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Romanian conversational speech dataset
1,000 hours of spontaneous Romanian conversations recorded in Romania across 100 vetted native speakers. Dual-channel audio with time-aligned transcripts, speaker metadata (age, gender, region, device), and full chain-of-consent documentation. Licensed for commercial ASR, TTS, and voice AI training.
Dataset specifications
| Language | Romanian |
|---|---|
| Recorded in | Romania |
| Speech type | Spontaneous two-person conversations |
| Volume | 1,000 hours |
| Speakers | 100 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 | $85 per hour of audio |
Need more hours, another dialect or your own recording setup? We collect speech data to spec.
Built for
Training and evaluating speech models that must handle real Romanian speech:
- Automatic speech recognition (ASR / STT)
- Text-to-speech & voice synthesis prosody
- Voice agents and IVR for Romania
- Speaker diarization & turn-taking models
- Speech LLM / audio-understanding fine-tuning
Why conversational data?
Models trained on read speech consistently underperform on spontaneous audio. Disfluencies, overlap, and natural speech rates aren’t in the training distribution. This dataset closes that gap for Romanian. Read more in our guide to conversational vs. scripted speech data.
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Public alternatives
Public Romanian speech data vs. this dataset
| Source | What it is | License | Commercial training |
|---|---|---|---|
| VoxPopuli Romanian (transcribed) (opens in a new tab)Meta AI | Transcribed Romanian speeches from European Parliament event recordings, 2009 to 2020. | CC0 for VoxPopuli data; the raw audio falls under the European Parliament legal notice (reuse allowed if the entire item is reproduced and the source acknowledged) | Unclear |
| Mozilla Common Voice Romanian (Scripted Speech) (opens in a new tab)Mozilla Common Voice (via Mozilla Data Collective) | Read speech recordings in Romanian, contributed by Common Voice volunteers. | CC0 1.0 | Allowed |
| Google FLEURS (ro_ro) (opens in a new tab)Google | Read sentences from the FLoRes benchmark, locale ro_ro. | CC BY 4.0 | Allowed |
Free Romanian data here is parliament speeches and read sentences; this dataset is spontaneous two-person conversation recorded in Romania, with dual-channel audio and a commercial license.
Licenses as published by each source, checked October 2026. Check the current terms before use.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does the Romanian speech dataset include?
1,000 hours of spontaneous two-person conversations from 100 vetted native speakers recorded in Romania, delivered as dual-channel audio with time-aligned transcripts, speaker metadata (age, gender, region, device), and consent documentation.
What makes Romanian hard for speech recognition?
Romanian is a Romance language with Slavic, Turkish and Hungarian loanwords. It has the central vowels "ă" and "î", and the definite article attaches to the end of the noun ("om", "omul"). Those endings and vowels are easy to mishear, and it shows up directly in word error rate.
Is there free Romanian speech data?
Yes, Mozilla Common Voice Romanian and Google FLEURS are free for commercial use. VoxPopuli Romanian has unclear terms. This dataset is spontaneous two-person conversation recorded in Romania, with speaker metadata, one channel per speaker and signed commercial-use consent.
Can I use this Romanian dataset commercially?
Yes. The dataset is licensed for commercial use, including training ASR, TTS, and other voice-AI models. Every speaker has signed explicit commercial-use consent, and we provide the full consent chain for your legal review.
How much does the Romanian speech dataset cost?
Pricing is $85 per hour of audio. Volume discounts are available for full-dataset and multi-language purchases. Contact us for a quote.
Can I evaluate samples before buying?
Yes. Request samples with your company email, and we'll email you representative audio files and matching transcripts so your team can audit quality before committing.
$85/hr