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Wake Word “Alexa” in Canadian French (Youth)

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# Wake Word “Alexa” in Canadian French (Youth)

50 speakers, fr_CA, age 14 and under

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Data set Description

This data set contains recordings of the wake word “Alexa” in Canadian French (fr_CA) of 50 participants of age 6-14 used in voice commands (e.g., “Alexa, raconte-moi une blague.”).
 

The participants recorded their voices remotely using our in-house platform solution. Each participant has recorded on average 71 utterances (minimum 60, maximum 74) of “Alexa”. You can access a sample of the wake word and voice command data set [here](https://info.globalme.net/download-alexa-wake-word-sample-dataset).

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 (see below).

Please [contact us](https://www.globalme.net/contact-us) in case you have any questions about the data set.
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* Audio metadata:
* Audio format: Wave
* Encoding: pcm_s16le
* Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz
* Bit depth: 16 bits
* Bit rate: 706 kb/s (constant)
* Channels: 1

* For each recording, the following speaker metadata is provided:
* Childhood Location
* Participant Gender
* Record Location
* Participant Age
* Dialect
* Nationality

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Key Demographic Information

* Age: 6-14 years, on average 11 years old, at the median 11 years old
* Gender: 46.0 % Female, 54.0 % Male
* Dialects covered: “Français québécois – dialectes de l’ouest (Montréal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières)”
‘Français ontarien – Nord et sud’
“Français québécois – dialectes de l’est (région de Québec) et du nord”
‘Quebec French – Western Central Dialect (Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières…)’
“Français des provinces de l’ouest – Saskatchewan, Alberta, Colombie-Britannique, Territoires du Nord-Ouest”
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About us

Globalme is a language technologies company with headquarters in Vancouver, BC Canada. Our mission is simple: we ensure your products and services are Ready for People by helping train and test the latest AI technologies.
 

If you want to learn more about Globalme and our services, please [visit our homepage](https://www.globalme.net/).
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Language English
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Last Updated Date 8/11/2020
Refund Policy Refunds not allowed