Maharashtra · Conversational speech
Conversational Speech Data in Mumbai
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 Mumbai, this runs from our local studio setup: Treated booths in the western suburbs with parallel session capacity for multi-speaker conversation work.
- City
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Languages here
- 6
- Turnaround
- 4-7 weeks for 100-300 hours in one language.
Languages recorded in Mumbai
- Marathi
- Hindi
- Hinglish
- Gujarati
- Urdu
- Indian English
Local dialect profile
Bambaiya Hindi-Marathi contact speech with constant three-way switching; the densest code-mixing environment in India.
Migrant-heavy, so speakers of almost any Indian language can be found, but native-region screening is essential.
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 Mumbai for this work
Migrant-heavy, so speakers of almost any Indian language can be found, but native-region screening is essential.
Treated booths in the western suburbs with parallel session capacity for multi-speaker conversation work. 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 Mumbai?
Treated booths in the western suburbs with parallel session capacity for multi-speaker conversation work.
Which languages can you collect in Mumbai?
Marathi, Hindi, Hinglish, Gujarati, Urdu, Indian English. 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 Mumbai
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