--- license: cc-by-4.0 dataset_info: - config_name: assamese features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 300794211.326 num_examples: 2861 - name: train num_bytes: 32908947850.192 num_examples: 248349 download_size: 28705282169 dataset_size: 33209742061.518 - config_name: bengali features: - 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name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 218438352.933 num_examples: 1957 - name: train num_bytes: 22652082423.636 num_examples: 142261 download_size: 18265329056 dataset_size: 22870520776.569 - config_name: punjabi features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 146518736.45 num_examples: 1675 - name: train num_bytes: 18446495867.056 num_examples: 129208 download_size: 17760872169 dataset_size: 18593014603.506 - config_name: sanskrit features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 153239887.688 num_examples: 1376 - name: train num_bytes: 12097293975.756 num_examples: 96374 download_size: 12031969392 dataset_size: 12250533863.444 - config_name: santali features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 196836046.601 num_examples: 2047 - name: train num_bytes: 15245034830.26 num_examples: 167223 download_size: 17118104524 dataset_size: 15441870876.861 - config_name: sindhi features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - 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name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 319503871.824 num_examples: 3568 - name: train num_bytes: 31726158417.68 num_examples: 262533 download_size: 30881640503 dataset_size: 32045662289.504 - config_name: telugu features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 254999241.564 num_examples: 2314 - name: train num_bytes: 26304066392.396 num_examples: 185196 download_size: 23450931018 dataset_size: 26559065633.96 - config_name: urdu features: - name: audio_filepath dtype: audio - name: text dtype: string - name: duration dtype: float64 - name: lang dtype: string - name: samples dtype: int64 - name: verbatim dtype: string - name: normalized dtype: string - name: speaker_id dtype: string - name: scenario dtype: string - name: task_name dtype: string - name: gender dtype: string - name: age_group dtype: string - name: job_type dtype: string - name: qualification dtype: string - name: area dtype: string - name: district dtype: string - name: state dtype: string - name: occupation dtype: string - name: verification_report dtype: string - name: unsanitized_verbatim dtype: string - name: unsanitized_normalized dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: valid num_bytes: 230750332.176 num_examples: 2337 - name: train num_bytes: 21367652597.76 num_examples: 161740 download_size: 21259369827 dataset_size: 21598402929.935997 configs: - config_name: assamese data_files: - split: valid path: assamese/valid-* - split: train path: assamese/train-* - config_name: bengali data_files: - split: valid path: bengali/valid-* - split: train path: bengali/train-* - config_name: bodo data_files: - split: valid path: bodo/valid-* - split: train path: bodo/train-* - config_name: dogri data_files: - split: valid path: dogri/valid-* - split: train path: dogri/train-* - config_name: gujarati data_files: - split: valid path: gujarati/valid-* - split: train path: gujarati/train-* - config_name: hindi data_files: - split: valid path: hindi/valid-* - split: train path: hindi/train-* - config_name: kannada data_files: - split: valid path: kannada/valid-* - split: train path: kannada/train-* - config_name: kashmiri data_files: - split: valid path: kashmiri/valid-* - split: train path: kashmiri/train-* - config_name: konkani data_files: - split: valid path: konkani/valid-* - split: train path: konkani/train-* - config_name: maithili data_files: - split: valid path: maithili/valid-* - split: train path: maithili/train-* - config_name: malayalam data_files: - split: valid path: malayalam/valid-* - split: train path: malayalam/train-* - config_name: manipuri data_files: - split: valid path: manipuri/valid-* - split: train path: manipuri/train-* - config_name: marathi data_files: - split: valid path: marathi/valid-* - split: train path: marathi/train-* - config_name: nepali data_files: - split: valid path: nepali/valid-* - split: train path: nepali/train-* - config_name: odia data_files: - split: valid path: odia/valid-* - split: train path: odia/train-* - config_name: punjabi data_files: - split: valid path: punjabi/valid-* - split: train path: punjabi/train-* - config_name: sanskrit data_files: - split: valid path: sanskrit/valid-* - split: train path: sanskrit/train-* - config_name: santali data_files: - split: valid path: santali/valid-* - split: train path: santali/train-* - config_name: sindhi data_files: - split: valid path: sindhi/valid-* - split: train path: sindhi/train-* - config_name: tamil data_files: - split: valid path: tamil/valid-* - split: train path: tamil/train-* - config_name: telugu data_files: - split: valid path: telugu/valid-* - split: train path: telugu/train-* - config_name: urdu data_files: - split: valid path: urdu/valid-* - split: train path: urdu/train-* --- # IndicVoices: Towards building an Inclusive Multilingual Speech Dataset for Indian Languages
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## Dataset Description - **Homepage:** [IndicVoices](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ai4bharat/IndicVoices) - **Repository:** [Github](https://github.com/AI4Bharat/IndicVoices) - **Paper:** [IndicVoices: Towards building an Inclusive Multilingual Speech Dataset for Indian Languages ](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01926) ## Overview INDICVOICES is a dataset of natural and spontaneous speech containing a total of 16347 hours of read (8%), extempore (76%) and conversational (15%) audio from 25K speakers covering 308 Indian districts and 22 languages. Of these 16347 hours, 7256 hours have already been transcribed. Through this paper, we share our journey of capturing the cultural, linguistic and demographic diversity of India to create a one-of-its-kind inclusive and representative dataset. More specifically, we share an open-source blueprint for data collection at scale comprising of standardised protocols, centralised tools, a repository of engaging questions, prompts and conversation scenarios spanning multiple domains and topics of interest, quality control mechanisms, comprehensive transcription guidelines and transcription tools. We hope that this open source blueprint will serve as a comprehensive starter kit for data collection efforts in other multilingual regions of the world. Using INDICVOICES, we build IndicASR, the first ASR model to support all the 22 languages listed in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. This work is funded by Bhashini, MeitY and Nilekani Philanthropies ## Usage The [datasets](https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets) library enables you to load and preprocess the dataset directly in Python. Ensure you have an active HuggingFace access token (obtainable from [Hugging Face settings](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens)) before proceeding. To load the dataset, run: ```python from datasets import load_dataset # Load the dataset from the HuggingFace Hub dataset = load_dataset("ai4bharat/IndicVoices","assamese",split="valid") # Check the dataset structure print(dataset) ``` You can also stream the dataset by enabling the `streaming=True` flag: ```python from datasets import load_dataset dataset = load_dataset("ai4bharat/IndicVoices","assamese",split="valid", streaming=True) print(next(iter(dataset))) ``` ## Citation If you use IndicVoices in your work, please cite us: ```bibtex @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/acl/JavedNGJBMSAFPR24, author = {Tahir Javed and Janki Nawale and Eldho Ittan George and Sakshi Joshi and Kaushal Santosh Bhogale and Deovrat Mehendale and Ishvinder Virender Sethi and Aparna Ananthanarayanan and Hafsah Faquih and Pratiti Palit and Sneha Ravishankar and Saranya Sukumaran and Tripura Panchagnula and Sunjay Murali and Kunal Sharad Gandhi and Ambujavalli R and Manickam K. M and C. Venkata Vaijayanthi and Krishnan Srinivasa Raghavan Karunganni and Pratyush Kumar and Mitesh M. Khapra}, title = {IndicVoices: Towards building an Inclusive Multilingual Speech Dataset for Indian Languages}, booktitle = {{ACL} (Findings)}, pages = {10740--10782}, publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics}, year = {2024} } ``` ## License This dataset is released under the [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Contact For any questions or feedback, please contact: - Tahir Javed (tahir@cse.iitm.ac.in) - Mitesh M. Khapra (miteshk@cse.iitm.ac.in)