ElevenMusic Muse Plus: Free Stdlib Python CLI Judges Audio Captions and Lyrics

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A developer has released elevenmusic-muse-plus, a free command-line tool that acts as a judge for audio captions and lyrics, written in Python using only the standard library. It runs without a browser and, according to the author, sends no data anywhere, since it only reads the files it is pointed at. The tool is MIT licensed, and its source code and issue tracker are hosted on GitLab. The author cautions that its rules can produce false positives, so it is best used to flag candidates for rewriting rather than to grade a writer or in cases where a distinctive voice is intended. The write-up also covers the tool's limitations and points of failure, not just its usage.

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