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# Dataset Description

This document provides a detailed description of the dataset's contents, structure, and the significance of each component.

## 1. Audio Recordings
The dataset includes audio recordings of participants spelling out a randomized full name, a phone number, and an address. Each participant's audio files are stored in separate folders under the `audio_data/` directory.

### Audio Files Naming Convention
- `audio_data/Names`: Audio of participants spelling out a randomized name letter by letter.
- `audio_data/Numbers`: Audio of participants reading out a randomized phone number digit by digit.
- `audio_data/Addresses`: Audio of participants stating randomized address clearly.

The folders contain raw audio files (.wav). Each participant is assigned a unique file_name, which corresponds to three specific file names in the above folders. The ground truth data, including participant names, phone numbers, and addresses, is stored in the metadata.csv file.



## 2. Metadata

The accompanying metadata file `metadata.csv` contains essential information about each participant. The columns in the metadata file include:



| Column Name                | Description                                                                                           |

|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| **Response_ID**            | Unique identifier for each participant's response.  

| **file_name**              | Local file path for hugging face dataset upload compatibility.                                           |                                                             |

| **Age**                    | Age of the participant in years.                                                                     |

| **Gender**                 | Gender of the participant (e.g., Male, Female, Non-binary).                                          |

| **Nationality**            | Participant's nationality.                                                                           |

| **Native Language**        | The language the participant primarily speaks.                                                       |

| **Familiarity with English** | Self-reported level of familiarity with English       |

| **Accent Strength (Self reported)**        | Self-reported strength of the participant's accent on a scale from 0 (no noticeable accent) to 10.   |

| **Difficulties**           | Self-reported frequency of difficulty with automated systems |

| **Recording Machine**      | Device used by the participant for recording (e.g., phone recorder, external microphone).            |

| **Name**                   | Name recorded by the participant.                                                                             |

| **Number**                 | Number recorded by the participant.                                                                     |

| **Address**                | Address recorded by the participant.                                                                |

| **Duration_secs**          | Time it took to complete the survey.                                                                |



## 3. Significance of the Dataset

The dataset is crucial for:

- Reducing bias in automated speech recognition systems, particularly for non-native speakers.

- Providing researchers and developers with a resource to enhance their understanding of how different accents affect speech recognition accuracy.

- Supporting the development of more inclusive technologies.



## 4. How to Access the Data

You can access the Alphanumeric Audio Dataset in two ways:



1. Hugging Face (Recommended):



To directly load the dataset into your project using the Hugging Face datasets library, use the following Python code:

```

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("sakshee05/alphanumeric-audio-dataset")

```



2. Github

Access at [alphanumeric-audio-dataset](https://github.com/Sakshee5/alphanumeric-audio-dataset)