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Multispeaker_libri Dataset Manifest

Overview

The manifest.json file provides a structured mapping of all audio files in the Multispeaker_libri dataset, following the same format as the Bilingual_uedin dataset (MF1.json).

Key Features

  • 800 total entries - Each mixture file at a different SNR level gets its own entry
  • 100 unique groundtruth files - Clean reference audios (10 per target speaker)
  • 8 mixtures per groundtruth - Each groundtruth is shared by:
    • 4 SNR levels: -5dB, 0dB, +5dB, +10dB
    • 2 interferers: 121 (female), 672 (male)

Structure

Each JSON entry contains:

{
  "ori_pth": "target_61/interferer_121/snr_-5dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav",
  "ori_spk": "61",
  "ori_lang": "EN",
  "ori_text": "IF FOR A WHIM YOU BEGGAR YOURSELF I CANNOT STAY YOU",
  "ori_phonemes": "",
  "ori_tone": "",
  "ori_word2ph": "",
  "gt_pth": "target_61/groundtruth/61-70970-0037.wav",
  "gt_spk": "61",
  "gt_lang": "EN",
  "gt_text": "INDEED HE IS INFORMED ON THESE POINTS...",
  "gt_phonemes": "",
  "gt_tone": "",
  "gt_word2ph": "",
  "snr": "-5dB",
  "interferer_id": "121"
}

Fields Explanation

Original (Mixture) Audio:

  • ori_pth: Path to the mixture file (target + interferer at specific SNR)
  • ori_spk: Target speaker ID
  • ori_lang: Language (always "EN" for LibriSpeech)
  • ori_text: Transcription of the target speaker's utterance
  • ori_phonemes, ori_tone, ori_word2ph: Empty (can be filled with phonemizer)

Groundtruth (Clean Reference) Audio:

  • gt_pth: Path to clean groundtruth file (no interference)
  • gt_spk: Same as target speaker ID
  • gt_lang: Language (always "EN")
  • gt_text: Transcription of the groundtruth utterance
  • gt_phonemes, gt_tone, gt_word2ph: Empty (can be filled with phonemizer)

Additional Metadata:

  • snr: Signal-to-Noise Ratio level (+10dB, +5dB, +0dB, -5dB)
  • interferer_id: ID of interfering speaker (121 or 672)

Use Cases

1. Voice Cloning with Noisy References

Use mixture files (ori_pth) as enrollment audio with controlled interference:

# Load mixture at different SNR levels
mixture_5db = load_audio(entry['ori_pth'])  # SNR = +5dB
mixture_0db = load_audio(entry['ori_pth'])  # SNR = 0dB

# Use same clean groundtruth for comparison
clean_ref = load_audio(entry['gt_pth'])

2. Studying SNR Impact

Compare voice cloning quality across SNR levels using the same groundtruth:

# Get all SNR versions of same utterance (share same gt_pth)
entries_for_utterance = [e for e in manifest if e['gt_pth'] == target_gt]
# entries will have -5dB, 0dB, +5dB, +10dB versions

3. Multi-Speaker Interference Analysis

Test how different interferers affect the same target speaker:

# Compare female interferer (121) vs male interferer (672)
female_interferer = [e for e in manifest if e['interferer_id'] == '121']
male_interferer = [e for e in manifest if e['interferer_id'] == '672']

Dataset Statistics

  • Target Speakers: 10 (5 male, 5 female)

    • Male: 61, 908, 2300, 2830, 7729
    • Female: 237, 1221, 1284, 4970, 6829
  • Interferer Speakers: 2

    • Female: 121
    • Male: 672
  • SNR Levels: 4 (-5dB, 0dB, +5dB, +10dB)

  • Audio Files:

    • 800 mixture files
    • 800 target files (clean segments used in mixtures)
    • 100 groundtruth files (separate clean references)

Example: Multiple SNRs → Same Groundtruth

Groundtruth: target_61/groundtruth/61-70970-0037.wav
├── Mixture 1: target_61/interferer_121/snr_-5dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 2: target_61/interferer_121/snr_+0dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 3: target_61/interferer_121/snr_+5dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 4: target_61/interferer_121/snr_+10dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 5: target_61/interferer_672/snr_-5dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 6: target_61/interferer_672/snr_+0dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
├── Mixture 7: target_61/interferer_672/snr_+5dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav
└── Mixture 8: target_61/interferer_672/snr_+10dB/61-70970-0003_mixture.wav

Loading the Manifest

import json

with open('manifest.json', 'r') as f:
    manifest = json.load(f)

# Access entries
for entry in manifest:
    mixture_path = entry['ori_pth']
    groundtruth_path = entry['gt_pth']
    snr_level = entry['snr']
    interferer = entry['interferer_id']
    
    # Your processing code here

Generation Script

The manifest was generated using scripts/generate_multispeaker_manifest.py.

To regenerate:

python scripts/generate_multispeaker_manifest.py

Notes

  • Phoneme fields are currently empty. You can populate them using tools like phonemizer.
  • All audio files are WAV format, 16kHz sample rate, mono.
  • Transcriptions are extracted from LibriSpeech's .trans.txt files.
  • Groundtruth files are different utterances than the mixture utterances (separate clean references for testing).

Version

  • Generated: November 20, 2025
  • Dataset: Multispeaker_libri v1.0
  • Based on: LibriSpeech test-clean subset