README.md

---
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  - name: chinese
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  - name: minnan roman
    dtype: string
  - name: audio
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configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
task_categories:
- automatic-speech-recognition
language:
- nan
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
---

# Taiwanese Minnan Example Sentences
The dataset consists of a collection of example sentences designed to aid in recognizing Taiwanese Minnan (Taiwanese Hokkien) for automatic speech recognition (ASR) tasks. This dataset is sourced from the Ministry of Education in Taiwan and aims to provide valuable linguistic resources for researchers and developers working on speech recognition systems.

Dataset Features

- Source: Ministry of Education, Taiwan (Sutian Resource Center)
  - Text: [kautian.ods](https://sutian.moe.edu.tw/und-hani/siongkuantsuguan/)
  - Wav: [leku-wav.zip](https://sutian.moe.edu.tw/und-hani/siongkuantsuguan/)
- Content: The dataset includes commonly used Taiwanese Minnan example sentences, formatted for easy integration into ASR systems.
- Data Cleaning: Some rows have been removed from the dataset due to the presence of unidentified Hanzi(漢字) characters. This curation process ensures that the dataset focuses on clear and recognizable examples of Taiwanese Minnan.

# Curation Process
The dataset was carefully curated to ensure high quality and relevance. It includes a variety of example sentences that reflect everyday usage of Taiwanese Minnan, making it a practical resource for training ASR models.

Using the Dataset
You can easily download and use the Taiwanese Minnan Example Sentences dataset with Hugging Face's datasets library:

```py
from datasets import load_dataset

# The entire dataset is available for use
dataset = load_dataset("sarahwei/Taiwanese-Minnan-Example-Sentences")
print(dataset)
```

# References
The original content is maintained by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. For details regarding usage rights, please refer to the respective license information provided by the source.

We release this dataset under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. If you use this dataset in your research or projects, please cite it as follows:

```
@misc{sarahwei_taiwanese_minnan2024,
  author = {Chieh Hui Wei},
  title = {Taiwanese Minnan Example Sentences},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/sarahwei/Taiwanese-Minnan-Example-Sentences}}
}
```