Europe · Serbia
Serbian conversational speech dataset
1,500 hours of spontaneous Serbian conversations recorded in Serbia across 150 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 | Serbian |
|---|---|
| Recorded in | Serbia |
| 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 | $75 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 Serbian speech:
- Automatic speech recognition (ASR / STT)
- Text-to-speech & voice synthesis prosody
- Voice agents and IVR for Serbia
- 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 Serbian. Read more in our guide to conversational vs. scripted speech data.
Free samples
Audit the Serbian data yourself
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Public alternatives
Public Serbian speech data vs. this dataset
| Source | What it is | License | Commercial training |
|---|---|---|---|
| ParlaSpeech-RS 1.0 (opens in a new tab)Jožef Stefan Institute (CLARIN.SI repository) | Serbian Parliament recordings from its YouTube channel, with transcripts word-aligned to the audio; 896 hours. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Allowed |
| Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech 27.0 (opens in a new tab)Mozilla Foundation (Mozilla Data Collective) | Read speech: short clips of people reading given Serbian sentences aloud, with the sentence as transcript; 13 hours recorded, 8 hours validated. | CC0 1.0 | Allowed |
| FLEURS (opens in a new tab)Google | Read sentences from the FLoRes translation benchmark, recorded for 102 languages; training sets hold around 10 hours per language. | CC BY 4.0 | Allowed |
ParlaSpeech-RS is parliamentary and Common Voice and FLEURS are read; ours is spontaneous two-person conversation recorded in Serbia, one channel per speaker, with commercial consent.
Licenses as published by each source, checked October 2026. Check the current terms before use.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does the Serbian speech dataset include?
1,500 hours of spontaneous two-person conversations from 150 vetted native speakers recorded in Serbia, delivered as dual-channel audio with time-aligned transcripts, speaker metadata (age, gender, region, device), and consent documentation.
What makes Serbian hard for speech recognition?
Serbian is written in both Cyrillic and Latin, so transcripts need one fixed convention. It has pitch accent and vowel length that spelling doesn't show, and it's close enough to Croatian and Bosnian that a model needs native Serbian data to get the differences right.
Is there free Serbian speech data?
Yes, ParlaSpeech-RS, Mozilla Common Voice and FLEURS are free for commercial use. This dataset is spontaneous two-person conversation recorded in Serbia, with speaker metadata, one channel per speaker and signed commercial-use consent.
Can I use this Serbian 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 Serbian speech dataset cost?
Pricing is $75 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