Ijwi-ry-Ikirundi-AI/Kirundi_Dataset

🇧🇮 The first large-scale, open-source speech and text dataset for Kirundi language. Building AI models for 12M+ Kirundi speakers through community collaboration. Includes ASR, TTS, and MT capabilities. --- language: - rn license: cc-by-4.0 task_categories: - automatic-speech-recognition - text-to-speech - translation pretty_name: Kirundi Open Speech & Text Dataset tags: - kirundi - low-resource - audio - speech size_categories: - 1K # 🇧🇮 Kirundi Open Speech & Text Dataset _Building the first large-scale, open-source speech and text dataset for Kirundi_ 🚀 Get Started • 📊 Dataset • 🎯 Roadmap • 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 Community --- ## 🌍 About This Project **Kirundi** is spoken by over 12 million people, yet it remains a **low-resource language** largely ignored by modern AI systems. We're changing that. This community-driven initiative aims to create the **first comprehensive, open-source speech and text dataset** for Kirundi, enabling the development of: ### 🎯 Target Applications | Application | Description | Status | | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | 🎙️ **Speech-to-Text (ASR)** | Transcribe spoken Kirundi into text | 🔄 In Progress | | 🗣️ **Text-to-Speech (TTS)** | Generate natural-sounding Kirundi speech | 📋 Planned | | 🌐 **Machine Translation** | Translate between Kirundi and other languages | 📋 Planned | | 🎧 **Speech Translation** | Direct speech-to-speech translation | 📋 Planned | > **Our Mission**: _Ikirundi cacu, Ijwi ryacu_ - Preserve and digitize our language for future generations. ## 🚀 How to Contribute This project has two "homes," so your contribution flow depends on _what_ you are adding: - **For Text, Translations, or Code:** Use our GitHub Repository. - **For Audio:** You **must** use our Hugging Face Repository. **Every contribution matters! Choose the option that works best for you:** ### 📝 Option 1: Text / Translation Contribution (via GitHub) 🎯 Goal: Provide clean, high-quality Kirundi sentences and translations ### ✔️ What you are allowed to contribute: - New Kirundi sent …