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Additionally, updating voice datasets collected as a result of the initiative and includes examples of pronunciation by about a hundred thousand people. In total, 7226 hours (5591 hours checked) of speech material were received in 54 languages, 14 of which were offered for the first time. Including the publication of a set for the Ukrainian language, prepared thanks to the work of 235 participants who dictated 22 hours. For the Russian language, the number of participants increased to
928, and the volume of speech material has grown to 105 hours. For comparison, more than 60 thousand people took part in the preparation of materials in English, dictating 1452 hours of confirmed speech.
The proposed sets can be used in machine learning systems to build models ΠΈ speech. Data as public domain). Recall that the Common Voice project is aimed at organizing joint work to accumulate a database of voice patterns that takes into account all the diversity of voices and manners of speech. Users are prompted to speak out phrases displayed on the screen or evaluate the quality of data added by other users. The accumulated database with records of various pronunciations of typical phrases of human speech without restrictions can be used in machine learning systems and in research projects.
Among the shortcomings of the Common Voice project, the author of the continuous speech recognition library one-sidedness of voice material (the predominance of males 20-30 years old, and the lack of material with the voice of women, children and the elderly), lack of vocabulary variability (repetition of the same phrases), distribution of recordings in distorting MP3 format, creation of a new project instead of joining an existing .
Source: opennet.ru