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# **Wake Word "Alexa" in Canadian French (Adults)**

## 100 speakers, fr\_CA, age 15+

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## Data set Description

This data set contains recordings of the wake word "Alexa" in Canadian French (fr\_CA) of 100 participants of age 15-65 used in voice commands (e.g., "Alexa, raconte-moi une blague.").  

The participants recorded their voices remotely using our in-house platform solution. Each participant has recorded on average 71 utterances (minimum 53, maximum 75) of "Alexa". You can access a sample of the wake word and voice command data set [here](https://info.globalme.net/download-alexa-wake-word-sample-dataset).

Recordings are grouped by participant IDs and can be mapped to the phrase text. The data set comes with a complete phrase list and speaker metadata (see below).

Please [contact us](https://www.globalme.net/contact-us) in case you have any questions about the data set.

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* **Audio metadata**:

* Audio format: Wave

* Encoding: pcm\_s16le

* Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz

* Bit depth: 16 bits

* Bit rate: 706 kb/s (constant)

* Channels: 1

* For each recording, the following **speaker metadata** is provided:

* Childhood Location

* Participant Gender

* Record Location

* Participant Age

* Dialect

* Nationality

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## Key Demographic Information

* **Age:** 15-65 years, on average 35 years old, at the median 33 years old

* **Gender:** 65.0 % Female, 35.0 % Male

* **Dialects covered:** "Français québécois - dialectes de l'est (région de Québec) et du nord" "Français québécois - dialectes de l'ouest (Montréal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières)" 'Western provinces French - Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories' 'Quebec French - Western Central Dialect (Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières...)' 'Quebec French - Western Central Dialect (Montreal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières...)' 'Quebec French - Quebec City/ Capital Dialect, Northern Dialect, Eastern Dialect' 'Ontario French - North, South' "Français des provinces de l'ouest - Saskatchewan, Alberta, Colombie-Britannique, Territoires du Nord-Ouest" 'Français ontarien - Nord et sud'

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