American Children Speech Recordings From Mobile Phones

A collection of a sample of speech recordings from 290 children in the U.S.A., with a balanced male-female ratio. The audio content is sourced from children's books and textbooks, recorded in quiet indoor environments using mobile phones.

Use Cases

• Train an automatic speech recognition model on children's speech patterns from audio recordings.
• Analyze phonetic and prosodic features specific to child speakers for speech technology development.
• Study language usage habits in children using text transcripts derived from educational materials.

Strengths

• Recordings from 290 child speakers provide a substantial sample size.
• A balanced male-female ratio among the 290 speakers.
• Audio recorded in quiet indoor environments to minimize background noise.

Limitations

• The dataset is described as a sample, implying it is not the full collection.
• Specific details on audio duration, number of recordings, or transcript quality are unavailable.
• Potential geographic bias as all speakers are from the U.S.A.

Provenance

Source

Nexdata

Collection Method

Recorded by 290 children using mobile phones, with text sourced from children's books and textbooks.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-04-23.

Geography

U.S.A.