Dialectra Yoruba Speech Corpus: Transcribed Recordings from Native Speakers

Dialectra Yoruba Speech Corpus v1 is an open speech dataset collected from native Yoruba speakers across multiple regions and dialect communities. The dataset was created by Dialectra to support the development of speech technologies for Yoruba, including Automatic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech. The dataset page was last updated on 2026-06-25.

Use Cases

• Train Automatic Speech Recognition models based on transcribed Yoruba speech recordings.
• Develop Text-to-Speech systems based on native speaker audio samples.
• Conduct dialect research based on recordings from multiple regions and dialect communities.
• Build language technology applications for Yoruba based on the verified speech corpus.

Strengths

• Contains speech recordings from native Yoruba speakers across multiple regions and dialect communities.
• Transcriptions are verified, as mentioned in the description.

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License information is unknown, which could restrict usage.
• Freshness should be verified; the last update timestamp is 2026-06-25 14:29:37.

Provenance

Source

Dialectra

Collection Method

Collected from native Yoruba speakers across multiple regions and dialect communities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 14:29:37.

Geography

Multiple regions with Yoruba dialect communities.