South Asia · Kannada
Kannada Code-Switching Speech Dataset
Kannada code-switching speech sourced to your specification — no inventory, no fixed listing. This page covers what is specifically hard about this pairing, and which fields your specification needs to pin down.
Why code-switching speech in Kannada is its own problem
Kannada-English mixing is not a clean boundary between two languages. English material is taken into Kannada morphology — an English stem carries Kannada case endings and is conjugated through the light-verb construction — so a switch point is hard to place: the utterance is Kannada syntax carrying integrated English material, not English inside it. Schemes that mark language per word produce a scattering of single-word English tags rather than switch spans, and an English stem with a Kannada ending splits one word across two labels — the guideline must resolve that before annotation starts.
The field to pin down first: State whether annotation marks switch spans or tags language per word — with English material carrying Kannada inflections, per-word tagging scatters single-word tags instead of spans, and the two outputs train different models.
At a glance
| Language | Kannada |
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| Primary region | South Asia |
| Writing system | Kannada |
| Category | Code-Switching Speech |
| Specification field to settle first | State whether annotation marks switch spans or tags language per word — with English material carrying Kannada inflections, per-word tagging scatters single-word tags instead of spans, and the two outputs train different models. |
| Delivery | Sourced to order, pilot batch before the full run |
What code-switching speech data is
Speech that mixes two or more languages inside a single utterance — Hinglish, Spanglish, Taglish — used for recognition in real spoken settings.
What buyers get wrong about it
The switch point is the hard part — where language A gives way to B inside a sentence, different annotators can place it several words apart. The guideline has to be fixed before annotation starts.
The specification field that decides the quote
Whether annotation marks word-level switch points or only tags the language of the whole utterance — the workload differs by a multiple.
The language side: what Kannada demands
Kannada has more than a dozen regional dialects, but only a few have a written tradition. That rules out transcribing dialect speech against a standard script, so the specific dialects to be collected have to be fixed first.
What we can put in this delivery
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Read and conversational speech
Scripted recording for TTS, and unscripted conversation for recognition. Specified separately because they need different speaker pools.
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Transcription to your convention
Orthographic or phonetic, with the guideline written before production and shared with you for review.
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Speaker metadata
Age band, gender, region and dialect background per file, so you can slice the dataset rather than take it whole.
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Consent documentation
Signed speaker consent covering the intended use, plus collection methodology and the annotation guideline.
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Pilot batch
A small batch first, which you can reject. Misalignments surface after a few hours rather than at delivery.
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Delivery in your format
Audio format, sampling rate, segmentation length and metadata schema set to your pipeline's requirements.
What arrives in a delivery
| Component | What it is |
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| Audio files | Format, sampling rate and segmentation length set to your pipeline. Named to a convention you specify. |
| Transcription | Orthographic or phonetic, produced under a guideline you review before production starts. |
| Speaker metadata | Age band, gender, region and dialect background per file, plus a speaker identifier so the dataset can be sliced. |
| Recording conditions | Environment, device and, where relevant, measured signal-to-noise ratio per file. |
| Annotation guideline | The document the annotators worked from, so you can reproduce the conventions on your own data. |
| Consent records | Signed speaker consent covering your intended use, with the transfer mechanism addressed where required. |
| Collection methodology | How speakers were recruited, screened and scheduled — the part that tells you how biased the pool is. |
| Quality report | Pilot outcome, re-work log, and the annotator agreement figures where the task supports measuring them. |
Questions we get about Kannada Code-Switching Speech
How many distinct speakers can you provide for Kannada Code-Switching Speech?
It depends on the specification and the timeline, and we will give a real number rather than a target. For this pairing, speaker recruitment is usually the step that sets the schedule. State whether annotation marks switch spans or tags language per word — with English material carrying Kannada inflections, per-word tagging scatters single-word tags instead of spans, and the two outputs train different models.
Can you annotate to our own guideline instead of the default?
Yes, and for this pairing we would recommend it. Kannada-English mixing is not a clean boundary between two languages. That is exactly the kind of decision a default guideline leaves open, and it is where annotators diverge. Send us your guideline, or we will draft one and you can review it before production starts.
Do you offer a sample before we commit to a full run?
Yes. Select a free sample in the request form and describe what you need. A pilot batch is the cheapest way to establish whether the quality bar is reachable for Kannada Code-Switching Speech before committing to the full volume.
Is the data licensed or owned outright?
Licensing terms are set per project, so tell us how the model will be used and whether it will be distributed. Consent documentation travels with the data either way, and we do not handle medical or clinical data or recorded telephone calls.
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Kannada Live Stream Speech
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Code-Switching Speech in other languages
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Khmer Code-Switching Speech
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Arabic (Egyptian) Code-Switching Speech
Middle East & North Africa
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Arabic (Gulf) Code-Switching Speech
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Punjabi Code-Switching Speech
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Burmese Code-Switching Speech
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Amharic Code-Switching Speech
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Request Kannada Code-Switching Speech
Tell us the language, the hours, and what the data needs to look like. You will get a real number and a real timeline — not a range. If we cannot source it well, we will tell you that instead.
- Pilot batch before the full run, so problems surface early.
- Consent documentation delivered with the data.
- No medical or clinical data. No recorded telephone calls.