Debatts-Data: The First Madarin Rebuttal Speech Dataset for Expressive Text-to-Speech Synthesis

The Debatts-Data dataset is the first Madarin rebuttal speech dataset for expressive text-to-speech synthesis. It is constructed from a vast collection of professional Madarin speech data sourced from diverse video platforms and podcasts on the Internet. The in-the-wild collection approach ensures the real and natural rebuttal speech. In addition, the dataset contains annotations of transcription, duration and style embed. The table and chart below provide the statistic information for the dataset. For some dataset samples and more information regarding Debatts system, please visit the Debatts project page.

Dataset Specifications

Attribute	Value
Language	ZH
Number of Speakers	2,350 (est.)
Duration (hrs)	111
Type	Text + Speech
Sample Rate (kHz)	16
Recorded Method	Wild

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Dataset Usage

To utilize the Debatts-Data dataset, you can download the raw audio files from the files and versions. The Debatts-Data.tar.gz contains the training data, while the Debatts-Data_test.tar.gz contains the testing data with extra speaker prompt speech.

Please note that Debatts-Data does not own the copyright to the audio files; the copyright remains with the original owners of the videos or audio. Users are permitted to use this dataset only for non-commercial purposes under the CC BY-NC-4.0 license.