British English Speech Recordings from 346 Native Speakers

Encompassing 199 hours of valid speech data from 346 British English speakers, all of whom are local to England. Each speaker recorded approximately 392 sentences across categories including economics, news, entertainment, and commonly used spoken language in a quiet environment.

Use Cases

• Train an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model on 199 hours of British English audio from native speakers.
• Analyze phonetic or prosodic patterns across different content categories like economics, news, and entertainment.
• Develop a speaker verification or identification system using data from 346 distinct British English speakers.
• Fine-tune a text-to-speech (TTS) model with British English audio recordings of commonly used spoken language.

Strengths

• 199 hours of valid speech data provides a substantial audio corpus.
• Data is from 346 distinct British English speakers, offering speaker diversity.
• Recordings were made in a quiet environment, ensuring good audio quality.
• Content covers various categories including economics, news, and entertainment.

Limitations

• The dataset is described as a sample of a larger paid dataset, so the full data is not available.
• No information is provided on the demographic distribution (age, gender) of the 346 speakers.
• The specific recording devices and audio specifications are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

Nexdata

Collection Method

Recorded via mobile phone reading by 346 local British English speakers.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

England