| --- |
| dataset_info: |
| features: |
| - name: audio |
| dtype: |
| audio: |
| sampling_rate: 16000 |
| - name: transcription |
| dtype: string |
| - name: duration |
| dtype: float32 |
| - name: chapter |
| dtype: string |
| splits: |
| - name: jw_org |
| num_bytes: 16181734517 |
| num_examples: 27068 |
| - name: bible_com |
| num_bytes: 4311808502 |
| num_examples: 57410 |
| download_size: 20491449622 |
| dataset_size: 20493543019 |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: |
| - split: jw_org |
| path: data/jw_org-* |
| - split: bible_com |
| path: data/bible_com-* |
| --- |
| |
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| # **Moore Speech Bible:** A Curated Audio-Text Dataset for Mooré TTS and ASR |
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| The **Moore Speech Bible** dataset is a collection of aligned audio and text in Mooré, gathered from publicly available religious sources. This corpus is curated for **research and academic purposes** in **low-resource speech and language processing**, especially for **text-to-speech (TTS)** and **automatic speech recognition (ASR)** in the **Mooré language** (ISO 639-3: `mos`). |
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| Mooré remains under-represented in current speech technologies. By releasing this dataset, we aim to contribute to the development of accessible AI systems and support the preservation and digital presence of African languages. |
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| This version of the dataset combines multiple sources into a unified, ready-to-use audio-text corpus: |
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| * **bible_com:** Aligned audio and transcripts from the Mooré Bible (“WẼNNAAM SEBRE 2014”) on bible.com |
| * **jw_org:** ~70h of Mooré paired audio+text data collected from [jw.org](https://www.jw.org) |
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| > [!NOTE] |
| > ⚠️ **Access is gated.** Requests must clearly state identity and intended research use. |
| > 🚩 **TLDR:** Anonymous or vague requests will not be approved. |
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| --- |
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| ## Dataset Description |
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| * **Languages:** Mooré (ISO 639-3: `mos`) |
| * **Total Audio:** ≈ 150 hours |
| * **Repository:** [Moore Speech Corpora Toolkit](https://github.com/anyantudre/MooreSpeechCorpora) |
| * **Supported Tasks:** Text-to-Speech (TTS), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) |
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| #### Summary |
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| The dataset contains two aligned audio-text splits: |
| * **bible_com:** Sentence-level aligned audio and transcripts from bible.com |
| * **jw_org:** ~70 hours of paired audio-text data from jw.org |
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| Common characteristics: |
| * **Audio:** 16 kHz mono WAV |
| * **Transcripts:** Preserve Mooré diacritics |
| * **Alignment:** Fairseq MMS forced-aligner (for bible_com) |
| |
| #### Data Instances |
| |
| ```json |
| { |
| "audio": { |
| "path": "data/train/GEN_1_MPBU_segment001.wav", |
| "array": [/* waveform samples */], |
| "sampling_rate": 16000 |
| }, |
| "transcription": "Wakat-kãnga, mam na n tigm-y lame.", |
| "duration": 3.16, |
| "chapter": "GEN_1_MPBU" |
| } |
| ```` |
| |
| #### Fields |
| * **audio:** Path & decoded waveform at 16 kHz |
| * **transcription:** Aligned Mooré text |
| * **duration:** Segment length in seconds |
| * **chapter:** Original chapter code (or `UNKNOWN` when unavailable) |
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| #### Splits |
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| | Split | Examples | Approx. Duration | |
| | --------- | -------- | ---------------- | |
| | bible_com | 57 410 | ~76 hrs | |
| | jw_org | 27 100 | ~70 hrs | |
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| > [!CAUTION] |
| > The two splits come from **different sources and distributions**. |
| > Avoid mixing them blindly without validation, as this may introduce domain bias. |
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| ## Contacts & Citation |
| * **Curator:** Wendyellé A. Alban NYANTUDRE |
| - 📧 [nyantudre@gmail.com](mailto:nyantudre@gmail.com) |
| - 💼 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anyantudre) |
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| * Aristide BANDAOGO |
| - 📧 [aristide@goaicorporation.org](mailto:aristide@goaicorporation.org) |
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| **Citation:** |
| ```bibtex |
| @misc{anyantudre2025moorespeechbible, |
| title = {Moore Speech Bible: A Curated Aligned Audio/Text Dataset for Mooré TTS/ASR}, |
| author = {Nyantudre, Wendyellé Abubakrh Alban and Bandaogo, Aristide}, |
| year = {2025}, |
| howpublished = {Gated dataset, GO AI Corporation Hugging Face org} |
| } |
| ``` |
|
|
| **Considerations:** |
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| > [!CAUTION] |
| > **Note:** Usage follows YouVersion’s non-commercial, internal-use license. |
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| * **Legal:** Internal, non-commercial research only. Redistribution outside GO AI is prohibited without permission. |
| * **Bias:** Domain-specific (religious content). |
| * **Speakers:** Limited variability depending on source. |
