English (Canada) Scripted Monologue Speech Dataset for Retail & E-commerce Domain

The audio dataset comprises scripted monologue speech data in Retail & E-commerce domain, featuring native English speakers from Canada. It includes speech data, detailed metadata, and accurate transcriptions.

About this Off-the-shelf Speech Dataset

Introduction

Welcome to the Canadian English Scripted Monologue Speech Dataset for the Retail & E-commerce Domain. This meticulously curated dataset is designed to advance the development of English language speech recognition models, particularly for the Retail & E-commerce industry.

Speech Data

This training dataset comprises over 6,000 high-quality scripted prompt recordings in Canadian English. These recordings cover various topics and scenarios relevant to the Retail & E-commerce domain, designed to build robust and accurate customer service speech technology.

•Participant Diversity:

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Speakers: 60 native English speakers from different regions of Canada.

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Regions: Ensures a balanced representation of Canadian English accents, dialects, and demographics.

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Participant Profile: Participants range from 18 to 70 years old, representing both males and females in a 60:40 ratio, respectively.

•Recording Details:

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Recording Nature: Audio recordings of scripted prompts/monologues.

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Audio Duration: Average duration of 5 to 30 seconds per recording.

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Formats: WAV format with mono channels, a bit depth of 16 bits, and sample rates of 8 kHz and 16 kHz.

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Environment: Recordings are conducted in quiet settings without background noise and echo.

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Topic Diversity: The dataset encompasses a wide array of topics and conversational scenarios to ensure comprehensive coverage of the Retail & E-commerce sector. Topics include:

•Customer Service Interactions

•Order and Payment Processes

•Product and Service Inquiries

•Technical Support

•General Information and Advice

•Promotional and Sales Events

•Domain Specific Statements

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Other Elements: To enhance realism and utility, the scripted prompts incorporate various elements commonly encountered in Retail & E-commerce interactions:

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Names: Region-specific names of males and females in various formats.

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Addresses: Region-specific addresses in different spoken formats.

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Dates & Times: Inclusion of date and time in various retail and e-commerce contexts, such as delivery dates or promotional periods.

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Product Names: Specific names of products, brands, and categories relevant to the retail sector.

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Numbers & Prices: Various numbers and prices related to product quantities, discounts, and transaction amounts.

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Order IDs and Tracking Numbers: Inclusion of order identification and tracking information for realistic customer service scenarios.

Each scripted prompt is crafted to reflect real-life scenarios encountered in the Retail & E-commerce domain, ensuring applicability in training robust natural language processing and speech recognition models.

Transcription Data

In addition to high-quality audio recordings, the dataset includes meticulously prepared text files with verbatim transcriptions of each audio file. These transcriptions are essential for training accurate and robust speech recognition models.

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Content: Each text file contains the exact scripted prompt corresponding to its audio file, ensuring consistency.

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Format: Transcriptions are provided in plain text (.TXT) format, with files named to match their associated audio files for easy reference.

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Quality: All transcriptions are verified for accuracy and consistency by native English transcribers.

Metadata

The dataset provides comprehensive metadata for each audio recording and participant:

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Participant Metadata: Unique identifier, age, gender, country, state, and dialect.

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Other Metadata: Recording transcript, recording environment, device details, sample rate, bit depth, and file format.

This metadata is a powerful tool for understanding and characterizing the data, enabling informed decision-making in the development of English language speech recognition models.

Usage and Applications

This dataset is a versatile resource for various applications within speech recognition, natural language processing, and AI-driven conversational technologies.

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Speech Recognition Model Training: High-quality audio recordings and precise transcriptions for training and fine-tuning English speech recognition models.

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Voice Synthesis: The diverse and high-quality audio data can train generative AI models for creating synthetic voices.

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Voice Assistants: Ideal for training voice assistants tailored to the Retail & E-commerce domain.

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Chatbots: Transcription data can train conversational models, enabling chatbots to respond to customer queries effectively.

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Entity Recognition: Sentences include names, dates, currencies, and other domain-specific entities for training NLP models for named entity recognition (NER) tasks.

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Language Understanding: Improve language understanding applications like sentiment analysis and topic modeling within the Retail & E-commerce sector.

Secure and Ethical Collection

•Our proprietary data collection and transcription platform, “Yugo” was used throughout the dataset creation process.

•Data remained within our secure platform, ensuring data security and confidentiality.

•The data collection process adhered to strict ethical guidelines, ensuring the privacy and consent of all participants.

•The dataset does not include any personally identifiable information about any participant, making it safe to use.

License

This Canadian English Scripted Monologue Speech Dataset, created by FutureBeeAI, is available for commercial use.

Use Cases

Use of scripted speech monologues datasets for Automatic Speech Recognition

ASR

Conversational AI

Chatbot

Language modelling

Use of scripted speech monologues datasets for TTS

TTS

Speech Analytics

Mobile Speech

Dataset Sample(s)

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TRANSCRIPTION

SPEAKER	DURATION	TRANSCRIPT
Male(33)	00:00:07	Rental property owners implement enhanced cleaning and safety protocols.
Male(23)	00:00:08	There is surge in demand for second homes in vacation destinations, as many Americans seek a change of scenery.
Male(42)	00:00:05	Real estate investment clubs allow individuals to pool resources for investments.
Male(28)	00:00:10	Home renovation projects soar as people spend more time at home.
Male(34)	00:00:07	The increase in remote work is leading to a shift in demand for rental properties.