Conversational speech · TTS Voice Building
Conversational Speech Data for TTS Voice Building
Natural two-party and multi-party conversation recorded with separate channels per speaker, covering the overlaps, interruptions and turn-taking that scripted data never produces. Applied to tts voice building, the specification is driven by one thing: mos naturalness.
- Service
- Conversational speech
- Use case
- TTS Voice Building
- Primary metric
- MOS naturalness
Required data profile
- 10-40 hours from one speaker, or multi-speaker sets
- Phonetically balanced scripts
- Session-consistent acoustics
Technical specification
| Parameter | Standard |
|---|---|
| Channels | One channel per speaker, time-aligned |
| Duration | 15-60 minutes per conversation |
| Topics | Scenario cards, free topics, or your domain scripts |
| Overlap | Preserved and tagged, never edited out |
| Metadata | Relationship between speakers, familiarity, topic, setting |
Process
- Scenario design so conversations stay on-domain without becoming scripted
- Speaker pairing by familiarity level as specified
- Multi-channel recording with per-speaker isolation
- Diarisation-ready packaging
- Verbatim transcription with speaker turns and overlap tags
Metrics this feeds
- MOS naturalness
- Pronunciation accuracy on loanwords and names
- Prosody stability across long utterances
Failure modes to design out
- Session drift between recording days
- Scripts that under-cover rare phonemes
- Uncleared voice-talent licensing
Conversations are checked for naturalness, not just audio quality. Sessions that drift into reading are rejected.
Deliverables
- Per-speaker channels plus mixed reference
- Turn-level transcripts
- Overlap and backchannel tags
- Conversation metadata
Frequently asked
Is conversational speech the right service for tts voice building?
It covers 10-40 hours from one speaker, or multi-speaker sets. Most tts voice building programmes combine it with at least one other service; we will say so in the scope rather than selling one line item.
What languages are available?
All 14 languages in the network plus Indian English accent bands.
How is the evaluation set handled?
Collected first, from speakers disjoint from the training cohort, so improvement is measurable.
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