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Shona speech data for AI
How much open Shona speech data exists, where the gaps are, and how to get consented Shona data collected.
There is no validated open Shona speech in Common Voice yet. Shona is one of 163 Common Voice languages with zero validated hours, so almost any Shona speech data has to be collected new.
Source: Mozilla Common Voice language statistics, fetched 2026-11-05. Figures cover the open Common Voice corpus only.
Need Shona data?
We recruit native Shona speakers and collect to your spec: read prompts or natural two-person conversation, transcripts in the native script, speaker age, gender and region labels, noise and synthetic-voice checks, and a consent record for every file. Shared or exclusive licence.
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Shona
Join the contributor waitlist and we'll email you paid Shona recording and writing projects when they open. You record on your phone and are paid once your work is accepted.
Questions
Where can I get Shona speech data for AI training?
Norynta collects Shona speech data to order from consenting native speakers: read prompts, natural conversations, transcripts and private evaluation sets, with a consent and origin record for every file. Request it at collect.norynta.com/buy. For open data, Mozilla Common Voice has 0 validated hours of Shona (as of 2026-11-05).
How much open Shona speech data is available?
As of 2026-11-05, Mozilla Common Voice lists 0 validated hours and 0 recorded hours of Shona from 0 speakers, ranking 407 of 445 languages by validated hours.
Can I get paid to record Shona?
Yes. Native Shona speakers can join Norynta's contributor waitlist at collect.norynta.com/join. We email paid recording and writing projects in Shona when they open, and pay once the work is accepted.