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Dataset / Public · 2022R.01

Chichewa speech dataset

Recorded speech with transcripts, speaker metadata and dataset documentation for research and development.

Dunstan Matekenya · Zenodo
ChichewaView dataset record
Dataset / PublicR.02

English–Chichewa translation dataset

Parallel text pairs with topic and source fields for machine translation research.

dmatekenya · Hugging Face
English · ChichewaExplore dataset
Model / Public releasesR.03

Chichewa speech recognition models

Public ASR model releases, including Whisper adaptations, with model cards and accompanying files.

dmatekenya · Hugging Face
ChichewaView model collection
In development / Ongoing · 500-hour targetR.04

Masakhane speech collection

A separate Chichewa speech dataset under development. Public release and access arrangements are not yet confirmed.

Ongoing research collection
ChichewaEnquire about access
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