Human speech data for AI

Real human speech.At extraordinary scale.

1M+ hours of authentic, unscripted human speech in original voices, available for enterprise AI licensing.

1M+ hoursOf authentic human speech
UnscriptedOriginal voices, natural conversation
US EnglishPrimary language of the corpus
TranscribedWord-aligned transcripts and metadata

01 / The dataset

Authentic speech.Unscripted expression.Exceptional scale.

Steelbeam's flagship corpus captures real people communicating naturally, including spontaneous expression, emotion, emphasis, hesitation, and individual speaking styles.

Authentic

Real people. Natural communication.

Unscripted recordings capturing genuine human speech rather than prepared performances.

Expressive

The richness of human speech.

Natural variations in energy, emotion, emphasis, pacing, and delivery.

Substantial

1M+ hours of speech data.

Primarily American English recordings, supported by word-aligned transcripts and associated metadata.

02 / Applications

Built for the next generation of voice AI.

01

Speech Recognition

Natural, unscripted speech data for developing and evaluating speech recognition systems.

02

Voice Generation

Expressive human speech data for research and development of natural-sounding synthetic voices.

03

Conversational AI

Real-world speech patterns, vocal expression, and delivery characteristics for advanced spoken-language AI research.

03 / Data governance

Responsible data.Enterprise licensing.

Steelbeam licenses proprietary speech data through a controlled enterprise process designed to support responsible AI development.

01

Privacy-conscious preparation

Our data preparation approach addresses personal and contextual identifiers in audio, transcripts, and associated metadata.

02

Controlled access

Detailed dataset information and representative samples are shared through direct engagement with qualified organizations.

03

Enterprise licensing

Proprietary speech data, licensed to organizations developing advanced AI.

04 / Request access

Build better voice AI with real‑world speech.

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