Thorsten-Voice Dataset 2023.09 Hessisch

The goal of project "Thorsten-Voice" is to provide voice datasets and TTS models for free and high quality german artificial voice.

This dataset "Thorsten-Voice dataset 2023.09 Hessisch" is based on normal german textual input but pronounced in a german regional dialect called "Hessisch". This special dialect is spoken mostly in the southern region of the german state "Hessen". It is recorded by Thorsten Müller, audio optimized by Dominik Kreutz and licenced under CC0 to provide it for anybody without any financial or licence struggle.

"I contribute my personal voice as a person believing in a world where all people are equal. No matter of gender, sexual orientation, religion, skin color and geocoordinates of birth location. A global world where everybody is warmly welcome on any place on this planet and open and free knowledge and education is available to everyone." (Thorsten Müller)

Dataset details:

ljspeech file and directory structure

2.108 recorded phrases (wav files)

samplerate 22.050Hz

mono

normalized to -24dB

no silence at beginning/ending

See more details on my Github page or Thorsten-Voice project website.