East Asia · Taiwan
Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) conversational speech dataset
1,500 hours of unscripted Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) conversation between pairs of native speakers, 150 vetted speakers in all, recorded in Taiwan. Every recording is dual-channel, one speaker per channel, and comes with a time-aligned, human-verified transcript, speaker metadata (age, gender, region and recording device) and signed consent records, under a commercial license for ASR, TTS and voice AI training.
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Dataset specifications
| Language | Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) |
|---|---|
| Recorded in | Taiwan |
| Speech type | Spontaneous two-person conversations |
| Volume | 1,500 hours |
| Speakers | 150 vetted native speakers |
| Audio | Dual-channel (one channel per speaker) |
| Transcripts | Time-aligned, human-verified |
| Metadata | Age, gender, region, recording device |
| License | Commercial (training & evaluation) |
| Price | $70 per hour of audio |
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Built for
For teams training or testing speech models that have to cope with real Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) speech:
- Automatic speech recognition (ASR / STT)
- Text-to-speech and voice synthesis prosody
- Voice agents and IVR for Taiwan
- Speaker diarization and turn-taking models
- Speech LLM and audio-understanding fine-tuning
Why conversational data?
Models trained on read speech lose accuracy on spontaneous audio, because hesitations, overlapping turns and natural speaking rates never made it into their training data. This dataset fills that gap for Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese). Our guide to conversational speech data explains why it matters.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) speech dataset?
1,500 hours of unscripted conversation between pairs of native speakers, 150 vetted speakers in all, recorded in Taiwan. Each conversation is delivered as dual-channel audio with a time-aligned transcript, speaker metadata (age, gender, region and recording device) and the consent records behind it.
What makes Taiwanese Mandarin hard for speech recognition?
Taiwan's Mandarin has an accent and vocabulary distinct from the mainland's. Many speakers pronounce "zh", "ch" and "sh" as "z", "c" and "s", the neutral tone appears less often, writing uses Traditional characters, and conversations often slip into Taiwanese Hokkien.
Is the Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) dataset licensed for commercial use?
Yes. The license covers commercial training and evaluation of ASR, TTS and other voice AI models. Every speaker signed explicit consent to commercial use, and Spirelight shares the full consent records for your legal review.
What does the Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese) speech dataset cost?
$70 per hour of audio. Buying the full dataset, or several languages together, qualifies for a volume discount: ask for a quote.
Can I check samples before I buy?
Yes. Request samples on this page and the Spirelight team emails representative audio, matching transcripts and the metadata schema within 48 hours, so your team can audit the data before committing.