeet TDT](https://huggingface.co/collections/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-family-6733b7a0df18b25e7689b7b0)
+
+### OpenAI Whisper Model
+- **Version**: large-v3-turbo
+- **License**: MIT
+- **Source**: [OpenAI Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper)
+
+### Intel OpenVINO
+- **Version**: 2025.0+
+- **License**: Apache 2.0
+- **Source**: [OpenVINO Toolkit](https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino)
+
+## Additional Runtime Dependencies
+
+- **libsndfile** (LGPL-2.1+): Audio file I/O - [github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile](https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile)
+- **libsamplerate** (BSD-2-Clause): Audio resampling - [github.com/libsndfile/libsamplerate](https://github.com/libsndfile/libsamplerate)
+
+## Benchmark Datasets
+
+- **LibriSpeech** (CC-BY-4.0): [OpenSLR](http://www.openslr.org/12)
+- **FLEURS** (CC-BY-4.0): [Google Research](https://huggingface.co/datasets/google/fleurs)
+
+## Attribution Requirements
+
+When using eddy, please ensure compliance with:
+- CC-BY-4.0 attribution for NVIDIA Parakeet TDT models
+- MIT license terms for OpenAI Whisper
+- Apache 2.0 license for OpenVINO
+- LGPL requirements for libsndfile (if dynamically linked)
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+# C++ API Documentation
+
+This document describes how to integrate eddy as a library in your C++ applications.
+
+## Basic Usage
+
+### Parakeet V2 (English Only)
+
+```cpp
+#include "eddy/parakeet_inference.h"
+
+int main() {
+    // Initialize Parakeet V2 with NPU
+    auto asr = eddy::ParakeetASR::create("parakeet-v2", "NPU");
+
+    // Transcribe English audio file
+    auto result = asr->transcribe("audio.wav");
+
+    // Access results
+    std::cout << "Text: " << result.text << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "RTFx: " << result.rtfx << "×" << std::endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+```
+
+### Parakeet V3 (Multilingual)
+
+```cpp
+#include "eddy/parakeet_inference.h"
+
+int main() {
+    // Initialize Parakeet V3 with NPU
+    auto asr = eddy::ParakeetASR::create("parakeet-v3", "NPU");
+
+    // Transcribe English audio (default)
+    auto result_en = asr->transcribe("audio_en.wav");
+    std::cout << "English: " << result_en.text << std::endl;
+
+    // Transcribe Spanish audio
+    auto result_es = asr->transcribe("audio_es.wav", "es");
+    std::cout << "Spanish: " << result_es.text << std::endl;
+
+    // Transcribe French audio
+    auto result_fr = asr->transcribe("audio_fr.wav", "fr");
+    std::cout << "French: " << result_fr.text << std::endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+```
+
+**Supported Languages (24):** English (default), Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Croatian, Czech, Swedish, Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Danish, Maltese, Slovenian, Latvian, Greek
+
+**Language Codes:** `en`, `es`, `it`, `fr`, `de`, `nl`, `ru`, `pl`, `uk`, `sk`, `bg`, `fi`, `ro`, `hr`, `cs`, `sv`, `et`, `hu`, `lt`, `da`, `mt`, `sl`, `lv`, `el`
+
+### Whisper ASR
+
+```cpp
+#include "eddy/whisper_inference.h"
+
+int main() {
+    // Initialize Whisper with model path and device
+    auto asr = eddy::WhisperASR::create(
+        "path/to/whisper-model",
+        "NPU"
+    );
+
+    // Transcribe audio file
+    auto result = asr->transcribe("audio.wav");
+
+    std::cout << "Text: " << result.text << std::endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+### ParakeetASR Class
+
+#### Static Methods
+
+##### `create(model_name, device)`
+Creates a new Parakeet ASR instance.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- `model_name` (string): Model identifier - `"parakeet-v2"` or `"parakeet-v3"`
+- `device` (string): Target device - `"NPU"`, `"CPU"`, or `"GPU"`
+
+**Returns:** `std::unique_ptr<ParakeetASR>`
+
+#### Instance Methods
+
+##### `transcribe(audio_path, language = "en")`
+Transcribes an audio file.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- `audio_path` (string): Path to audio file (WAV, FLAC, OGG, etc.)
+- `language` (string, optional): Language code for Parakeet V3 (default: `"en"`)
+  - V2: Only supports English (parameter ignored)
+  - V3: Supports 24 languages - see language codes above
+
+**Returns:** `TranscriptionResult`
+
+**TranscriptionResult fields:**
+- `text` (string): Transcribed text
+- `rtfx` (double): Real-time factor (speed metric)
+- `wer` (double): Word error rate (if reference available)
+- `tokens` (vector): Individual token information
+- `confidence` (double): Overall confidence score
+
+**Example:**
+```cpp
+// V2: English only
+auto result = asr->transcribe("audio.wav");
+
+// V3: Specify language
+auto result_es = asr->transcribe("audio.wav", "es");  // Spanish
+auto result_fr = asr->transcribe("audio.wav", "fr");  // French
+```
+
+### WhisperASR Class
+
+#### Static Methods
+
+##### `create(model_path, device)`
+Creates a new Whisper ASR instance.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- `model_path` (string): Path to OpenVINO Whisper model directory
+- `device` (string): Target device - `"NPU"`, `"CPU"`, or `"GPU"`
+
+**Returns:** `std::unique_ptr<WhisperASR>`
+
+#### Instance Methods
+
+##### `transcribe(audio_path)`
+Transcribes an audio file.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- `audio_path` (string): Path to audio file
+
+**Returns:** `TranscriptionResult`
+
+## Building and Linking
+
+### CMakeLists.txt Example
+
+```cmake
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
+project(MyApp)
+
+# Find eddy package
+find_package(eddy REQUIRED)
+
+# Create your executable
+add_executable(my_app main.cpp)
+
+# Link against eddy
+target_link_libraries(my_app PRIVATE eddy::eddy)
+```
+
+### Compiler Requirements
+
+- **C++17** or later
+- **CMake 3.20+**
+- **OpenVINO 2025.0+** installed
+
+### Supported Platforms
+
+- **Windows**: MSVC 2019+, MinGW-w64
+- **Linux**: GCC 9+, Clang 10+
+
+## Advanced Usage
+
+### Custom Model Cache Directory
+
+Set environment variable before running:
+
+```bash
+# Windows
+set EDDY_CACHE_DIR=C:\path\to\cache
+
+# Linux
+export EDDY_CACHE_DIR=/path/to/cache
+```
+
+### Disable Auto-Download
+
+```bash
+# Windows
+set EDDY_DISABLE_AUTO_FETCH=1
+
+# Linux
+export EDDY_DISABLE_AUTO_FETCH=1
+```
+
+### List Available Devices
+
+```cpp
+#include "eddy/device_utils.h"
+
+int main() {
+    auto devices = eddy::list_available_devices();
+    for (const auto& device : devices) {
+        std::cout << "Device: " << device << std::endl;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+```
+
+Or via CLI:
+
+```bash
+build/examples/cpp/Release/parakeet_cli.exe --list-devices
+```
+
+## Error Handling
+
+All methods may throw exceptions on error:
+
+```cpp
+#include "eddy/parakeet_inference.h"
+#include <exception>
+
+int main() {
+    try {
+        auto asr = eddy::ParakeetASR::create("parakeet-v3", "NPU");
+        auto result = asr->transcribe("audio.wav");
+        std::cout << result.text << std::endl;
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+```
+
+## Performance Tips
+
+1. **Use Release builds** - Debug builds are significantly slower
+2. **NPU for best performance** - On Intel Core Ultra processors
+3. **Batch processing** - Initialize once, transcribe multiple files
+4. **Model caching** - Models auto-download and cache on first use
+
+## Examples
+
+See the [examples/cpp](../examples/cpp) directory for complete working examples:
+
+- `parakeet_cli.cpp` - Command-line transcription tool
+- `whisper_example.cpp` - Whisper integration example
+- `benchmark_librispeech.cpp` - Benchmark on LibriSpeech dataset
+- `benchmark_fleurs.cpp` - Multilingual benchmark on FLEURS
+
+## Support
+
+For issues or questions:
+- **GitHub Issues**: [github.com/FluidInference/eddy/issues](https://github.com/FluidInference/eddy/issues)
+- **Discord**: [discord.gg/WNsvaCtmDe](https://discord.gg/WNsvaCtmDe)