metadata
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- text-to-speech
- automatic-speech-recognition
language:
- ru
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
pretty_name: Tuchniy Zhab YouTube Dataset
tags:
- audio
- text
Tuchniy Zhab YouTube Audio Dataset
Dataset Description
This dataset contains 306 hours of processed audio segments extracted from the "Tuchniy Zhab" YouTube channel with corresponding metadata. Each audio file represents a segment from the channel's videos and content, processed at 44.1kHz sample rate.
Dataset Summary
- Language: Russian
- Task: TTS, ASR, Quality Assessment
- Audio format: MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate
- Structure: Segmented audio files with JSON metadata
- Source: Tuchniy Zhab YouTube channel content
Dataset Structure
Data Fields
Basic Information
audio: Audio data (44.1kHz sample rate, MP3 format)file_name: Name of the audio segment file (format:<original_name>_<idx>.mp3)segment_index: Index of the audio segment within the original videooriginal_name: Original name of the YouTube video recording
Transcription and Timing
text: Transcribed text of the audio segmentstart: Start time of the segment in secondsend: End time of the segment in secondswords: Word-level timestamps and confidence scores
Speaker Information
speaker: Speaker identifier (e.g., "SPEAKER_00")
Quality Metrics
emos_overall: EMOS overall quality scorenoise_confidence: Noise detection confidence
Segment Structure
num_sentences: Number of sentences (for merged segments)original_segments: Original subsegments data (for merged segments)
VAD (Voice Activity Detection)
vad_trimmed: Whether VAD trimming was appliedvad_start: VAD start timetrim_ratio: Ratio of trimmed audio
Data Splits
- Train: All available YouTube video segments
Dataset Creation
Source Data
The dataset consists of audio content extracted from the "Tuchniy Zhab" YouTube channel. The channel produces various types of content primarily in Russian. Each YouTube video has been processed and segmented into multiple audio clips, with each segment saved as a separate MP3 file along with its transcription and metadata.
Usage
Loading the Dataset
Load and extract the tar archive files using:
cat tuchniyzhab_archive.tar.aa tuchniyzhab_archive.tar.ab tuchniyzhab_archive.tar.ac > tuchniyzhab_archive.tar && tar -xf tuchniyzhab_archive.tar
Citation Information
@dataset{tuchniyzhab_youtube_audio_dataset,
title={Tuchniy Zhab YouTube Audio Dataset},
author={Denis Petrov},
year={2025},
url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/ESpeech/ESpeech-tuchniyzhab/}
}
