Speech data · Jordan

Jordanian Arabic conversational speech data

Free conversations in Ammani (urban), rural and Bedouin Jordanian Arabic: friends, family and colleagues talking about their day, plans and news, with the overlaps, laughter and English words of real speech. Every recording is transcribed word for word and checked by several native Jordanian reviewers.

Specification

Dialect
Ammani (urban), rural and Bedouin Jordanian Arabic
Conversations
Two or more speakers talking freely: daily life, plans, family, work, sport and news
Audio
16 kHz or 48 kHz, 16-bit WAV, recorded on phones and close microphones, indoors and outdoors
Speakers
Native Jordanian speakers, balanced across gender, age groups and regions
Annotation
Verbatim transcript, timestamps, speaker turns, overlaps, laughter and noise tags; dialect and gender per speaker
Quality check
Every transcript is cross-checked by several native Jordanian reviewers

Example of the data

  1. Speaker A00:01

    شو رأيك نطلع عالبحر الميت يوم الجمعة؟

    How about going to the Dead Sea on Friday?

  2. Speaker B00:04

    والله فكرة حلوة، بس لازم نطلع بكير.

    Nice idea, but we have to leave early.

  3. Speaker A00:09

    تمام، بمرّ عليك الساعة سبعة.

    OK, I’ll pick you up at seven.

What it is used for

  • Dialect speech recognition

    Teach ASR the way Jordanian people really talk, not read speech.

  • Voice assistants

    Understand casual requests, not only scripted commands.

  • Speaker diarisation

    Separate who spoke when, through overlaps and interruptions.

  • Dialect identification

    Tell Jordanian Arabic apart from neighbouring dialects.

Questions

Are the conversations scripted?

No. Speakers talk freely about everyday topics, so the data has the hesitations, overlaps and code-switching of real speech.

Which regions are covered?

Ammani (urban), rural and Bedouin Jordanian Arabic. Tell us the regions and the mix you need.

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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