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CC0-1.0
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CommunityDataset ID:
cmm4de9w500ntmh073nx14k7p
Task: TTS
Release Date: 2/27/2026
Format: WAV,PARQUET
Size: 7.99 GB
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TV-44kHz-Full is a high-quality German speech dataset containing approximately 40 hours of transcribed recordings (38,000+ files) by Thorsten Müller, a single native male speaker. It combines multiple Thorsten-Voice subsets (neutral, emotional, and Hessian dialect) in original 44.1 kHz sampling rate. The dataset is released under CC0 to enable unrestricted research and commercial use.
Restrictions/Special Constraints
None. Released under CC0 (public domain dedication).
Forbidden Usage
None from the licensor’s side. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and ethical standards.
Ethical Review
The dataset consists exclusively of voluntary recordings of the contributor’s own voice. No third-party voices or personal data are included. All recordings were created with the explicit intention of unrestricted public release under CC0. No formal institutional ethical review was required, as the dataset contains only self-recorded material. The dataset was released in the spirit of openness, equality, and free access to knowledge. The contributor encourages responsible and socially beneficial use.
Intended Use
Intended for high-quality text-to-speech (TTS), expressive and dialectal speech synthesis, speech research, benchmarking, and commercial speech technology development.
This dataset contains approximately 40 hours of German speech recordings (38,000+ WAV files) by a single native male speaker.
Mono
44,100 Hz sample rate (original recording rate)
Denoised
Normalized to -24 dB
Trimmed silence at beginning and end
Provided in Hugging Face Datasets format (Parquet-based structure).
Attributes include:
audio
id
subset
style
text
samplerate
durationSeconds
charsPerSecond
recording_year-month
microphone
speaker
language
comment
Optimized for use with the Hugging Face datasets library.
TV-2021.02-Neutral (~22,000 recordings)
TV-2022.10-Neutral (~12,000 recordings)
TV-2021.06-Emotional (~2,000 recordings)
TV-2023.09-Hessisch (~2,000 recordings)
All subsets are provided in original 44.1 kHz quality.
Neutral
Hessisch (regional dialect of Hessen, Germany)
Emotional styles:
surprised
disgusted
drunk-style (recorded sober)
angry
amused
whisper
sleepy
Released under CC0 (public domain dedication). No restrictions apply.
Müller, Thorsten (2024). TV-44kHz-Full. Hugging Face. DOI: 10.57967/hf/3290
Thorsten-Voice is an open initiative to provide high-quality German speech datasets and TTS models as free and unrestricted resources.
“I contribute my personal voice as a person believing in a world where all people are equal, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion, skin color, or geographic coordinates of birth. I believe in a global world where everyone is welcome everywhere and where free knowledge and education is accessible to all.”