Speech data · Bahrain

Bahraini Arabic voice command data

Commands the way Bahraini speakers give them: to the car, the home and the phone, from “set the AC to twenty-two” to “call my dad”, recorded with road, engine and room noise. Every command is transcribed and labelled with its intent and slots.

Specification

Dialect
Bahraini Arabic as spoken in Manama, Muharraq and the villages
Commands
Climate, navigation, calls, messages, music, smart-home devices, wake words and custom phrases
Audio
16 kHz or 48 kHz, 16-bit WAV, recorded in cars, homes and outdoors, near and far from the microphone
Speakers
Native Bahraini speakers, balanced across gender and age groups
Annotation
Transcript, intent and slots (temperature, place, contact, song), noise conditions
Quality check
Every command is cross-checked by several native Bahraini reviewers

Example of the data

  1. Driver00:01

    شغّل المكيّف على اثنين وعشرين.

    Set the AC to twenty-two.

  2. Driver00:04

    ودّني أقرب محطة بترول.

    Take me to the nearest petrol station.

  3. Driver00:09

    اتصل على أبوي.

    Call my dad.

What it is used for

  • In-car voice assistants

    Control climate, navigation and calls by voice, in dialect, at highway speed.

  • Smart-home control

    Switch lights, AC and devices with the words people use at home.

  • Wake-word detection

    Train wake words that respond to every accent and stay quiet otherwise.

  • App voice search

    Let users search and act in apps by speaking naturally.

Questions

Can you record our own commands and wake word?

Yes. Your command list, wake word and product names can be recorded alongside the general commands.

Which noise conditions are included?

Quiet rooms, homes with TV and AC noise, and cars at standstill and at speed with windows open or closed.

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.

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