Speech data · Bahrain

Bahraini Arabic banking call-center speech data

Banking customer-service calls the way Bahraini customers make them: card blocks, transfers, fraud reports, loan and account enquiries, in Bahraini Arabic as spoken in Manama, Muharraq and the villages. Every call is transcribed word for word, tagged with what the caller wants, and checked by several native Bahraini reviewers.

Specification

Dialect
Bahraini Arabic as spoken in Manama, Muharraq and the villages, with the English words customers mix in
Calls
Customer and agent, two speakers per call: card blocks, transfers, fraud reports, loan and account enquiries
Audio
8 kHz telephone or 16 kHz wideband, 16-bit WAV, mono or one channel per speaker
Speakers
Native Bahraini speakers, balanced across gender and age groups
Annotation
Verbatim transcript, timestamps, speaker turns and gender; intents such as block card, dispute a transaction, transfer status, loan enquiry
Quality check
Every transcript is cross-checked by several native Bahraini reviewers

Example of the data

  1. Agent00:01

    هلا، معاك علي من خدمة العملاء، شلون أقدر أساعدك؟

    Hello, this is Ali from customer service. How can I help you?

  2. Customer00:04

    هلا، عندي مشكلة في البطاقة، من أمس أحاول وما ضبط وياي.

    Hi, I have a problem with my card. I’ve been trying since yesterday and it won’t work for me.

  3. Agent00:09

    ولا يهمك، عطني الرقم الشخصي لو سمحت.

    No problem, give me your CPR number, please.

  4. Customer00:12

    زين، بس أبي أعرف ليش صار جذي؟

    Fine, but I want to know why this happened.

What it is used for

  • Speech recognition for Bahraini calls

    Train and evaluate ASR that hears Bahraini Arabic, not only Modern Standard Arabic.

  • Banking voice bots

    Let customers block a card, check a transfer or report fraud by voice, in their own dialect.

  • Fraud and complaint detection

    Spot fraud reports and complaints in calls as they happen and route them fast.

  • Agent quality monitoring

    Score calls automatically against your service standards.

Questions

Which varieties of the dialect are included?

Bahraini Arabic as spoken in Manama, Muharraq and the villages. Tell us the regions and the mix your product needs.

Which banking intents are labelled?

Intents such as block card, dispute a transaction, transfer status, loan enquiry, plus sentiment and named entities on request, or your own label set.

Can I hear samples first?

Yes. Request samples with the form on this page and we will send them with the full specification.

Can it be used in a commercial product?

Yes. The data is prepared for training and evaluating commercial AI systems, under a licence agreed with you.

Tell us what your model needs.

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