Speech data · Egypt

Egyptian Arabic telecom call-center speech data

Telecom customer-service calls the way Egyptian customers make them: bundles, bills, roaming, SIM swaps and network complaints, in Cairene, Alexandrian and Upper Egyptian (Saʿidi) Arabic. Every call is transcribed word for word, tagged with what the caller wants, and checked by several native Egyptian reviewers.

Specification

Dialect
Cairene, Alexandrian and Upper Egyptian (Saʿidi) Arabic, with the English words customers mix in
Calls
Customer and agent, two speakers per call: bundles, bills, roaming, SIM swaps and network complaints
Audio
8 kHz telephone or 16 kHz wideband, 16-bit WAV, mono or one channel per speaker
Speakers
Native Egyptian speakers, balanced across gender and age groups
Annotation
Verbatim transcript, timestamps, speaker turns and gender; intents such as activate bundle, bill dispute, roaming, network fault
Quality check
Every transcript is cross-checked by several native Egyptian reviewers

Example of the data

  1. Agent00:01

    أهلًا بحضرتك، معاك منى من خدمة العملاء، أقدر أساعدك إزاي؟

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

  2. Customer00:04

    أهلًا، عندي مشكلة في الباقة، بقالي يومين بحاول ومش نافع.

    Hi, I have a problem with my bundle. I’ve been trying for two days and it isn’t working.

  3. Agent00:09

    تمام، ممكن الرقم القومي لو سمحت؟

    OK, may I have your national ID number, please?

  4. Customer00:12

    حاضر، بس عايز أعرف ليه حصل كده؟

    Sure, but I want to know why this happened.

What it is used for

  • Speech recognition for Egyptian calls

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

  • Telecom self-service by voice

    Let callers change bundles, check bills and switch on roaming without waiting for an agent.

  • Churn and complaint analytics

    Find the calls that end in a cancellation threat, and why.

  • Agent quality monitoring

    Score calls automatically against your service standards.

Questions

Which varieties of the dialect are included?

Cairene, Alexandrian and Upper Egyptian (Saʿidi) Arabic. Tell us the regions and the mix your product needs.

Which telecom intents are labelled?

Intents such as activate bundle, bill dispute, roaming, network fault, 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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