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# EARS Dataset
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We release the **E**xpressive **A**nechoic **R**ecordings of **S**peech (EARS) dataset.
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If you use the dataset or any derivative of it, please cite our [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06185)
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```
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@inproceedings{richter2024ears,
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title={EARS: An Anechoic Fullband Speech Dataset Benchmarked for Speech Enhancement and Dereverberation},
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author={Richter, Julius and Wu, Yi-Chiao and Krenn, Steven and Welker, Simon and Lay, Bunlong and Watanabe, Shinjii and Richard, Alexander and Gerkmann, Timo},
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booktitle={Interspeech},
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year={2024}
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}
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```
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For audio sample, please visit the [project page](https://sp-uhh.github.io/ears_dataset/).
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## Highlights
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* **100 h** of speech data from **107 speakers**
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* high-quality recordings at **48 kHz** in an anechoic chamber
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* **high speaker diversity** with speakers from different ethnicities and age range from 18 to 75 years
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* **full dynamic range** of human speech, ranging from whispering to yelling
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* 18 minutes of **freeform monologues** per speaker
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* sentence reading in **7 different reading styles** (regular, loud, whisper, high pitch, low pitch, fast, slow)
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* emotional reading and freeform tasks covering **22 different emotions** for each speaker
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## Download EARS Dataset
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### using bash
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```
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for X in $(seq -w 001 107); do
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curl -L https://github.com/facebookresearch/ears_dataset/releases/download/dataset/p${X}.zip -o p${X}.zip
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unzip p${X}.zip
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rm p${X}.zip
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done
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```
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### using python
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run the [EARS download script](https://github.com/facebookresearch/ears_dataset/blob/main/download_ears.py)
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```
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python download_ears.py
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```
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## Download Blind Testset with Noisy Speech
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### using bash
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```
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curl -L https://github.com/facebookresearch/ears_dataset/releases/download/blind_testset/blind_testset.zip -o blind_testset.zip
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mkdir blind_testset
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unzip blind_testset.zip -d blind_testset
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rm blind_testset.zip
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```
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### using python
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run the [blind testset download script](https://github.com/facebookresearch/ears_dataset/blob/main/download_blind_testset.py)
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```
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python download_blind_testset.py
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```
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# License
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The code and dataset are released under [CC-NC 4.0 International license](https://github.com/facebookresearch/ears_dataset/blob/main/LICENSE).
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