Datasets:

westafricandata
/

wolof-speech-demo

Error code:   StreamingRowsError
Exception:    FileNotFoundError
Message:      datasets/westafricandata/wolof-speech-demo@be47940e44f3f2258bf4c09d1666bc7804197baf/Copie de wol_023.mp3
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py", line 99, in get_rows_or_raise
                  return get_rows(
                         ^^^^^^^^^
                File "/src/libs/libcommon/src/libcommon/utils.py", line 272, in decorator
                  return func(*args, **kwargs)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py", line 77, in get_rows
                  rows_plus_one = list(itertools.islice(ds, rows_max_number + 1))
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2815, in __iter__
                  for key, example in ex_iterable:
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2365, in __iter__
                  example = _apply_feature_types_on_example(
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2284, in _apply_feature_types_on_example
                  decoded_example = features.decode_example(encoded_example, token_per_repo_id=token_per_repo_id)
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/features/features.py", line 2214, in decode_example
                  column_name: decode_nested_example(feature, value, token_per_repo_id=token_per_repo_id)
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/features/features.py", line 1517, in decode_nested_example
                  return schema.decode_example(obj, token_per_repo_id=token_per_repo_id) if obj is not None else None
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/features/audio.py", line 210, in decode_example
                  f = xopen(path, "rb", download_config=download_config)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/utils/file_utils.py", line 982, in xopen
                  file_obj = fs.open(paths[0], mode)
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/fsspec/spec.py", line 1293, in open
                  f = self._open(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_file_system.py", line 275, in _open
                  return HfFileSystemFile(self, path, mode=mode, revision=revision, block_size=block_size, **kwargs)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_file_system.py", line 947, in __init__
                  self.details = fs.info(self.resolved_path.unresolve(), expand_info=False)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_file_system.py", line 716, in info
                  _raise_file_not_found(path, None)
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_file_system.py", line 1138, in _raise_file_not_found
                  raise FileNotFoundError(msg) from err
              FileNotFoundError: datasets/westafricandata/wolof-speech-demo@be47940e44f3f2258bf4c09d1666bc7804197baf/Copie de wol_023.mp3

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Wolof Speech Demo — Native Speakers, Dakar (Senegal)

A free sample of 100 utterances of natural Wolof speech, recorded by native speakers in Dakar, Senegal. Each clip includes a Wolof transcription and a French translation, with both male and female voices.

Wolof, Pulaar and Sérère are spoken by tens of millions of people across West Africa, yet remain critically under-represented in AI training data. This sample demonstrates the quality of speech data we collect.

What's inside

100 short audio clips (.mp3) of natural, everyday Wolof
Wolof transcription for each clip
French translation for each clip
Both male and female speakers
Authentic spoken Wolof, including the natural French code-switching as it is really spoken in Senegal

Fields

file_name — the audio file
wolof_text — Wolof transcription
french_translation — French translation
speaker_gender — female / male

Commercial datasets available

This is a free, non-commercial sample for evaluation and research.

For commercial licensing, larger datasets (500–50,000+ utterances), additional transcription, French translation, domain-specific data (health, agriculture, customer service), or other West African languages (Pulaar, Sérère), please get in touch:

📧 westafricandata@gmail.com

Native speakers, verified quality
48–72 hour delivery
Commercial license included

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