Tamil Nadu · Conversational speech
Conversational Speech Data in Chennai
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. In Chennai, this runs from our local studio setup: Treated booth with dual-channel conversation capability.
- City
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Languages here
- 3
- Turnaround
- 4-7 weeks for 100-300 hours in one language.
Languages recorded in Chennai
- Tamil
- Indian English
- Telugu
Local dialect profile
Madras Bashai colloquial Tamil, sharply different from literary Tamil used in read-speech corpora.
Deep Tamil pool; district screening needed to avoid an all-Chennai accent profile.
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
Deliverables
- Per-speaker channels plus mixed reference
- Turn-level transcripts
- Overlap and backchannel tags
- Conversation metadata
Why Chennai for this work
Deep Tamil pool; district screening needed to avoid an all-Chennai accent profile.
Treated booth with dual-channel conversation capability. Sessions here follow the same template as every other city in the network, so a multi-city cohort stays acoustically consistent.
Frequently asked
Do you have a studio in Chennai?
Treated booth with dual-channel conversation capability.
Which languages can you collect in Chennai?
Tamil, Indian English, Telugu. Other languages are possible where migrant communities are present, with residence and nativeness screening.
Can sessions run outside the studio?
Yes. Field recording in homes, vehicles and public spaces is available where your deployment conditions require it, with noise profiles documented per session.
Book conversational speech in Chennai
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