Dendi of Parakou multi-speaker speech dataset

This dataset was created for speech research purposes and contains about 676 recordings of participants reading a script in Dendi as spoken in Parakou, one sentence at a time. Each example includes the audio files and the associated text. The audio is high-quality and recorded in a quiet environment. The dataset is multi-speaker, containing recordings from 2 volunteers (male and female), where each volunteer contributed up to 338 recordings. The recordings were done in 2022 and took place in Cotonou in Benin. The recommended use cases are the building of educational material for pupils. Keys applications are Machine learning and speech technology.

本数据集专为语音研究任务构建，共包含约676条语音录制样本，录制内容为参与者逐句朗读帕拉库（Parakou）地区通行的丹迪语（Dendi）脚本文本。每条样本均配备对应的音频文件与关联文本标注。该数据集的音频质量优异，采集于安静无干扰的环境中。本数据集为多说话人（multi-speaker）数据集，共收录2名志愿者（分属男性与女性）的录制样本，每名志愿者贡献的样本数量最高可达338条。本次录制工作于2022年在贝宁的科托努（Cotonou）完成。该数据集的推荐应用场景为面向学生群体的教育素材开发，其核心应用领域涵盖机器学习（Machine Learning）与语音技术（Speech Technology）。