---
task_categories:
- automatic-speech-recognition
language:
- en
- fr
- de
- es
tags:
- music
pretty_name: "JamALT: A Formatting-Aware Lyrics Transcription Benchmark"
---

# JamALT: A Formatting-Aware Lyrics Transcription Benchmark

JamALT is a revision of the [JamendoLyrics](https://github.com/f90/jamendolyrics) dataset, adapted for use as an automatic lyrics transcription (ALT) benchmark.

The lyrics have been revised according to the newly compiled [annotation guidelines](GUIDELINES.md).

## Loading the data

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
load_dataset("audioshake/jam-alt")
```

A subset is defined for each language (`en`, `fr`, `de`, `es`);
for example, use `load_dataset("audioshake/jam-alt", "es")` to load only the Spanish songs.

Other arguments can be specified to control audio loading:
- `with_audio=False` to skip loading audio.
- `sampling_rate` and `mono` to control the sampling rate and number of channels.
- `decode_audio=False` to skip decoding the audio and just get paths to the MP3 files.