Speech data · Bahrain

Bahraini Arabic government services call-center speech data

Calls to government service centres the way Bahraini customers make them: appointments, permits, application status, fees and documents, 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: appointments, permits, application status, fees and documents
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 book appointment, application status, renew permit, pay fee
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 المعاملة، من أمس أحاول وما ضبط وياي.

    Hi, I have a problem with my application. 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.

  • Government contact centres

    Answer citizens and residents in their dialect, at any hour.

  • Service-quality monitoring

    Measure what people call about and how well each call ends.

  • 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 government services intents are labelled?

Intents such as book appointment, application status, renew permit, pay fee, 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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