metadata

dataset_info:
  - config_name: audiobooks
    features:
      - name: audio
        dtype: audio
      - name: text
        dtype: string
      - name: duration
        dtype: float64
      - name: id
        dtype: string
      - name: file_id
        dtype: string
      - name: source
        dtype: string
      - name: speaker_id
        dtype: string
    splits:
      - name: train
configs:
  - config_name: audiobooks
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: '*/train*.parquet'
language:
  - crh
pretty_name: Crimean Tatar Audiobooks
task_categories:
  - text-to-speech
  - automatic-speech-recognition
  - audio-to-audio
tags:
  - audio
  - tts
  - speech
  - speech-to-speech
  - Crimean
  - Turkic
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
license: cc-by-4.0

Crimean Tatar Audiobooks

Dataset Summary

Crimean Tatar Audiobooks is a speech dataset sourced from different sources (public radio stations/youtube channels) containing audiobooks in Crimean Tatar. The dataset comprises recordings of different native fiction books, all read by a single female speaker (for now). The dataset is intended for text-to-speech (TTS) research and development in the Crimean Tatar language.

Dataset Structure

Parts:
The dataset contains two main configurations:

audiobooks: Contains the original audiobooks recordings.

Data Fields:

audio: The audio file containing the spoken fairytale segment.
text: The corresponding transcription.
duration: The duration of the audio segment in seconds.
id: A unique identifier for each segment within a file.
file_id: A unique identifier for each part of the book.
source: The title of the book.
speaker_id: The id of each reader.

Data Processing

Text Processing:

All the text was splited, using razdel library.

Audio Processing:

All audio was aligned to the text using ctc-forced-aligner library with default model.

Technical Details:


Dataset Type	speech corpus for TTS
Language	crh, Crimean Tatar
Speech Style	scripted monologue
Content	fiction books
Audio Parameters	32 kHz, 32 bits, mono
File Format	WAV (PCM) TXT (UTF-8)
Recording Environment	quiet indoor environment

Total Duration:

Books: 18:22:00 (18 hours, 22 minutes, 00 seconds)

Usage Considerations

The dataset was not extensively preprocessed. Users are encouraged to perform additional preprocessing (e.g., normalization, cleaning, or re-segmentation) as needed for their specific applications.
All texts are written in Cyrillic script.
A book named "Шамиль Алядин - Теселли" should have more extensive filtering or probable skipping as the texts were slightly different.

Citation

If you use this dataset in your work, please, cite us.

License

This dataset is distributed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.