English Scripted Monologue
About the Dataset
988 hours
This audio dataset contains 988 hours of English Speech Data recorded by native English speakers from the UK, the US, and Australia.
There are 202 hours of English (AU) scripted monologue with the following domain distribution per dataset:
- 22.95 hours of Banking
- 104.57 hours of Generic domain
- 28.38 hours of Insurance
- 26.1 hours of Retail
- 20.85 hours of Telecommunication
There are 322 hours of English (UK) scripted monologue with the following domain distribution per dataset:
- 30.83 hours of Banking
- 201.6 hours of Generic domain
- 33.27 hours of Insurance
- 31.9 hours of Retail
- 24.68 hours of Telecommunication
There are 464 hours of English (US) scripted monologue in Generic domain.
The speakers are presented with a prompt (script) and asked to read it out loud and record. Our clients will receive an audio recording, the prompt and information about the speaker. The audio is recorded on-device, typically in 16kHz 16 bit. We also provide information on which device each record was recorded.
The dataset is covered by Defined.ai's standard license agreement. The license agreement is perpetual and allows for the commercialization of all models built on the data.
Metadata Distribution
English (UK)
English (US)
English (AU)
Samples
- 5-minutes sample English Australia. Transcription for the sample is also available
- 5-minutes sample English UK. Transcription for the sample is also available.
- 5-minutes sample English US. Transcription for the sample is also available