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	<span>Load audio data
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<p>You can load an audio dataset using the <a href="/docs/datasets/v2.5.2/en/package_reference/main_classes#datasets.Audio">Audio</a> feature that automatically decodes and resamples the audio files when you access the examples.
Audio decoding is based on <code>librosa</code> in general, and <code>torchaudio</code> for MP3.</p>
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	<span>Installation
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<p>To work with audio datasets, you need to have the <code>audio</code> dependencies installed.
Check out the <a href="./installation#audio">installation</a> guide to learn how to install it.</p>
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	<span>Local files
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<p>You can load your own dataset using the paths to your audio files. Use the <a href="/docs/datasets/v2.5.2/en/package_reference/main_classes#datasets.Dataset.cast_column">cast_column()</a> function to take a column of audio file paths, and cast it to the <a href="/docs/datasets/v2.5.2/en/package_reference/main_classes#datasets.Audio">Audio</a> feature:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>audio_dataset = Dataset.from_dict({<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audio&quot;</span>: [<span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_1&quot;</span>, <span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_2&quot;</span>, ..., <span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_n&quot;</span>]}).cast_column(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audio&quot;</span>, Audio())
<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>audio_dataset[<span class="hljs-number">0</span>][<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audio&quot;</span>]
{<span class="hljs-string">&#x27;array&#x27;</span>: array([ <span class="hljs-number">0.</span>        ,  <span class="hljs-number">0.00024414</span>, -<span class="hljs-number">0.00024414</span>, ..., -<span class="hljs-number">0.00024414</span>,
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	<span>AudioFolder
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<p>You can also load a dataset with an <code>AudioFolder</code> dataset builder. It does not require writing a custom dataloader, making it useful for quickly loading audio data.</p>
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	<span>AudioFolder with metadata
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<p>To link your audio files with metadata information, make sure your dataset has a <code>metadata.csv</code> file. Your dataset structure might look like:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->folder<span class="hljs-regexp">/train/m</span>etadata.csv
folder<span class="hljs-regexp">/train/</span>first_audio_file.mp3
folder<span class="hljs-regexp">/train/</span>second_audio_file.mp3
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<p>Your <code>metadata.csv</code> file must have a <code>file_name</code> column which links audio files with their metadata. An example <code>metadata.csv</code> file might look like:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->file_name,transcription
first_audio_file.mp3,znowu się duch z ciałem zrośnie w młodocianej wstaniesz wiosnie i możesz skutkiem tych leków umierać wstawać wiek wieków dalej tam były przestrogi jak siekać głowę jak nogi
second_audio_file.mp3,już u źwierzyńca podwojów król zasiada przy nim książęta i panowie rada a gdzie wzniosły krążył ganek rycerze obok kochanek król skinął palcem zaczęto igrzysko
third_audio_file.mp3,pewnie kędyś w obłędzie ubite minęły szlaki zaczekajmy dzień jaki poślemy szukać wszędzie dziś jutro pewnie będzie posłali wszędzie sługi czekali dzień i drugi gdy nic nie doczekali z płaczem chcą jechać dali<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div>
<p><code>AudioFolder</code> will load audio data and create a <code>transcription</code> column containing texts from <code>metadata.csv</code>:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> datasets <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> load_dataset

<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_dir=<span class="hljs-string">&quot;/path/to/folder&quot;</span>)
<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="hljs-comment"># OR by specifying the list of files</span>
<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_files=[<span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_1&quot;</span>, <span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_2&quot;</span>, ..., <span class="hljs-string">&quot;path/to/audio_n&quot;</span>])<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div>
<p>You can load remote datasets from their URLs with the data_files parameter:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_files=[<span class="hljs-string">&quot;https://foo.bar/audio_1&quot;</span>, <span class="hljs-string">&quot;https://foo.bar/audio_2&quot;</span>, ..., <span class="hljs-string">&quot;https://foo.bar/audio_n&quot;</span>]
<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="hljs-comment"># for example, pass SpeechCommands archive:</span>
<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_files=<span class="hljs-string">&quot;https://s3.amazonaws.com/datasets.huggingface.co/SpeechCommands/v0.01/v0.01_test.tar.gz&quot;</span>)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div>
<p>Metadata can also be specified as JSON Lines, in which case use <code>metadata.jsonl</code> as the name of the metadata file. This format is helpful in scenarios when one of the columns is complex, e.g. a list of floats, to avoid parsing errors or reading the complex values as strings.</p>
<p>To ignore the information in the metadata file, set <code>drop_metadata=True</code> in <a href="/docs/datasets/v2.5.2/en/package_reference/loading_methods#datasets.load_dataset">load_dataset()</a>:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> datasets <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> load_dataset

<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_dir=<span class="hljs-string">&quot;/path/to/folder&quot;</span>, drop_metadata=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div>
<p>If you don’t have a metadata file, <code>AudioFolder</code> automatically infers the label name from the directory name.
If you want to drop automatically created labels, set <code>drop_labels=True</code>.
In this case, your dataset will only contain an audio column:</p>

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	<pre><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> datasets <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> load_dataset

<span class="hljs-meta">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>dataset = load_dataset(<span class="hljs-string">&quot;audiofolder&quot;</span>, data_dir=<span class="hljs-string">&quot;/path/to/folder_without_metadata&quot;</span>, drop_labels=<span class="hljs-literal">True</span>)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --></pre></div>


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<p>For a guide on how to load any type of dataset, take a look at the <a class="underline decoration-sky-400 decoration-2 font-semibold" href="./loading">general loading guide</a>.</p>


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