TransferRapid/CommonVoices20_ro

Common Voices Corpus 20.0 (Romanian)

Common Voices is an open-source dataset of speech recordings created by Mozilla to improve speech recognition technologies. It consists of crowdsourced voice samples in multiple languages, contributed by volunteers worldwide.

Challenges: The raw dataset included numerous recordings with incorrect transcriptions or those requiring adjustments, such as sampling rate modifications, conversion to .wav format, and other refinements essential for optimal use in developing and fine-tuning various models.

Processing: Our team, led by project manager Ionuț Vișan, carefully reviewed and manually corrected the transcriptions of all audio segments, ensuring their conversion into the required format for modern models (16k Hz sampling rate, mono channel, .wav format).

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Dataset Summary

common_voices20_audio.zip: The archive containing all processed audio segments.

Total number of audio segments: 41,431.

Total duration of all audio segments combined: approximately 47 hours.

common_voices20.csv: Contains metadata for all segments from the common_voices20_audio.

The file contains 41,431 rows and 2 columns:

• audio_file: File names of the processed audio segments from common_voices20_audio.
• transcript: Corresponding text transcriptions for each audio file from common_voices20_audio.

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Split

To split the dataset (common_voices20.csv), we performed an 80-20 split into training and test sets using a seed value of 42, resulting in:

• train_common_voices20.csv: It contains 33,144 of the audio segments.
• test_common_voices20.csv: It contains 8,287 of the audio segments.

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How to use

If you want to download all the files from the dataset, use the following code:

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from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
import zipfile
import os

# Repo and files
Dataset = "TransferRapid/CommonVoices20_ro"

filenames = [
    "common_voices20.csv",
    "test_common_voices20.csv",
    "train_common_voices20.csv",
    "common_voices20_audio.zip"
]

# Download files
for filename in filenames:
    print(f"Downloading {filename}...")
    file_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=Dataset, filename=filename, repo_type="dataset", local_dir="./")
    print(f"Downloaded {filename} to: {file_path}")
    
    # Extract ZIP files
    if filename.endswith('.zip'):
        extracted_dir = filename.replace('.zip', '')
        with zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, 'r') as zip_ref:
            zip_ref.extractall(extracted_dir)
        print(f"Extracted files to: {extracted_dir}")
        print(os.listdir(extracted_dir))
    else:
        print(f"{filename} is available.")

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Usage

The dataset can be used for:

• Speech-to-Text (STT) – Automatic Transcription
• Text-to-Speech (TTS) – Synthetic Voice Generation
• Speech Enhancement & Noise Reduction
• Speaker Recognition & Verification
• Sentiment Analysis & Emotion Recognition
• AI-Powered Voice Assistants & Smart Devices

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Communication

For any questions regarding this dataset or to explore collaborations on ambitious AI/ML projects, please feel free to contact us at:

• ionut.visan@transferrapid.com
• Ionuț Vișan's Linkedin
• Transfer Rapid's Linkedin