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  dataset_info:
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  features:
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  - name: text
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  splits:
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- configs:
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- - config_name: default
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- data_files:
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- - split: train
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- path: data/train-*
 
 
 
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- # Dataset Card for "deg-speech-text-parallel"
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- [More Information needed](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-contribute-to-the-dataset-cards)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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+ language:
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+ - mzw
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+ license: cc-by-4.0
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+ task_categories:
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+ - automatic-speech-recognition
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+ - text-to-speech
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+ task_ids:
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+ - keyword-spotting
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+ multilinguality:
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+ - monolingual
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+ size_categories:
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+ - 1K<n<10K
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+ modalities:
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+ - audio
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+ - text
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  dataset_info:
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  features:
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  - name: audio
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  dtype: audio
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  - name: text
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  dtype: string
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+ config_name: default
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  splits:
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  - name: train
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+ num_bytes: 0
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  num_examples: 125958
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+ download_size: 0
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+ dataset_size: 0
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+ tags:
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+ - speech
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+ - mzw
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+ - ghana
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+ - african-languages
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+ - low-resource
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+ - parallel-corpus
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+ pretty_name: Deg Speech-Text Parallel Dataset
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+ # Deg Speech-Text Parallel Dataset
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+ ## Dataset Description
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+ This dataset contains 125958 parallel speech-text pairs for Deg, a language spoken primarily in Ghana. The dataset consists of audio recordings paired with their corresponding text transcriptions, making it suitable for automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) tasks.
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+ ### Dataset Summary
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+ - **Language**: Deg - `mzw`
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+ - **Task**: Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech
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+ - **Size**: 125958 audio files > 1KB (small/corrupted files filtered out)
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+ - **Format**: WAV audio files with corresponding text files
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+ - **Modalities**: Audio + Text
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+ ### Supported Tasks
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+ - **Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)**: Train models to convert Deg speech to text
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+ - **Text-to-Speech (TTS)**: Use parallel data for TTS model development
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+ - **Keyword Spotting**: Identify specific Deg words in audio
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+ - **Phonetic Analysis**: Study Deg pronunciation patterns
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+ ## Dataset Structure
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+ ### Data Fields
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+ - `audio`: Audio file in WAV format
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+ - `text`: Corresponding text transcription from paired text file
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+ ### Data Splits
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+ The dataset contains a single training split with 125958 filtered audio-text pairs.
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+ ## Dataset Creation
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+ ### Source Data
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+ The audio data has been sourced ethically from consenting contributors. To protect the privacy of the original authors and speakers, specific source information cannot be shared publicly.
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+ ### Data Processing
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+ 1. Audio files and corresponding text files were collected from organized folder structure
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+ 2. Text content was read from separate `.txt` files with matching filenames
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+ 3. Files smaller than 1KB were filtered out to ensure audio quality
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+ 4. Empty text files were excluded from the dataset
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+ 5. Audio was processed using the [MMS-300M-1130 Forced Aligner](https://huggingface.co/MahmoudAshraf/mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner) tool for alignment and quality assurance
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+ ### Annotations
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+ Text annotations are stored in separate text files with matching filenames to the audio files, representing the spoken content in each audio recording.
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+ ## Considerations for Using the Data
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+ ### Social Impact of Dataset
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+ This dataset contributes to the preservation and digital representation of Deg, supporting:
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+ - Language technology development for underrepresented languages
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+ - Educational resources for Deg language learning
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+ - Cultural preservation through digital archives
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+ ### Discussion of Biases
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+ - The dataset may reflect the pronunciation patterns and dialects of specific regions or speakers
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+ - Audio quality and recording conditions may vary across samples
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+ - The vocabulary is limited to the words present in the collected samples
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+ ### Other Known Limitations
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+ - Limited vocabulary scope (word-level rather than sentence-level)
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+ - Potential audio quality variations
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+ - Regional dialect representation may be uneven
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+ ## Additional Information
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+ ### Licensing Information
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+ This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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+ ### Acknowledgments
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+ - Audio processing and alignment performed using [MMS-300M-1130 Forced Aligner](https://huggingface.co/MahmoudAshraf/mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner)
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+ - The original audio is produced by The Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation in partnership with Davar Partners
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+ ### Citation Information
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+ If you use this dataset in your research, please cite:
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+ ```
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+ @dataset{deg_words_parallel_2025,
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+ title={Deg Words Speech-Text Parallel Dataset},
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+ year={2025},
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+ publisher={Hugging Face},
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+ howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/[your-username]/deg-speech-text-parallel}}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ### Contact
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+ For questions or concerns about this dataset, please open an issue in the dataset repository.