Odisha · studio network
Speech Data Collection in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is one of the recording sites in our nationwide network. Coastal standard Odia; western Sambalpuri requires separate fielding from Sambalpur.
- State
- Odisha
- Languages
- 2
- Setup
- Booth with mobile kit for Sambalpur and Berhampur sessions.
Why we record in Bhubaneswar
The primary Odia site, covering a language with roughly 35 million speakers and almost no usable public speech corpus.
Standard Odia with Sambalpuri and coastal varieties reachable through migration and short-range travel.
Languages recorded here
- Odia
- Hindi
Dialect profile
Coastal standard Odia; western Sambalpuri requires separate fielding from Sambalpur.
Recruitment pool
Primary Odia base, with field extension to western districts.
Urban coastal Odia over-represents relative to the western Sambalpuri-speaking districts.
City choice is a data-quality decision, not a logistics decision. It determines which dialects end up in your corpus.
Studio setup
Booth with mobile kit for Sambalpur and Berhampur sessions.
Running sessions in Bhubaneswar
Modest studio base, good coordinator availability and low participant-pool saturation, so recruitment moves quickly. Cyclone season carries real schedule risk.
Field recording conditions here
Small-town and semi-rural environments accessible within a day, which is unusual for a state capital in this network.
The numbers we hold ourselves to
- 100% of delivered files pass automated technical QA for SNR, clipping, duration and silence
- 5-25% of files pass a second native-speaker content review, stratified by city, dialect and transcriber, and escalating to 100% on any batch that fails the agreed threshold
- Accepted yield runs 85-90% for scripted speech, 60-70% for spontaneous, 55-65% for conversational and 50-60% for telephony
- Default cohort quotas: 50/50 gender, with age bands at 30% (18-25), 40% (26-40) and 30% (41-60)
- 48 kHz / 24-bit capture, delivered as 16-bit PCM WAV, with studio sessions held below a -50 dBFS noise floor
- First response within one working day; a scoped, fixed quote within two to three
These are the figures a delivery is measured against, not aspirations. A batch that misses them is re-recorded at our cost rather than repaired.
What every session includes
- Local coordinators recruit and screen against your quota matrix
- Participants are briefed and consented on site
- Sessions run to the same template as every other city in the network
- Technical QA runs on upload, so defects are caught while the speaker can still be recalled
Frequently asked
Can you record in Bhubaneswar only?
You can, but be clear about what that buys you. Urban coastal Odia over-represents relative to the western Sambalpuri-speaking districts. For most languages we recommend spreading the cohort across at least three cities.
How fast can sessions start in Bhubaneswar?
Recruitment typically takes one to two weeks depending on how narrow your quotas are. Modest studio base, good coordinator availability and low participant-pool saturation, so recruitment moves quickly. Cyclone season carries real schedule risk.
What does field recording in Bhubaneswar sound like?
Small-town and semi-rural environments accessible within a day, which is unusual for a state capital in this network. Every session's noise profile is documented so you can match it against your deployment environment.
Which languages are strongest in Bhubaneswar?
Odia, Hindi. Primary Odia base, with field extension to western districts.
Record in Bhubaneswar
Send the language, speaker count and conditions you need.