Telangana · studio network
Speech Data Collection in Hyderabad
Hyderabad is one of the recording sites in our nationwide network. Telangana Telugu alongside Dakhini Urdu, producing a lexical mix found nowhere else.
- State
- Telangana
- Languages
- 5
- Setup
- Booth plus field-recording capacity for community-based collection.
Why we record in Hyderabad
The only city where Deccani Urdu and Telangana Telugu can both be recruited at depth, which is a combination nothing else in the network offers.
Telangana Telugu and Deccani Urdu in genuine daily contact, with a distinct Hyderabadi Hindi register that is neither Delhi Hindi nor Urdu and confuses models trained on either.
Languages recorded here
- Telugu
- Urdu
- Hindi
- Indian English
- Hinglish
Dialect profile
Telangana Telugu alongside Dakhini Urdu, producing a lexical mix found nowhere else.
Recruitment pool
The only reliable pool for Dakhini Urdu at scale, plus Telangana Telugu.
A Hyderabad Telugu cohort under-represents coastal Andhra forms substantially — the two are not interchangeable and models trained on one degrade on the other.
City choice is a data-quality decision, not a logistics decision. It determines which dialects end up in your corpus.
Studio setup
Booth plus field-recording capacity for community-based collection.
Running sessions in Hyderabad
Good studio capacity and short travel times relative to other metros. The old city and the tech corridor are effectively separate recruitment catchments and need separate coordinators.
Field recording conditions here
Old-city market ambience and contact-centre floors, with strong availability of simulated call environments.
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 Hyderabad only?
You can, but be clear about what that buys you. A Hyderabad Telugu cohort under-represents coastal Andhra forms substantially — the two are not interchangeable and models trained on one degrade on the other. For most languages we recommend spreading the cohort across at least three cities.
How fast can sessions start in Hyderabad?
Recruitment typically takes one to two weeks depending on how narrow your quotas are. Good studio capacity and short travel times relative to other metros. The old city and the tech corridor are effectively separate recruitment catchments and need separate coordinators.
What does field recording in Hyderabad sound like?
Old-city market ambience and contact-centre floors, with strong availability of simulated call environments. Every session's noise profile is documented so you can match it against your deployment environment.
Which languages are strongest in Hyderabad?
Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Indian English and 1 more. The only reliable pool for Dakhini Urdu at scale, plus Telangana Telugu.
Record in Hyderabad
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