Task: ASR
Release Date: 6/17/2026
Format: MP3
Size: 4.04 MB
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A collection of spontaneous responses to questions in Afaan Oromo (Afaan Oromoo).
Restrictions/Special Constraints
None provided.
Forbidden Usage
It is forbidden to attempt to determine the identity of speakers in the Common Voice datasets. It is forbidden to re-host or re-share this dataset.
Intended Use
This dataset is intended to be used for training and evaluating automatic speech recognition (ASR) models. It may also be used for applications relating to computer-aided language learning (CALL) and language or heritage revitalisation.
om)This datasheet is for sps-corpus-4.0-2026-06-12 of the Mozilla Common Voice Spontaneous Speech dataset for Afaan Oromo [Afaan Oromoo - om]. The dataset contains 15 clips representing 0.2 hours of recorded speech (0.2 hours validated) from 3 speakers.
The dataset clips are categorised by transcription status and training-set assignment. The following tables summarise the distribution.
| Bucket | Clips | % |
|---|---|---|
| Transcribed & Validated | 15 | 100.0% |
| Transcribed & Pending | 0 | 0.0% |
| Not transcribed | 0 | 0.0% |
| Bucket | Clips | % |
|---|---|---|
| Train | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dev | 0 | 0.0% |
| Test | 0 | 0.0% |
| Unassigned | 15 | 100.0% |
Training split coverage: 0 of 15 transcribed & validated clips (0.0%)
| Bucket | Clips | % |
|---|---|---|
| Validated | 15 | 100.0% |
| Pending | 0 | 0.0% |
| Edited | 2 | 13.3% |
There follows a randomly selected sample of questions used in the corpus.
Bilbila harkaa akkamitti fayyadamta?
Teknooloojiin jireenya kee akkamitti jijjiire?
Biyyi ykn magaalaan ati daawwachuu barbaaddu kami, maaliif garas imaluu barbaadda?
Taphni yeroo ijoollummaa jaallattu maal ture?
Gara fuulduraatti addunyaan akkam akka taatu yaadda?
There follows a randomly selected sample of transcribed responses from the corpus.
Nyaata fayyaa qabeessa jechuun nyaata qulqullinni isaa eegame jechuudha. Akkasumas immoo nyaata madaalawaa jechuudha.
Makmaaksi ani baay’ee jaalladhu tokko, “Obsaan aannan goromsaa dhuga” isa jedhu dha. Hiikni isaa namni obsa qabu rakkoo fi qormaata isa mudatu keessatti ariifatee abdii kutachuu akka hin qabne ibsa. Jireenya keessatti wanti hundi yeroo tokkotti hin milkaa’u. Namni hojii isaa irratti obsa qabaatee itti fufu yeroo dheeraaf bu’aa gaarii argachuu danda’a. Fakkeenyaaf, barachuun, hojii hojjechuun yookaan kaayyoo tokko bira ga’uun yeroo fi tattaaffii barbaada. Kanaaf mammaaksi kun naaf hiika guddaa qaba, sababni isaa yeroo rakkoon na mudatu yookaan wanti tokko akkaan ulfaataa ta’e natti mul’atu obsa qabaadhee itti fufuun bu’aa akka qabu na yaadachiisa. Ani akka yaada kootiitti obsi jireenya keessatti baay’ee barbaachisaa dha, sababni isaa namni obsaan hojjetu yeroo baay’ee milkaa’ina gaarii argata.
Biyyi yookaan magaalaan ani addunyaa kanarraa garas imalee daawwachuu barbaadu magaalaa Minisootaa biyya Ameerikaati. Sababiin isaas magaalaan Minisootaa Oromiyaa xiqqoo jedhamtee waamamtii, Oromoota baay'eetu achi keessa jiraataa, kanaaf Minisootaa sana, magaalaa Minisootaa kana, dhaqee daawwachuun barbaada.
Gaaffii gaariidha. Bilbila harkaa akkamitti fayyadamta gaaffii jedhuuf, ani bilbila harkaa yookaan moobaayila fayyadamuu baayyeen jaalladha. Akka namoota warra bilbila harkaa kana faayidaa isaa sirriitti osoo hin beekiin fayyadamuutti osoo ta'iin, moobaayila kana baayyee halkaniif guyyaa faayidaa isaa gadi fageenyaan waanin beekuuf, sirriitti kooddii kompiiteraas, waa'ee kompiiteraas waanin beekuuf, sirriitti moobaayilii kana, hanga humna koo fi humna moobaayilii koo fayyadamaan jira jedhee amana.
Nyaata ani baay’ee jaalladhu keessaa tokko ancootee dha. Sababni ani nyaata kana jaalladhuf, dhandhamni isaa waan naatti toluufi, akkasumas yeroo baay’ee maatii koo waliin nyaata ani nyaadhu waan ta'eefi. Ancooteen aadaa keenya keessatti bakka guddaa qaba. Yeroo ayyaana, walga’ii maatii, yookaan yeroo keessummaan dhufu illee yeroo baay’ee ni qophaa’a. Kanaaf nyaata qofa osoo hin taane yaadannoo fi walitti dhufeenya maatii waliin walqabata. Ani akka yaada kootiitti nyaanni gaariin nama quubsuu qofa osoo hin taane gammachuu fi tasgabbii illee kenna. Ani beela’ee nyaatan jaalladhu argachuun baay’ee na gammachiisa. Kanaaf ancooteen nyaata ani baay’ee jaalladhu keessaa isa innikkaa dha.
Each row of a tsv file represents a single audio clip, and contains the following information:
client_id - hashed UUID of a given user
audio_id - numeric id for audio file
audio_file - audio file name
duration_ms - duration of audio in milliseconds
prompt_id - numeric id for prompt
prompt - question for user
transcription - transcription of the audio response
votes - number of people that who approved a given transcript
age - age of the speaker1
gender - gender of the speaker1
language - language name
split - for data modelling, which subset of the data does this clip pertain to
char_per_sec - how many characters of transcription per second of audio
quality_tags - some automated assessment of the transcription--audio pair, separated by |
transcription-length - character per second under 3 characters per second
speech-rate - characters per second over 30 characters per second
short-audio - audio length under 2 seconds
long-audio - audio length over 5 minutes
non-allowed-script - transcription contains characters from a writing system not associated with the language
mixed-script-words - a single word contains characters from multiple writing systems
mixed-script-transcription - transcription spans multiple writing systems, but each word consistently uses only one
This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) licence. By downloading this data you agree to not determine the identity of speakers in the dataset.
For a full list of age, gender, and accent options, see the demographics spec. These will only be reported if the speaker opted in to provide that information. ↩ ↩2