Dataset

vaani-asr

Contains 172k+ short speech clips with verbatim native-script transcripts, organized into 12 primary-language subsets plus other for ASR.

Hugging Face ↗Jul 29, 2026

  • audio
  • asr
  • indian-languages
  • speech-transcripts
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What it is

172k+ quality-checked Indian speech clips with verbatim native-script transcripts, grouped by primary language for multilingual ASR. 172k+ short 16 kHz mono speech clips across 12 language splits plus other, with verbatim transcripts, state, gender, and full spoken-language metadata from 12+ Indian states.

Key results

  • 172k+ 16 kHz mono WAV clips
  • 12 language splits plus an other bucket
  • Fields include transcript, state, gender, languages; CC-BY-4.0

Useful for training and evaluating multilingual ASR on Indian regional languages and code-switched speech.

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