Spoken Wikipedia Corpora

Name: Spoken Wikipedia Corpora
Author: University of Bielefeld

by University of Bielefeld

Long-form Wikipedia audiobook recordings in English / German / Dutch — ~1000h.

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TL;DR

Best for long-form ASR with article-level context; alignment research. Pricing: free.

What it is

Spoken Wikipedia Corpora (SWC) collects volunteer-read Wikipedia articles in English (~395h), German (~386h), Dutch (~165h). All aligned at sentence + word level. License: CC BY-SA.

Best for: Long-form ASR with article-level context; alignment research.
Watch out for: CC BY-SA (Wikipedia text + audio) · variable speaker count per article. Cite: Köhn et al., LREC 2016.

Install / use

Go to Spoken Wikipedia Corpora nats.gitlab.io

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	Yes
Streaming / real-time	No
Languages supported	3
HIPAA eligible	No

Spoken Wikipedia Corpora vs Whipscribe

Feature	Spoken Wikipedia Corpora	Whipscribe
Category	Open source	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free	$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarization	No	Yes
Word timestamps	Yes	Yes
Streaming	No	No
Languages	3	99
Platforms	Web	Web, API, MCP

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