SATP: Multilingual Urban Soundscape Perception Data

The Soundscape Attributes Translation Project (SATP) dataset provides 27 standardized 30-second binaural audio recordings from urban public spaces in London, plus a calibration signal. It includes perceptual responses from thousands of participants across multiple languages, collected via headphone-based listening experiments at partner institutions worldwide. The dataset was created to validate translations of soundscape attributes and offers a standardized set for cross-cultural perceptual research.

Use Cases

• Validating translated soundscape attribute questionnaires based on standardized audio stimuli.
• Analyzing cross-cultural differences in urban sound perception based on multilingual participant responses.
• Training machine learning models for soundscape classification using binaural audio recordings.
• Studying the relationship between acoustic environments and human perception within the soundscape circumplex framework.

Strengths

• Includes a standardized set of 27 high-fidelity binaural recordings made with professional equipment (BHS II microphones, SQobold device).
• Contains perceptual data from thousands of participants across multiple languages and institutions, supporting cross-cultural analysis.
• Recordings were selected from an initial set of 80 to ensure even coverage of the soundscape circumplex space, enhancing representativeness.

Limitations

• Specific column names, dataset size (row count), and exact number of participants per institution are not provided in the available metadata.
• The dataset's temporal coverage and the last update date are unknown, which may affect assessments of freshness.
• Relies on descriptions from a single platform type (paperswithcode), limiting cross-verification of metadata.

Provenance

Source

University College London (primary contributor), with collaboration from hundreds of researchers and partner institutions worldwide.

Collection Method

Recordings were made in London using a binaural kit, exported via ArtemiS SUITE software, and used in controlled headphone-based listening experiments with translated questionnaires.

Geography

Urban public spaces in London, United Kingdom.