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- license:
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- - cc-by-sa-4.0
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- - cc-by-4.0
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- annotation_creators:
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- - human-annotated
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- - crowdsourced
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  language_creators:
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- - creator_1
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- tags:
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- - audio
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- - automatic-speech-recognition
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- - text-to-speech
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  language:
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- - ach
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- - aka
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- - amh
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- - dag
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- - dga
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- - ewe
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- - fat
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- - ful
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- - hau
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- - ibo
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- - kik
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- - kpo
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- - lin
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- - lug
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- - luo
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- - mas
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- - mlg
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- - nyn
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- - orm
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- - sid
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- - sna
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- - sog
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- - swa
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- - tir
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- - twi
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- - wal
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- - yor
 
 
 
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  multilinguality:
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- - multilingual
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- pretty_name: Waxal NLP Datasets
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- task_categories:
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- - automatic-speech-recognition
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- - text-to-speech
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  source_datasets:
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- - UGSpeechData
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- - DigitalUmuganda/AfriVoice
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- - original
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  configs:
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- - config_name: ach_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/ach/ach-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/ach/ach-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/ach/ach-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/ach/ach-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: ach_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/ach/ach-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/ach/ach-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/ach/ach-test-*"
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- - config_name: aka_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/aka/aka-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/aka/aka-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/aka/aka-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/aka/aka-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: amh_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/amh/amh-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/amh/amh-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/amh/amh-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/amh/amh-unlabeled-*"
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-
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- - config_name: dag_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/dag/dag-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/dag/dag-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/dag/dag-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/dag/dag-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: dga_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/dga/dga-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/dga/dga-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/dga/dga-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/dga/dga-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: ewe_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/ewe/ewe-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/ewe/ewe-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/ewe/ewe-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/ewe/ewe-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: fat_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/fat/fat-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/fat/fat-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/fat/fat-test-*"
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- - config_name: ful_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/ful/ful-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/ful/ful-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/ful/ful-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/ful/ful-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: ful_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/ful/ful-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/ful/ful-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/ful/ful-test-*"
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- - config_name: hau_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/hau/hau-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/hau/hau-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/hau/hau-test-*"
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- - config_name: ibo_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/ibo/ibo-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/ibo/ibo-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/ibo/ibo-test-*"
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- - config_name: kik_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/kik/kik-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/kik/kik-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/kik/kik-test-*"
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- - config_name: kpo_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/kpo/kpo-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/kpo/kpo-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/kpo/kpo-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/kpo/kpo-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: lin_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/lin/lin-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/lin/lin-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/lin/lin-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/lin/lin-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: lug_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/lug/lug-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/lug/lug-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/lug/lug-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/lug/lug-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: lug_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/lug/lug-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/lug/lug-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/lug/lug-test-*"
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- - config_name: luo_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/luo/luo-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/luo/luo-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/luo/luo-test-*"
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- - config_name: mas_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/mas/mas-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/mas/mas-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/mas/mas-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/mas/mas-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: mlg_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/mlg/mlg-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/mlg/mlg-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/mlg/mlg-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/mlg/mlg-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: nyn_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/nyn/nyn-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/nyn/nyn-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/nyn/nyn-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/nyn/nyn-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: nyn_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/nyn/nyn-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/nyn/nyn-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/nyn/nyn-test-*"
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- - config_name: orm_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/orm/orm-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/orm/orm-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/orm/orm-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/orm/orm-unlabeled-*"
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-
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- - config_name: sid_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/sid/sid-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/sid/sid-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/sid/sid-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/sid/sid-unlabeled-*"
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-
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- - config_name: sna_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/sna/sna-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/sna/sna-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/sna/sna-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/sna/sna-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: tir_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/tir/tir-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/tir/tir-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/tir/tir-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/tir/tir-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: sog_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/sog/sog-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/sog/sog-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/sog/sog-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/sog/sog-unlabeled-*"
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- - config_name: swa_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/swa/swa-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/swa/swa-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/swa/swa-test-*"
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- - config_name: twi_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/twi/twi-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/twi/twi-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/twi/twi-test-*"
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- - config_name: yor_tts
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/TTS/yor/yor-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/TTS/yor/yor-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/TTS/yor/yor-test-*"
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- - config_name: wal_asr
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: "data/ASR/wal/wal-train-*"
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- - split: validation
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- path: "data/ASR/wal/wal-validation-*"
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- - split: test
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- path: "data/ASR/wal/wal-test-*"
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- - split: unlabeled
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- path: "data/ASR/wal/wal-unlabeled-*"
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  dataset_info:
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- - config_name: ach_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: ach_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- - name: locale
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: aka_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - config_name: dag_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: dga_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: ewe_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: fat_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- - name: locale
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: ful_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: ful_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- - name: locale
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: hau_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- - name: text
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- dtype: string
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- - name: locale
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: ibo_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: text
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- dtype: string
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- - name: locale
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: kik_tts
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: text
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- dtype: string
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- - name: locale
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- - config_name: kpo_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- dtype: string
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: lin_asr
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- features:
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: transcription
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- dtype: string
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- - name: language
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- - name: gender
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
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- dtype: audio
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- - config_name: lug_asr
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: speaker_id
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- - name: id
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- dtype: string
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- - name: audio
639
- dtype: audio
640
-
641
-
642
- - config_name: sna_asr
643
- features:
644
- - name: id
645
- dtype: string
646
- - name: speaker_id
647
- dtype: string
648
- - name: transcription
649
- dtype: string
650
- - name: language
651
- dtype: string
652
- - name: gender
653
- dtype: string
654
- - name: audio
655
- dtype: audio
656
- - config_name: sog_asr
657
- features:
658
- - name: id
659
- dtype: string
660
- - name: speaker_id
661
- dtype: string
662
- - name: transcription
663
- dtype: string
664
- - name: language
665
- dtype: string
666
- - name: gender
667
- dtype: string
668
- - name: audio
669
- dtype: audio
670
-
671
- - config_name: swa_tts
672
- features:
673
- - name: id
674
- dtype: string
675
- - name: speaker_id
676
- dtype: string
677
- - name: text
678
- dtype: string
679
- - name: locale
680
- dtype: string
681
- - name: gender
682
- dtype: string
683
- - name: audio
684
- dtype: audio
685
- - config_name: twi_tts
686
- features:
687
- - name: id
688
- dtype: string
689
- - name: speaker_id
690
- dtype: string
691
- - name: text
692
- dtype: string
693
- - name: locale
694
- dtype: string
695
- - name: gender
696
- dtype: string
697
- - name: audio
698
- dtype: audio
699
-
700
- - config_name: yor_tts
701
- features:
702
- - name: id
703
- dtype: string
704
- - name: speaker_id
705
- dtype: string
706
- - name: text
707
- dtype: string
708
- - name: locale
709
- dtype: string
710
- - name: gender
711
- dtype: string
712
- - name: audio
713
- dtype: audio
714
  ---
715
 
716
  # Waxal Datasets
717
 
 
 
718
  ## Table of Contents
719
 
720
  - [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
@@ -728,6 +721,7 @@ dataset_info:
728
  - [Dataset Curation](#dataset-curation)
729
  - [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
730
  - [Additional Information](#additional-information)
 
731
 
732
  ## Dataset Description
733
 
@@ -758,8 +752,7 @@ Digital Umuganda | Fula, Lingala, Shona, Malagasy, Amharic, Oromo, Sidama, Ti
758
  ### TTS Dataset
759
 
760
  The Waxal TTS dataset is a collection of text-to-speech data in 16 African
761
- languages. It consists of approximately 240 hours of scripted natural speech
762
- from a wide variety of voices.
763
 
764
  Provider | Languages | License
765
  :------------------ | :----------------------------------- | :------------:
@@ -918,3 +911,14 @@ differ between providers.
918
 
919
  - **Current Version:** 1.0.0
920
  - **Last Updated:** 01/2026
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
  ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
  language_creators:
3
+ - creator_1
 
 
 
 
4
  language:
5
+ - ach
6
+ - aka
7
+ - amh
8
+ - dag
9
+ - dga
10
+ - ewe
11
+ - fat
12
+ - ful
13
+ - hau
14
+ - ibo
15
+ - kik
16
+ - kpo
17
+ - lin
18
+ - lug
19
+ - luo
20
+ - mas
21
+ - mlg
22
+ - nyn
23
+ - orm
24
+ - sid
25
+ - sna
26
+ - sog
27
+ - swa
28
+ - tir
29
+ - twi
30
+ - wal
31
+ - yor
32
+ license:
33
+ - cc-by-sa-4.0
34
+ - cc-by-4.0
35
  multilinguality:
36
+ - multilingual
 
 
 
 
37
  source_datasets:
38
+ - UGSpeechData
39
+ - DigitalUmuganda/AfriVoice
40
+ - original
41
+ task_categories:
42
+ - automatic-speech-recognition
43
+ - text-to-speech
44
+ pretty_name: Waxal NLP Datasets
45
+ arxiv: 2602.02734
46
+ annotation_creators:
47
+ - human-annotated
48
+ - crowdsourced
49
+ tags:
50
+ - audio
51
+ - automatic-speech-recognition
52
+ - text-to-speech
53
  configs:
54
+ - config_name: ach_asr
55
+ data_files:
56
+ - split: train
57
+ path: data/ASR/ach/ach-train-*
58
+ - split: validation
59
+ path: data/ASR/ach/ach-validation-*
60
+ - split: test
61
+ path: data/ASR/ach/ach-test-*
62
+ - split: unlabeled
63
+ path: data/ASR/ach/ach-unlabeled-*
64
+ - config_name: ach_tts
65
+ data_files:
66
+ - split: train
67
+ path: data/TTS/ach/ach-train-*
68
+ - split: validation
69
+ path: data/TTS/ach/ach-validation-*
70
+ - split: test
71
+ path: data/TTS/ach/ach-test-*
72
+ - config_name: aka_asr
73
+ data_files:
74
+ - split: train
75
+ path: data/ASR/aka/aka-train-*
76
+ - split: validation
77
+ path: data/ASR/aka/aka-validation-*
78
+ - split: test
79
+ path: data/ASR/aka/aka-test-*
80
+ - split: unlabeled
81
+ path: data/ASR/aka/aka-unlabeled-*
82
+ - config_name: amh_asr
83
+ data_files:
84
+ - split: train
85
+ path: data/ASR/amh/amh-train-*
86
+ - split: validation
87
+ path: data/ASR/amh/amh-validation-*
88
+ - split: test
89
+ path: data/ASR/amh/amh-test-*
90
+ - split: unlabeled
91
+ path: data/ASR/amh/amh-unlabeled-*
92
+ - config_name: dag_asr
93
+ data_files:
94
+ - split: train
95
+ path: data/ASR/dag/dag-train-*
96
+ - split: validation
97
+ path: data/ASR/dag/dag-validation-*
98
+ - split: test
99
+ path: data/ASR/dag/dag-test-*
100
+ - split: unlabeled
101
+ path: data/ASR/dag/dag-unlabeled-*
102
+ - config_name: dga_asr
103
+ data_files:
104
+ - split: train
105
+ path: data/ASR/dga/dga-train-*
106
+ - split: validation
107
+ path: data/ASR/dga/dga-validation-*
108
+ - split: test
109
+ path: data/ASR/dga/dga-test-*
110
+ - split: unlabeled
111
+ path: data/ASR/dga/dga-unlabeled-*
112
+ - config_name: ewe_asr
113
+ data_files:
114
+ - split: train
115
+ path: data/ASR/ewe/ewe-train-*
116
+ - split: validation
117
+ path: data/ASR/ewe/ewe-validation-*
118
+ - split: test
119
+ path: data/ASR/ewe/ewe-test-*
120
+ - split: unlabeled
121
+ path: data/ASR/ewe/ewe-unlabeled-*
122
+ - config_name: fat_tts
123
+ data_files:
124
+ - split: train
125
+ path: data/TTS/fat/fat-train-*
126
+ - split: validation
127
+ path: data/TTS/fat/fat-validation-*
128
+ - split: test
129
+ path: data/TTS/fat/fat-test-*
130
+ - config_name: ful_asr
131
+ data_files:
132
+ - split: train
133
+ path: data/ASR/ful/ful-train-*
134
+ - split: validation
135
+ path: data/ASR/ful/ful-validation-*
136
+ - split: test
137
+ path: data/ASR/ful/ful-test-*
138
+ - split: unlabeled
139
+ path: data/ASR/ful/ful-unlabeled-*
140
+ - config_name: ful_tts
141
+ data_files:
142
+ - split: train
143
+ path: data/TTS/ful/ful-train-*
144
+ - split: validation
145
+ path: data/TTS/ful/ful-validation-*
146
+ - split: test
147
+ path: data/TTS/ful/ful-test-*
148
+ - config_name: hau_tts
149
+ data_files:
150
+ - split: train
151
+ path: data/TTS/hau/hau-train-*
152
+ - split: validation
153
+ path: data/TTS/hau/hau-validation-*
154
+ - split: test
155
+ path: data/TTS/hau/hau-test-*
156
+ - config_name: ibo_tts
157
+ data_files:
158
+ - split: train
159
+ path: data/TTS/ibo/ibo-train-*
160
+ - split: validation
161
+ path: data/TTS/ibo/ibo-validation-*
162
+ - split: test
163
+ path: data/TTS/ibo/ibo-test-*
164
+ - config_name: kik_tts
165
+ data_files:
166
+ - split: train
167
+ path: data/TTS/kik/kik-train-*
168
+ - split: validation
169
+ path: data/TTS/kik/kik-validation-*
170
+ - split: test
171
+ path: data/TTS/kik/kik-test-*
172
+ - config_name: kpo_asr
173
+ data_files:
174
+ - split: train
175
+ path: data/ASR/kpo/kpo-train-*
176
+ - split: validation
177
+ path: data/ASR/kpo/kpo-validation-*
178
+ - split: test
179
+ path: data/ASR/kpo/kpo-test-*
180
+ - split: unlabeled
181
+ path: data/ASR/kpo/kpo-unlabeled-*
182
+ - config_name: lin_asr
183
+ data_files:
184
+ - split: train
185
+ path: data/ASR/lin/lin-train-*
186
+ - split: validation
187
+ path: data/ASR/lin/lin-validation-*
188
+ - split: test
189
+ path: data/ASR/lin/lin-test-*
190
+ - split: unlabeled
191
+ path: data/ASR/lin/lin-unlabeled-*
192
+ - config_name: lug_asr
193
+ data_files:
194
+ - split: train
195
+ path: data/ASR/lug/lug-train-*
196
+ - split: validation
197
+ path: data/ASR/lug/lug-validation-*
198
+ - split: test
199
+ path: data/ASR/lug/lug-test-*
200
+ - split: unlabeled
201
+ path: data/ASR/lug/lug-unlabeled-*
202
+ - config_name: lug_tts
203
+ data_files:
204
+ - split: train
205
+ path: data/TTS/lug/lug-train-*
206
+ - split: validation
207
+ path: data/TTS/lug/lug-validation-*
208
+ - split: test
209
+ path: data/TTS/lug/lug-test-*
210
+ - config_name: luo_tts
211
+ data_files:
212
+ - split: train
213
+ path: data/TTS/luo/luo-train-*
214
+ - split: validation
215
+ path: data/TTS/luo/luo-validation-*
216
+ - split: test
217
+ path: data/TTS/luo/luo-test-*
218
+ - config_name: mas_asr
219
+ data_files:
220
+ - split: train
221
+ path: data/ASR/mas/mas-train-*
222
+ - split: validation
223
+ path: data/ASR/mas/mas-validation-*
224
+ - split: test
225
+ path: data/ASR/mas/mas-test-*
226
+ - split: unlabeled
227
+ path: data/ASR/mas/mas-unlabeled-*
228
+ - config_name: mlg_asr
229
+ data_files:
230
+ - split: train
231
+ path: data/ASR/mlg/mlg-train-*
232
+ - split: validation
233
+ path: data/ASR/mlg/mlg-validation-*
234
+ - split: test
235
+ path: data/ASR/mlg/mlg-test-*
236
+ - split: unlabeled
237
+ path: data/ASR/mlg/mlg-unlabeled-*
238
+ - config_name: nyn_asr
239
+ data_files:
240
+ - split: train
241
+ path: data/ASR/nyn/nyn-train-*
242
+ - split: validation
243
+ path: data/ASR/nyn/nyn-validation-*
244
+ - split: test
245
+ path: data/ASR/nyn/nyn-test-*
246
+ - split: unlabeled
247
+ path: data/ASR/nyn/nyn-unlabeled-*
248
+ - config_name: nyn_tts
249
+ data_files:
250
+ - split: train
251
+ path: data/TTS/nyn/nyn-train-*
252
+ - split: validation
253
+ path: data/TTS/nyn/nyn-validation-*
254
+ - split: test
255
+ path: data/TTS/nyn/nyn-test-*
256
+ - config_name: orm_asr
257
+ data_files:
258
+ - split: train
259
+ path: data/ASR/orm/orm-train-*
260
+ - split: validation
261
+ path: data/ASR/orm/orm-validation-*
262
+ - split: test
263
+ path: data/ASR/orm/orm-test-*
264
+ - split: unlabeled
265
+ path: data/ASR/orm/orm-unlabeled-*
266
+ - config_name: sid_asr
267
+ data_files:
268
+ - split: train
269
+ path: data/ASR/sid/sid-train-*
270
+ - split: validation
271
+ path: data/ASR/sid/sid-validation-*
272
+ - split: test
273
+ path: data/ASR/sid/sid-test-*
274
+ - split: unlabeled
275
+ path: data/ASR/sid/sid-unlabeled-*
276
+ - config_name: sna_asr
277
+ data_files:
278
+ - split: train
279
+ path: data/ASR/sna/sna-train-*
280
+ - split: validation
281
+ path: data/ASR/sna/sna-validation-*
282
+ - split: test
283
+ path: data/ASR/sna/sna-test-*
284
+ - split: unlabeled
285
+ path: data/ASR/sna/sna-unlabeled-*
286
+ - config_name: tir_asr
287
+ data_files:
288
+ - split: train
289
+ path: data/ASR/tir/tir-train-*
290
+ - split: validation
291
+ path: data/ASR/tir/tir-validation-*
292
+ - split: test
293
+ path: data/ASR/tir/tir-test-*
294
+ - split: unlabeled
295
+ path: data/ASR/tir/tir-unlabeled-*
296
+ - config_name: sog_asr
297
+ data_files:
298
+ - split: train
299
+ path: data/ASR/sog/sog-train-*
300
+ - split: validation
301
+ path: data/ASR/sog/sog-validation-*
302
+ - split: test
303
+ path: data/ASR/sog/sog-test-*
304
+ - split: unlabeled
305
+ path: data/ASR/sog/sog-unlabeled-*
306
+ - config_name: swa_tts
307
+ data_files:
308
+ - split: train
309
+ path: data/TTS/swa/swa-train-*
310
+ - split: validation
311
+ path: data/TTS/swa/swa-validation-*
312
+ - split: test
313
+ path: data/TTS/swa/swa-test-*
314
+ - config_name: twi_tts
315
+ data_files:
316
+ - split: train
317
+ path: data/TTS/twi/twi-train-*
318
+ - split: validation
319
+ path: data/TTS/twi/twi-validation-*
320
+ - split: test
321
+ path: data/TTS/twi/twi-test-*
322
+ - config_name: yor_tts
323
+ data_files:
324
+ - split: train
325
+ path: data/TTS/yor/yor-train-*
326
+ - split: validation
327
+ path: data/TTS/yor/yor-validation-*
328
+ - split: test
329
+ path: data/TTS/yor/yor-test-*
330
+ - config_name: wal_asr
331
+ data_files:
332
+ - split: train
333
+ path: data/ASR/wal/wal-train-*
334
+ - split: validation
335
+ path: data/ASR/wal/wal-validation-*
336
+ - split: test
337
+ path: data/ASR/wal/wal-test-*
338
+ - split: unlabeled
339
+ path: data/ASR/wal/wal-unlabeled-*
 
 
 
 
 
340
  dataset_info:
341
+ - config_name: ach_asr
342
+ features:
343
+ - name: id
344
+ dtype: string
345
+ - name: speaker_id
346
+ dtype: string
347
+ - name: transcription
348
+ dtype: string
349
+ - name: language
350
+ dtype: string
351
+ - name: gender
352
+ dtype: string
353
+ - name: audio
354
+ dtype: audio
355
+ - config_name: ach_tts
356
+ features:
357
+ - name: id
358
+ dtype: string
359
+ - name: speaker_id
360
+ dtype: string
361
+ - name: text
362
+ dtype: string
363
+ - name: locale
364
+ dtype: string
365
+ - name: gender
366
+ dtype: string
367
+ - name: audio
368
+ dtype: audio
369
+ - config_name: aka_asr
370
+ features:
371
+ - name: id
372
+ dtype: string
373
+ - name: speaker_id
374
+ dtype: string
375
+ - name: transcription
376
+ dtype: string
377
+ - name: language
378
+ dtype: string
379
+ - name: gender
380
+ dtype: string
381
+ - name: audio
382
+ dtype: audio
383
+ - config_name: dag_asr
384
+ features:
385
+ - name: id
386
+ dtype: string
387
+ - name: speaker_id
388
+ dtype: string
389
+ - name: transcription
390
+ dtype: string
391
+ - name: language
392
+ dtype: string
393
+ - name: gender
394
+ dtype: string
395
+ - name: audio
396
+ dtype: audio
397
+ - config_name: dga_asr
398
+ features:
399
+ - name: id
400
+ dtype: string
401
+ - name: speaker_id
402
+ dtype: string
403
+ - name: transcription
404
+ dtype: string
405
+ - name: language
406
+ dtype: string
407
+ - name: gender
408
+ dtype: string
409
+ - name: audio
410
+ dtype: audio
411
+ - config_name: ewe_asr
412
+ features:
413
+ - name: id
414
+ dtype: string
415
+ - name: speaker_id
416
+ dtype: string
417
+ - name: transcription
418
+ dtype: string
419
+ - name: language
420
+ dtype: string
421
+ - name: gender
422
+ dtype: string
423
+ - name: audio
424
+ dtype: audio
425
+ - config_name: fat_tts
426
+ features:
427
+ - name: id
428
+ dtype: string
429
+ - name: speaker_id
430
+ dtype: string
431
+ - name: text
432
+ dtype: string
433
+ - name: locale
434
+ dtype: string
435
+ - name: gender
436
+ dtype: string
437
+ - name: audio
438
+ dtype: audio
439
+ - config_name: ful_asr
440
+ features:
441
+ - name: id
442
+ dtype: string
443
+ - name: speaker_id
444
+ dtype: string
445
+ - name: transcription
446
+ dtype: string
447
+ - name: language
448
+ dtype: string
449
+ - name: gender
450
+ dtype: string
451
+ - name: audio
452
+ dtype: audio
453
+ - config_name: ful_tts
454
+ features:
455
+ - name: id
456
+ dtype: string
457
+ - name: speaker_id
458
+ dtype: string
459
+ - name: text
460
+ dtype: string
461
+ - name: locale
462
+ dtype: string
463
+ - name: gender
464
+ dtype: string
465
+ - name: audio
466
+ dtype: audio
467
+ - config_name: hau_tts
468
+ features:
469
+ - name: id
470
+ dtype: string
471
+ - name: speaker_id
472
+ dtype: string
473
+ - name: text
474
+ dtype: string
475
+ - name: locale
476
+ dtype: string
477
+ - name: gender
478
+ dtype: string
479
+ - name: audio
480
+ dtype: audio
481
+ - config_name: ibo_tts
482
+ features:
483
+ - name: id
484
+ dtype: string
485
+ - name: speaker_id
486
+ dtype: string
487
+ - name: text
488
+ dtype: string
489
+ - name: locale
490
+ dtype: string
491
+ - name: gender
492
+ dtype: string
493
+ - name: audio
494
+ dtype: audio
495
+ - config_name: kik_tts
496
+ features:
497
+ - name: id
498
+ dtype: string
499
+ - name: speaker_id
500
+ dtype: string
501
+ - name: text
502
+ dtype: string
503
+ - name: locale
504
+ dtype: string
505
+ - name: gender
506
+ dtype: string
507
+ - name: audio
508
+ dtype: audio
509
+ - config_name: kpo_asr
510
+ features:
511
+ - name: id
512
+ dtype: string
513
+ - name: speaker_id
514
+ dtype: string
515
+ - name: transcription
516
+ dtype: string
517
+ - name: language
518
+ dtype: string
519
+ - name: gender
520
+ dtype: string
521
+ - name: audio
522
+ dtype: audio
523
+ - config_name: lin_asr
524
+ features:
525
+ - name: id
526
+ dtype: string
527
+ - name: speaker_id
528
+ dtype: string
529
+ - name: transcription
530
+ dtype: string
531
+ - name: language
532
+ dtype: string
533
+ - name: gender
534
+ dtype: string
535
+ - name: audio
536
+ dtype: audio
537
+ - config_name: lug_asr
538
+ features:
539
+ - name: id
540
+ dtype: string
541
+ - name: speaker_id
542
+ dtype: string
543
+ - name: transcription
544
+ dtype: string
545
+ - name: language
546
+ dtype: string
547
+ - name: gender
548
+ dtype: string
549
+ - name: audio
550
+ dtype: audio
551
+ - config_name: lug_tts
552
+ features:
553
+ - name: id
554
+ dtype: string
555
+ - name: speaker_id
556
+ dtype: string
557
+ - name: text
558
+ dtype: string
559
+ - name: locale
560
+ dtype: string
561
+ - name: gender
562
+ dtype: string
563
+ - name: audio
564
+ dtype: audio
565
+ - config_name: luo_tts
566
+ features:
567
+ - name: id
568
+ dtype: string
569
+ - name: speaker_id
570
+ dtype: string
571
+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: locale
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: mas_asr
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: transcription
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: language
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: mlg_asr
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: transcription
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: language
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: nyn_asr
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: transcription
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: language
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: nyn_tts
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: locale
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: sna_asr
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: transcription
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: language
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: sog_asr
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: transcription
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: language
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: swa_tts
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: locale
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: twi_tts
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: locale
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
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+ - config_name: yor_tts
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+ features:
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+ - name: id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: speaker_id
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: text
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: locale
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: gender
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+ dtype: string
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+ - name: audio
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+ dtype: audio
 
 
 
 
 
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  ---
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  # Waxal Datasets
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+ The WAXAL dataset is a large-scale multilingual speech corpus for African languages, introduced in the paper [WAXAL: A Large-Scale Multilingual African Language Speech Corpus](https://huggingface.co/papers/2602.02734).
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+
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  ## Table of Contents
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  - [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
 
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  - [Dataset Curation](#dataset-curation)
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  - [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
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  - [Additional Information](#additional-information)
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+ - [Citation](#citation)
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  ## Dataset Description
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  ### TTS Dataset
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  The Waxal TTS dataset is a collection of text-to-speech data in 16 African
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+ languages. It consists of over 180 hours of high-quality, single-speaker recordings reading phonetically balanced scripts.
 
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  Provider | Languages | License
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  :------------------ | :----------------------------------- | :------------:
 
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  - **Current Version:** 1.0.0
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  - **Last Updated:** 01/2026
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @article{waxal2026,
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+ title={WAXAL: A Large-Scale Multilingual African Language Speech Corpus},
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+ author={Anonymous},
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+ journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02734},
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+ year={2026}
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+ }
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+ ```