Datasets:

arvinsingh
/

welsh-speech-audio

license: cc-by-nc-4.0
configs:
  - config_name: default
    drop_labels: true
task_categories:
  - automatic-speech-recognition
  - text-to-speech
  - audio-classification
language:
  - cy
tags:
  - speech
  - welsh
  - cymraeg
  - fluency
  - pronunciation
  - audio
size_categories:
  - n<1K
pretty_name: CymruFluency Welsh Speech Dataset - Audio

Welsh Speech Dataset - Audio

Audio recordings from the Welsh Speech Dataset.

33 speakers x 10 Welsh phrases ~ 330 audio files
Format: WAV (16-bit PCM recommended)
with 3D facial captures and landmarks

Files

Audio files are located in the audio/ directory. Naming: audio/speaker_XX_phrase_YY.wav

Example: audio/speaker_01_phrase_05.wav = Speaker 1 speaking Phrase 5 ("Ardderchog")

Metadata

Metadata for the audio dataset is in metadata.jsonl (inside audio/), for HuggingFace to load the dataset. A full annotation file metadata_anno.csv is also included at the root for cross-referencing with the 3D and landmark repositories. See metadata_anno.csv for:

Speaker ID
Phrase ID
Welsh text
English translation
Fluency score (0-5)

Related Repositories

Main: arvinsingh/welsh-speech-dataset
3D Meshes: arvinsingh/welsh-speech-3d-meshes
Landmarks: arvinsingh/welsh-speech-landmarks

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# load audio dataset
dataset = load_dataset("arvinsingh/welsh-speech-audio")

# access audio files
audio = dataset['train'][0]['audio']

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite both the paper and the dataset:

@inproceedings{bali_2026_cymrufluency,
  author       = {Bali, Arvinder Pal Singh and Tam, Gary KL and Siris, Avishek and Andrews, Gareth and Lai, Yukun and Tiddeman, Bernie and Ffrancon, Gwenno},
  title        = {CymruFluency - A Fusion Technique and a 4D Welsh Dataset for Welsh Fluency Analysis},
  booktitle    = {Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems},
  pages        = {96--108},
  year         = 2026,
  publisher    = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-032-07343-3_8},
}

@dataset{bali_2025_dataset,
  author       = {Bali, Arvinder Pal Singh and Tam, Gary KL and Siris, Avishek and Andrews, Gareth and Lai, Yukun and Tiddeman, Bernie and Ffrancon, Gwenno},
  title        = {Dataset and code for "CymruFluency"},
  year         = 2025,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.15397513},
}