Punjab & Haryana · studio network
Speech Data Collection in Chandigarh
Chandigarh is one of the recording sites in our nationwide network. Puadhi and Majhi Punjabi contact zone with Hindi; useful for tone-variation coverage.
- State
- Punjab & Haryana
- Languages
- 3
- Setup
- Booth with district fielding into Punjab and Haryana.
Why we record in Chandigarh
Punjabi in both Gurmukhi-literate and spoken-only populations, plus the Haryanvi contact zone.
Punjabi and Hindi in close contact, with a meaningful split between speakers literate in Gurmukhi and those who speak Punjabi but read only Devanagari or Latin script.
Languages recorded here
- Punjabi
- Hindi
- Hinglish
Dialect profile
Puadhi and Majhi Punjabi contact zone with Hindi; useful for tone-variation coverage.
Recruitment pool
Balanced Punjabi and Hindi pool with strong education spread.
Urban and relatively affluent. Malwa and Doaba Punjabi varieties need recruitment beyond the city.
City choice is a data-quality decision, not a logistics decision. It determines which dialects end up in your corpus.
Studio setup
Booth with district fielding into Punjab and Haryana.
Running sessions in Chandigarh
Well-planned city with short travel times and reliable attendance — operationally the simplest site in the network.
Field recording conditions here
Quieter than any other city in the network, which makes it a good site for controlled low-noise field capture.
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 Chandigarh only?
You can, but be clear about what that buys you. Urban and relatively affluent. Malwa and Doaba Punjabi varieties need recruitment beyond the city. For most languages we recommend spreading the cohort across at least three cities.
How fast can sessions start in Chandigarh?
Recruitment typically takes one to two weeks depending on how narrow your quotas are. Well-planned city with short travel times and reliable attendance — operationally the simplest site in the network.
What does field recording in Chandigarh sound like?
Quieter than any other city in the network, which makes it a good site for controlled low-noise field capture. Every session's noise profile is documented so you can match it against your deployment environment.
Which languages are strongest in Chandigarh?
Punjabi, Hindi, Hinglish. Balanced Punjabi and Hindi pool with strong education spread.
Record in Chandigarh
Send the language, speaker count and conditions you need.