Emirati Arabic government services call-center speech data
Calls to government service centres the way Emirati customers make them: appointments, permits, application status, fees and documents, in Emirati Arabic from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain and the Northern Emirates. Every call is transcribed word for word, tagged with what the caller wants, and checked by several native Emirati reviewers.
Specification
- Dialect
- Emirati Arabic from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain and the Northern Emirates, 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 Emirati 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 Emirati reviewers
Example of the data
- Agent00:01
مرحبا، معاك سلامة من خدمة العملاء، شو أقدر أساعدك؟
Hello, this is Salama from customer service. How can I help you?
- Customer00:04
هلا، عندي مشكلة في المعاملة، من أمس أحاول وما ضبطت.
Hi, I have a problem with my application. I’ve been trying since yesterday and it won’t work.
- Agent00:09
حاضرين، عطني رقم الهوية لو سمحت.
Of course, give me your Emirates ID number, please.
- Customer00:12
زين، بس أبا أعرف ليش صار جي؟
Fine, but I want to know why this happened.
What it is used for
Speech recognition for Emirati calls
Train and evaluate ASR that hears Emirati 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?
Emirati Arabic from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain and the Northern Emirates. 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.
Request samples and the full specification. We reply within a couple of business days.
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