---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: text
    dtype: string
  - name: subset
    dtype: string
  - name: audio
    dtype: audio
  - name: duration
    dtype: float64
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 395694519.261
    num_examples: 1801
  download_size: 587038815
  dataset_size: 395694519.261
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
language:
- zgh
- ber
task_categories:
- automatic-speech-recognition
- text-to-speech
pretty_name: Tamazight Open Speech Dataset
license: apache-2.0
---
# Dataset Card for Tamazight Open Speech Dataset

This dataset provides a parsed, formatted, and ready-to-use Amazigh Voice Dataset. It contains voice recordings and corresponding text transcripts in Standard Moroccan Amazigh (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛⵜ) intended for training Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) models. 

This specific repository is published by a collaborator. **You may visit the raw dataset repository which has additional dataset that hasn't been uploaded here yet: [Amazigh-Speech-Dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/abdelhaqueidali/Amazigh-Speech-Dataset).**

## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description

- **Curated by:** [Abdelhaque Id Ali](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelhaqueidali)
- **Shared by:** [Mohamed Aymane Farhi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-aymane-farhi)
- **Language(s) (NLP):** Standard Moroccan Amazigh (zgh), Berber (ber)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

### Dataset Sources

- **Parsed Repository:** [https://huggingface.co/datasets/Tamazight-NLP/TOSD](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Tamazight-NLP/TOSD)
- **Additional Data:** [https://huggingface.co/datasets/abdelhaqueidali/Amazigh-Speech-Dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/abdelhaqueidali/Amazigh-Speech-Dataset)

## Uses

### Direct Use

- Training or fine-tuning Speech-to-Text (STT / ASR) models.
- Training or fine-tuning Text-to-Speech (TTS) models.
- Linguistic research regarding Amazigh phonetics and speech.

### Out-of-Scope Use

This data should not be used to generate malicious voice clones or deepfakes intended for impersonation, fraud, or harassment.

## Dataset Structure

Unlike the raw dataset which uses separate `.wav` and `.txt` files in `.zip` archives, this dataset has been parsed into a structured format for immediate use with the Hugging Face `datasets` library. 

It contains 1,801 examples with the following fields:
* **`audio`**: The audio data feature, containing the decoded audio array and sampling rate.
* **`text`**: The string transcript of the audio in the Tifinagh script.
* **`duration`**: The length of the audio clip in seconds (float64).
* **`subset`**: The dataset has two different subsets recorded using different microphones. While `subset_1` has mono audio, `subset_2` is stereo.

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

Amazigh is a low-resource language in AI. This dataset was created to contribute high-quality, openly licensed voice data to help the open-source community build better voice technologies for the Amazigh-speaking community.

### Source Data

#### Data Collection and Processing

The audio was recorded by a fluent speaker reading from pre-selected Standard Moroccan Amazigh texts. This specific repository hosts the processed and structured version of those original recordings.

#### Who are the source data producers?

The audio was originally recorded by **Abdelhaque Id Ali**, a speaker of Southern Moroccan Amazigh. 

#### Personal and Sensitive Information

The dataset contains the voice recordings of the creator. No other personally identifiable information (PII) is included in the audio or text.

## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

This dataset represents the voice, accent, and pronunciation of a single speaker using Standard Moroccan Amazigh. It may not fully capture the phonetic diversity of other regional Amazigh varieties. Models trained solely on this data may struggle with accents or dialects not represented here.

## Dataset Card Authors

- [Abdelhaque Id Ali](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelhaqueidali)
- [Mohamed Aymane Farhi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-aymane-farhi)
- Tamazight-NLP

## Dataset Card Contact

- Email: [Abdelhaque379@gmail.com](mailto:Abdelhaque379@gmail.com)
- LinkedIn: [Abdelhaque Id Ali](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelhaqueidali)