DELTA: A DEep learning based Language Technology plAtform

TL;DR

DELTA is an end-to-end deep learning platform that simplifies development, training, and deployment of natural language and speech processing models for industry and academic applications.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive platform integrating neural network models and deployment tools, enabling efficient development and deployment of NLP and speech models.

Findings

Reliable performance on multiple NLP and speech tasks

Used to develop state-of-the-art algorithms

Deployed in real production serving millions

Abstract

In this paper we present DELTA, a deep learning based language technology platform. DELTA is an end-to-end platform designed to solve industry level natural language and speech processing problems. It integrates most popular neural network models for training as well as comprehensive deployment tools for production. DELTA aims to provide easy and fast experiences for using, deploying, and developing natural language processing and speech models for both academia and industry use cases. We demonstrate the reliable performance with DELTA on several natural language processing and speech tasks, including text classification, named entity recognition, natural language inference, speech recognition, speaker verification, etc. DELTA has been used for developing several state-of-the-art algorithms for publications and delivering real production to serve millions of users.