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Release Date: 1/16/2026
Format: WAV, XLSX, TSV
Size: 13.90 GB
A 70-hour subset of Luhya speech data collected by Digital Divide Data in Kenya. The dataset includes recorded sentences from native speakers and is intended to support research and development in Automatic Speech Recognition for low-resource African languages.
Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.htmlRestrictions/Special Constraints
For research and scientific use only. Redistribution or re-hosting of this dataset is not permitted without written permission from Digital Divide Data.
Forbidden Usage
You agree not to attempt to determine the identity of any speaker in the dataset. It is forbidden to use this dataset for voice cloning, biometric identification, surveillance, or the creation of synthetic voices mimicking speakers.
Ethical Review
All participants gave informed consent prior to recording. Speakers were briefed about the use of their audio for research and could withdraw at any time. No personal names or identifying information are included in the dataset.
Intended Use
This dataset is intended for developing and evaluating Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for under-resourced African languages, studying cross-dialect variation, training self-supervised audio models, and supporting linguistic research on Luhya dialects.
TECHNICAL DATASHEET LUHYA 70-HOUR SPEECH DATASET DIGITAL DIVIDE DATA (KENYA)
1.1 Forbidden usage
1.2 Privacy and ethics
2.1 Dataset summary
2.2 Primary intended task
2.3 Secondary possible uses
3.1 Language name
3.2 Variants / dialects covered
3.3 Geographic distribution
