Maharashtra · studio network
Speech Data Collection in Pune
Pune is one of the recording sites in our nationwide network. Puneri Marathi, the prestige standard, with a large student population for younger age bands.
- State
- Maharashtra
- Languages
- 4
- Setup
- Booth with long-session capacity suited to TTS voice builds.
Why we record in Pune
The cleanest source of standard Marathi, and a strong secondary pool for the automotive and manufacturing voice work concentrated nearby.
Puneri Marathi is treated as the prestige standard, with a large student population from across Maharashtra providing access to regional varieties in one place.
Languages recorded here
- Marathi
- Hindi
- Hinglish
- Indian English
Dialect profile
Puneri Marathi, the prestige standard, with a large student population for younger age bands.
Recruitment pool
Strongest standard-Marathi pool and easy 18-25 age-band filling.
The prestige-standard problem is acute here: a Pune-only Marathi cohort produces exactly the variety that already has the most data and the least need for it.
City choice is a data-quality decision, not a logistics decision. It determines which dialects end up in your corpus.
Studio setup
Booth with long-session capacity suited to TTS voice builds.
Running sessions in Pune
Good studio availability, short travel times and reliable participant attendance. One of the easiest cities in the network to run at volume.
Field recording conditions here
Campus interiors, workshop and light-industrial environments, and quieter residential streets than the larger metros.
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 Pune only?
You can, but be clear about what that buys you. The prestige-standard problem is acute here: a Pune-only Marathi cohort produces exactly the variety that already has the most data and the least need for it. For most languages we recommend spreading the cohort across at least three cities.
How fast can sessions start in Pune?
Recruitment typically takes one to two weeks depending on how narrow your quotas are. Good studio availability, short travel times and reliable participant attendance. One of the easiest cities in the network to run at volume.
What does field recording in Pune sound like?
Campus interiors, workshop and light-industrial environments, and quieter residential streets than the larger metros. Every session's noise profile is documented so you can match it against your deployment environment.
Which languages are strongest in Pune?
Marathi, Hindi, Hinglish, Indian English. Strongest standard-Marathi pool and easy 18-25 age-band filling.
Record in Pune
Send the language, speaker count and conditions you need.