Darija Bible Aligned Dataset

This dataset contains aligned audio segments from the Moroccan Arabic (Darija) Bible translation, specifically processed for speech tasks.

Dataset Description

Dataset Summary

This dataset contains aligned audio segments from the Moroccan Standard Translation (MSTD) of the Bible, with corresponding text transcriptions in Moroccan Arabic (Darija). The audio has been automatically segmented and aligned using the MMS (Massively Multilingual Speech) toolkit.

Languages

Moroccan Arabic (Darija) [arb]

Source Data

Processing Steps

Initial Data: Full chapter audio recordings with corresponding text transcriptions
Alignment: Used Facebook's MMS toolkit (fairseq) for audio-text alignment
Segmentation: Audio files were automatically segmented into smaller units using:

python fairseq_mms_data_prep/examples/mms/data_prep/align_and_segment.py \
    --audio {input.wav} \
    --text_filepath {input.txt} \
    --lang arb \
    --outdir {output_dir} \
    --uroman uroman/uroman

Data Fields

audio: Audio segment in WAV format
text: Corresponding text transcription in Moroccan Arabic
title: Original chapter reference (e.g., "1CO.5.MSTD" for 1 Corinthians Chapter 5)
duration: Length of audio segment in seconds

Dataset Structure

The dataset contains aligned segments from various Bible chapters, with each segment containing:

Short audio clip (typically 5-15 seconds)
Aligned text transcription
Reference to source chapter

Usage and License

Usage

This dataset is suitable for:

Speech Recognition (ASR) for Moroccan Arabic
Text-to-Speech (TTS) for Moroccan Arabic
Speech research involving Darija dialect

License

Citation and Attribution

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@misc{darija_bible_aligned,
    title={Aligned Moroccan Arabic Bible Dataset},
    author={Morocco Bible Society},
    year={2012},
    note={Processed using Facebook's MMS toolkit}
}

Additional Information

Preprocessing: Audio-text alignment performed using Facebook's MMS toolkit
Quality: Automatic alignment, may contain some alignment errors
Limitations: Religious domain-specific vocabulary and language style
Original Source: Bible.com audio recordings of the Moroccan Standard Translation

Datasets:

atlasia
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darija_bible_aligned

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