| --- |
| language: |
| - en |
| - zh |
| license: apache-2.0 |
| task_categories: |
| - automatic-speech-recognition |
| pretty_name: Voices in the Wild |
| tags: |
| - audio |
| - speech |
| - asr |
| - robustness |
| - noisy-speech |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: |
| - split: distortion |
| path: data/distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: distortion_dropout |
| path: data/distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: distortion_noise |
| path: data/distortion_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: dropout |
| path: data/dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: echo |
| path: data/echo-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_distortion |
| path: data/echo_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/echo_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/echo_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_dropout |
| path: data/echo_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_noise |
| path: data/echo_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording |
| path: data/echo_recording-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_distortion |
| path: data/echo_recording_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/echo_recording_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/echo_recording_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_distortion_noise |
| path: data/echo_recording_distortion_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_dropout |
| path: data/echo_recording_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: echo_recording_dropout_noise |
| path: data/echo_recording_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field |
| path: data/far_field-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_distortion |
| path: data/far_field_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/far_field_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/far_field_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_dropout |
| path: data/far_field_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_noise |
| path: data/far_field_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording |
| path: data/far_field_recording-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_distortion |
| path: data/far_field_recording_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/far_field_recording_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/far_field_recording_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_distortion_noise |
| path: data/far_field_recording_distortion_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_dropout |
| path: data/far_field_recording_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: far_field_recording_dropout_noise |
| path: data/far_field_recording_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: noise |
| path: data/noise-*.parquet |
| - split: noise_dropout |
| path: data/noise_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed |
| path: data/obstructed-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_distortion |
| path: data/obstructed_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/obstructed_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/obstructed_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_dropout |
| path: data/obstructed_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_noise |
| path: data/obstructed_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording |
| path: data/obstructed_recording-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_distortion |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_distortion_noise |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_distortion_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_dropout |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: obstructed_recording_dropout_noise |
| path: data/obstructed_recording_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: recording |
| path: data/recording-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_distortion |
| path: data/recording_distortion-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_distortion_dropout |
| path: data/recording_distortion_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_distortion_dropout_noise |
| path: data/recording_distortion_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_distortion_noise |
| path: data/recording_distortion_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_dropout |
| path: data/recording_dropout-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_dropout_noise |
| path: data/recording_dropout_noise-*.parquet |
| - split: recording_noise |
| path: data/recording_noise-*.parquet |
| dataset_info: |
| features: |
| - name: audio |
| dtype: audio |
| - name: file_name |
| dtype: string |
| - name: audio_path |
| dtype: string |
| - name: question |
| dtype: string |
| - name: answer |
| dtype: string |
| - name: text |
| dtype: string |
| - name: subset |
| dtype: string |
| - name: prediction |
| dtype: string |
| - name: name |
| dtype: string |
| - name: index |
| dtype: int64 |
| --- |
| |
| # Voices in the Wild |
|
|
| [**Project Page**](https://xzf-thu.github.io/Mega-ASR/) | [**Paper**](https://huggingface.co/papers/2605.19833) | [**GitHub**](https://github.com/xzf-thu/Mega-ASR) |
|
|
| Voices in the Wild (Voices-in-the-Wild-2M) is a large-scale automatic speech recognition (ASR) dataset designed for robustness training and evaluation under diverse, real-world acoustic conditions. It covers 7 classic acoustic phenomena (including noise, far-field speech, obstruction, echo/reverberation, recording artifacts, electronic distortion, and transmission dropout) and 54 physically plausible compound scenarios. |
|
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| The dataset was introduced as part of the **Mega-ASR** framework to address the "acoustic robustness bottleneck" where models produce omissions or hallucinations under severe compositional distortions. |
|
|
| ## Data Fields |
|
|
| - `file_name`: relative path to the audio file. |
| - `audio_path`: audio path retained for local tooling. |
| - `text`: transcription alias copied from `answer`. |
| - `answer`: reference transcription. |
| - `question`: transcription instruction. |
| - `subset`: normalized acoustic condition category. |
| - `prediction`: empty placeholder for model output. |
| - `name`: public sample identifier. |
| - `index`: integer sample index. |
|
|
| ## Dataset Size |
|
|
| - **Total examples**: 645,925 |
| - **Subset categories**: 54 |
|
|
| ## Loading |
|
|
| ```python |
| from datasets import load_dataset, Audio |
| |
| # Load the dataset from the Hub |
| ds = load_dataset("zhifeixie/Voices-in-the-Wild-2M") |
| ds = ds.cast_column("audio", Audio()) |
| |
| # Access an example |
| print(ds["far_field"][0]) |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## Citation |
|
|
| ```bibtex |
| @misc{xie2026megaasrinthewild2speechrecognition, |
| title={Mega-ASR: Towards In-the-wild^2 Speech Recognition via Scaling up Real-world Acoustic Simulation}, |
| author={Zhifei Xie and Kaiyu Pang and Haobin Zhang and Deheng Ye and Xiaobin Hu and Shuicheng Yan and Chunyan Miao}, |
| year={2026}, |
| eprint={2605.19833}, |
| archivePrefix={arXiv}, |
| primaryClass={cs.SD}, |
| url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19833}, |
| } |
| ``` |
