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| language: |
| - ku |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
| task_categories: |
| - text-to-speech |
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| # KurFemTTS Dataset |
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| ## Overview |
| This dataset contains audio chunks and their corresponding textual transcripts in Kurdish. It is designed for Text-to-Speech (TTS) research and development, specifically focusing on female Kurdish speech (as part of the KurFemTTS project). |
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| ## Dataset Structure |
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| The dataset consists of audio `.wav` files grouped into tracks and a single metadata file `metadata.csv` that provides the transcription for each audio file. |
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| ### Metadata (`metadata.csv`) |
| The `metadata.csv` file contains 2,994 transcriptions. It has the following columns: |
| - **`file_name`**: The relative path to the `.wav` audio chunk (e.g., `track1\track1_0001.wav`). |
| - **`track`**: The source track or session number the chunk was extracted from. |
| - **`chunk_number`**: The sequential number of the chunk within the track. |
| - **`sentence`**: The Kurdish text transcription corresponding to the audio chunk. |
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| ### Audio Data |
| - **Format**: WAV (`.wav`) |
| - **Channels**: Mono |
| - **Total Duration**: ~10 hours |
| - **Speaker Profile**: Female (Single speaker) |
| - The audio files are provided in a compressed `.zip` archive (e.g., `wavs_2026.zip`). |
| - Total number of audio chunks: 2,994. |
| - Total size of the zip archive: ~1.36 GB. |
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| ## Usage |
| This dataset can be used to train or fine-tune Text-to-Speech (TTS) models or Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for the Kurdish language. |
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| To load the dataset using the Hugging Face `datasets` library, you can parse the `metadata.csv` and load the associated `.wav` files. |
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| ## Language |
| - Kurdish (Central Kurdish / Sorani) |
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