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---
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
task_categories:
- audio-classification
language:
- en
- ko
- pt
tags:
- non-speech
- vocal-sounds
- emotion
- human-voice
- webdataset
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
configs:
- config_name: all
default: true
data_files:
- split: train
path:
- "NonSpeech7k/train/*.tar"
- "NonSpeech7k/test/*.tar"
- "VocalSound/*.tar"
- "DeeplyNonverbalVocalization/*.tar"
- "EmoGator/*.tar"
- "Expresso/*.tar"
- "VIVAE/*.tar"
- config_name: NonSpeech7k
data_files:
- split: train
path: "NonSpeech7k/train/*.tar"
- split: test
path: "NonSpeech7k/test/*.tar"
- config_name: VocalSound
data_files:
- split: train
path: "VocalSound/*.tar"
- config_name: DeeplyNonverbalVocalization
data_files:
- split: train
path: "DeeplyNonverbalVocalization/*.tar"
- config_name: EmoGator
data_files:
- split: train
path: "EmoGator/*.tar"
- config_name: Expresso
data_files:
- split: train
path: "Expresso/*.tar"
- config_name: VIVAE
data_files:
- split: train
path: "VIVAE/*.tar"
---
# Speech Utterances Dataset Collection
A collection of human non-speech vocal sound datasets in WebDataset format, useful for audio classification tasks involving vocal expressions, emotions, and non-verbal sounds.
## Subsets
### all (default)
All datasets concatenated together (~75k samples total).
### NonSpeech7k
- **Samples**: 7,014 (train: 6,289, test: 725)
- **Classes**: Breathing, Coughing, Crying, Laughing, Screaming, Sneezing, Yawning
- **Source**: [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/records/6967442)
- **License**: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
### VocalSound
- **Samples**: 21,024
- **Classes**: Laughter, Sigh, Cough, Throat clearing, Sneeze, Sniff
- **Speakers**: 3,365 from 60 countries
- **Source**: [GitHub](https://github.com/YuanGongND/vocalsound)
- **License**: CC BY-SA 4.0
### DeeplyNonverbalVocalization
- **Samples**: 726 (5% subset of full dataset)
- **Classes**: 16 (teeth-chattering, teeth-grinding, tongue-clicking, nose-blowing, coughing, yawning, throat-clearing, sighing, lip-popping, lip-smacking, panting, crying, laughing, sneezing, moaning, screaming)
- **Source**: [OpenSLR](https://www.openslr.org/99/)
- **License**: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
### EmoGator
- **Samples**: 32,130
- **Classes**: 30 emotion categories (Adoration, Amusement, Anger, Awe, Confusion, Contempt, Contentment, Desire, Disappointment, Disgust, Distress, Ecstasy, Elation, Embarrassment, Fear, Guilt, Interest, Neutral, Pain, Pride, Realization, Relief, Romantic Love, Sadness, Serenity, Shame, Surprise Negative, Surprise Positive, Sympathy, Triumph)
- **Contributors**: 357
- **Source**: [GitHub](https://github.com/fredbuhl/EmoGator)
- **License**: Apache 2.0
### Expresso
- **Samples**: 12,293
- **Styles**: 26 expressive styles (angry, animal, awe, bored, calm, child, confused, default, desire, disgusted, enunciated, fast, fearful, happy, laughing, narration, non_verbal, projected, sad, sarcastic, singing, sleepy, sympathetic, whisper, etc.)
- **Speakers**: 4 (2 male, 2 female)
- **Source**: [Expresso](https://speechbot.github.io/expresso)
- **License**: CC BY-NC 4.0
### VIVAE
- **Samples**: 1,565
- **Emotions**: achievement, anger, fear, pain, pleasure, surprise
- **Intensity levels**: low, moderate, strong, peak
- **Speakers**: 10
- **Source**: [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/record/4066235)
- **License**: CC BY 4.0
## Format
All datasets are stored in WebDataset format:
- **Audio**: FLAC, 48kHz, 16-bit, mono
- **Metadata**: JSON with "text" key containing labels
## Usage
```python
from datasets import load_dataset
# Load all datasets concatenated (default)
ds = load_dataset("gijs/speech-utterances")
# Load a specific subset
ds = load_dataset("gijs/speech-utterances", "Expresso")
ds = load_dataset("gijs/speech-utterances", "NonSpeech7k")
# Access individual examples
print(ds['train'][0])
```
## Citations
Please cite the original datasets when using this collection:
- **NonSpeech7k**: Rashid et al. (2023). Nonspeech7k dataset. IET Signal Processing.
- **VocalSound**: Gong et al. (2022). Vocalsound. ICASSP 2022.
- **DeeplyNonverbalVocalization**: Deeply Inc. Vocal Characterizer Dataset.
- **EmoGator**: Buhl et al. (2023). arXiv:2301.00508
- **Expresso**: Nguyen et al. (2023). EXPRESSO. INTERSPEECH 2023.
- **VIVAE**: Holz et al. (2020). VIVAE corpus. Zenodo.