Voice Commands in Canadian French (Adults)

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Overview

Title

Voice Commands in Canadian French

Categories

Speech, Voice Commands

Published Date

September 2019

Description

This data set contains recordings of voice commands without a wake word in Canadian French (fr_CA) of 100 participants of age 15-65 (e.g., "Alexa, raconte-moi une blague."). The participants recorded their voices remotely using our in-house platform solution, Robson. Each participant has recorded on average 71 utterances (minimum 53, maximum 75). This data set contains the voice command only. The data set of wake words is available in a separate data package. Recordings are grouped by participant IDs and can be mapped to the phrase text. The data set comes with a complete phrase list and speaker metadata.

Data Set Details

Audio Sampling Rate

The number of times the audio is sampled per second, usually measured in kilohertz.

44.1 kHz

Bit Rate

706 kb/s (constant)

Bit Depth

16 bits

Format

WAV

Encoding

pcm_s16le

Channels

1

Data Set Demographics

Country

The country in which the data was collected.

Canada

Language

The language the participant uses in the data set.

French

Region/Dialect

The regional accent that is used in the data set.

Français québécois - dialectes de lest (région de Québec) et du nord Français québécois - dialectes de louest (Montréal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières) Western provinces French - Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories Quebec French - Western Central Dialect (Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières...) Quebec French - Western Central Dialect (Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières...) Quebec French - Quebec City/ Capital Dialect, Northern Dialect, Eastern Dialect Ontario French - North, South Français des provinces de louest - Saskatchewan, Alberta, Colombie-Britannique, Territoires du Nord-Ouest Français ontarien - Nord et sud

Gender

The gender breakdown of data set participants.

65.0 % Female, 35.0 % Male

Age

The age distribution of data set participants.

15-65 years old, average 35 years old, median 33 years old

Number of Speakers

The total number of different voices in the data set.

100

Audio Sample

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