Latin America · Mexico

Spanish (Latin American) conversational speech dataset

2,000 hours of unscripted Spanish (Latin American) conversation between pairs of native speakers, 200 vetted speakers in all, recorded in Mexico. 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.

Dataset specifications

LanguageSpanish (Latin American)
Recorded inMexico
Speech typeSpontaneous two-person conversations
Volume2,000 hours
Speakers200 vetted native speakers
AudioDual-channel (one channel per speaker)
TranscriptsTime-aligned, human-verified
MetadataAge, gender, region, recording device
LicenseCommercial (training & evaluation)
Price$65 per hour of audio

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Built for

For teams training or testing speech models that have to cope with real Spanish (Latin American) speech:

  • Automatic speech recognition (ASR / STT)
  • Text-to-speech and voice synthesis prosody
  • Voice agents and IVR for Mexico
  • 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 Spanish (Latin American). Our guide to conversational speech data explains why it matters.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is in the Spanish (Latin American) speech dataset?

2,000 hours of unscripted conversation between pairs of native speakers, 200 vetted speakers in all, recorded in Mexico. 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 Latin American Spanish hard for speech recognition?

By number of speakers, Mexico's Spanish is the biggest variety of the language. It has a distinct intonation and its own words, among them Nahuatl borrowings such as "jitomate" and "cuate". Relaxed conversation is quick and full of slang and English loans, which is where models built on European Spanish or read text fall short.

Is the Spanish (Latin American) 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 Spanish (Latin American) speech dataset cost?

$65 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.