Speech Data · India

Speech Data Collection
in India

Collect voice recordings from native speakers across India in Hindi, Hinglish and regional languages, with transcripts in the script you need. Ready for ASR, TTS and voice assistants.

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12+ Indian languagesRegional accents and HinglishRecorded on real phones

200+

Countries

13,487

Tasks posted

195,000+

Workers available

~4 Hours

Average time to first results

Why India

Where Speech Models Struggle in India

Most speech models are trained on clean, standard audio. In India they meet strong regional accents, mixed languages and noisy phone calls. Collect the recordings that close that gap.

Regional accents

Hindi spoken in Delhi, Patna and Indore sounds different. Collect the same phrases from several states to cover real pronunciation.

Hinglish and code-switching

People switch between Hindi, Tamil or Bengali and English in one sentence. Record speech the way users actually talk to your app.

Noisy everyday audio

Traffic, ceiling fans, TV and family voices in the background. Get speech from the places where your voice product will really be used.

Low-resource languages

Reach native speakers of Odia, Assamese, Bhojpuri and other languages that public speech datasets rarely include.

Languages

Indian Languages You Can Record

Choose India as the country, then name the language, accent and region you need in your task instructions.

  • हिन्दी

    Hindi

  • বাংলা

    Bengali

  • తెలుగు

    Telugu

  • मराठी

    Marathi

  • தமிழ்

    Tamil

  • اردو

    Urdu

  • ગુજરાતી

    Gujarati

  • ಕನ್ನಡ

    Kannada

  • മലയാളം

    Malayalam

  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ

    Odia

  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

    Punjabi

  • অসমীয়া

    Assamese

  • भोजपुरी

    Bhojpuri

  • English

    Indian English

  • Hinglish

    Hindi + English

Availability depends on the speakers who take your task. For less common languages, start with a small test.

One Brief

One Prompt, Many Indian Languages

Write your task once in English. Speakers across India say it in their own language and words, and every recording comes with a transcript.

Your prompt

Ask your phone to set an alarm for 6 am tomorrow, the way you normally would.

HindiDelhi

कल सुबह छह बजे का अलार्म लगा दो।

HinglishMumbai

Kal subah 6 baje ka alarm set kar do, please.

TamilChennai

நாளை காலை ஆறு மணிக்கு அலாரம் வை.

BengaliKolkata

কাল সকাল ছটায় অ্যালার্ম দিয়ে দাও।

  1. 01

    Write one script or prompt in English and set the language rule.

  2. 02

    Choose India and describe the languages, regions and accents you need.

  3. 03

    Listen to the recordings and compare results across languages.

Speech Data Types

Speech Data You Can Collect in India

Set up a task for the exact recordings your model needs. Speakers across India follow your instructions and record on their own phones.

Scripted Reading

Your script, read in Indian languages

Speakers read your sentences, numbers or addresses in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or another language. You know exactly what was said in every recording.

  • Scripts in Devanagari, Tamil, Bengali and other scripts
  • The same script read by many different speakers
  • Text known in advance for every recording
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Woman reading a printed script aloud
Spontaneous Speech

Natural speech, the way people really talk

Speakers answer a question or talk about a topic in their own words. You get real pauses, fillers and the natural mix of languages Indian users speak.

  • Topics and questions you choose
  • Natural Hinglish and code-switching
  • Transcript added to every recording
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Smiling woman speaking freely into her smartphone
Voice Commands

Commands from thousands of Indian voices

Speakers say wake words and short commands for your assistant in their own accent and language, at home, outdoors or in a vehicle as a passenger.

  • Wake words and short commands
  • Many speakers, many accents
  • Hindi, English and regional languages
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Smart speaker waiting for a voice command on a table
Dialogues

Customer calls, played by real people

Two people act out a call between a customer and a support agent, in Hindi, Hinglish or another language. Train and test voicebots for Indian customer service.

  • Role-plays with fictional details
  • Real back-and-forth conversation
  • Both participants agree to record
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Two women having a recorded conversation with a microphone
Regional Accents

The same phrases from every region

Collect the same sentences from speakers in different states and cities. Measure and improve how your model handles accents across India.

  • Speakers from the regions you name
  • Same text, many accents
  • Region noted in every submission
Create a speech task for India
Man recording his voice on a smartphone outdoors
Noisy Environments

Speech recorded where people live

Speakers record in busy streets, markets, homes and moving buses or trains. Make your model work in the noise Indian users deal with every day.

  • Street, home and transport settings
  • Real background noise, not added later
  • Location type noted in every submission
Create a speech task for India
Woman recording a voice message on a city street at night
Task Example

Indian Language Audio
With Transcripts

Ask speakers to send the audio and type exactly what they said, in the script you need. You get ready training pairs without a separate transcription step.

Your setup

What you set up

Task settings

Choose Audio collection and India, set how many files each speaker sends and add your script with the language and transcript rules.

  • Audio collection task type
  • Number of files per submission
  • Language and script for the transcript
Task typeAudio collection

Your view

What you receive

Submission

Each submission arrives as an audio file with its transcript in Devanagari, another Indic script or Latin letters, ready to review.

  • Audio and text in one submission
  • Hindi, Hinglish or regional language text
  • Approve or reject each pair
ResultReady training pairs
Compare

Choosing a Speech Data Collection Vendor in India

Traditional vendors sell fixed hours of audio through long contracts. On RapidWorkers you test a few recordings first and scale once the audio is right.

What to check

Typical speech data vendor

RapidWorkers

Start

Proposal, contract and onboarding

Create a speech task and launch the same day

Minimum order

Often hundreds of hours of audio

From $0.30 per campaign

Pricing

Quote per hour of audio

You set the pay per recording

Pilot

Usually a separate paid phase

Test with 20 recordings first

Quality control

Vendor records and checks

You listen to every recording, or we manage it

Scale

New contract for more hours

Extend the same task

Full pricing and fees

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Data Protection

Voice Recordings Collected With Consent

Every recording comes from a real person in India who chose to take your task and knew what it was for. No scraped audio and no unknown sources.

Speakers know the purpose

Your task explains what people will record and that the audio will be used to train AI. Speakers read it before they accept.

Voluntary participation

Speakers are adults who choose to take your task. Nobody is assigned, and each person records and submits on their own.

Planned for the DPDP Act

A voice can identify a person. Plan your project in line with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and ask speakers not to say names, addresses or phone numbers.

Pricing

Estimate Your Speech Data Cost in India

You set the pay per recording in US dollars. Start with a small pilot in each language to check speed and quality. The 15% platform fee is included.

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Minimum pay is $0.10 per task. Need more recordings later? Extend the same task instead of creating a new one.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Choose India as the country, set the language in your instructions and speakers across India record on their own phones.

Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Indian English and Hinglish. Start with a small test for less common languages.

Yes. Ask speakers to type exactly what they said, in Devanagari, another Indic script or Latin letters, and every submission includes audio and text.

Describe the state, city or accent you need in your instructions and reject recordings that do not match.

Yes. Ask speakers to talk the way they normally mix languages and describe the mix you need.

Yes. A speaker records a role-play with a friend or family member, using fictional names and details. Both people agree to the recording.

You set the pay per recording, starting from $0.10, plus a 15% platform fee. A campaign starts from $0.30.

Every task explains its purpose and speakers choose to take part. Plan your project in line with the DPDP Act, 2023, and ask speakers not to share personal details in recordings.

Yes. Our team can plan language and accent coverage, recruit speakers, check recordings and transcripts and deliver the dataset.