Arabic data for AI training, collected to your brief
Arabic data from IndecalAI is collected or reviewed by a native Arabic speaker, not pulled from an existing archive. We work with speakers across the Middle East and Central Asia, where a formal written register and everyday speech can diverge sharply, matched to your brief and checked before delivery.
What Arabic data can we produce?
Arabic data from IndecalAI is speech, text, conversational and translation data collected or reviewed by an Arabic speaker for your brief, not pulled from an existing archive.
A formal written register and everyday spoken language can differ sharply in this region, so we ask upfront whether you need the standard written form, a regional spoken variety, or both.
This sits across several of our services depending on what you need: data collection for raw speech or text, conversational AI data for dialogue, and translation and localization for converting between Arabic and another language.
Translation projects often pair this language with English or another regional language. See translation and localization for that scope.
Arabic data at a glance
- Data types
- Speech, text, conversational, translation
- Services
- Data collection, Translation
- Who works on it
- Contributors from our network of 30,000+ people worldwide, matched to your brief.
- Review
- A review pass before anything is delivered.
- Your data
- NDA first, used only for the agreed scope, returned or deleted when you ask.
- First step
- A small free sample before you commit.
What to know about Arabic before you brief it
Arabic is an official language across the Middle East and North Africa, and it is also a language of religion for Muslims worldwide. That makes it one of the most geographically spread languages a data project will meet.
The key decision is between Modern Standard Arabic, used in news, schooling and formal writing, and the spoken dialects, which differ so much between Egypt, the Levant, the Gulf and the Maghreb that speakers from distant regions can struggle to follow each other. A voice product needs dialect data, a document model needs standard Arabic. Short vowels are usually not written, and people also type Arabic in Latin letters and numerals online, so mention that too.
Languages that sit close to Arabic in script, family or region: Hebrew data, Persian data, Urdu data, Turkish data, Amharic data and Somali data.
Categories we build in Arabic: Arabic Customer Support Call Speech Data, Arabic Social Media Sentiment Data.
Deciding what to specify for any language? The guide to speech data collection covers the choices that apply across languages, and the one on transcription for AI and for people covers how speech becomes text.
Arabic at a glance
- Language family
- Afroasiatic (Semitic)
- Script
- Arabic script, right to left
- Spoken mainly in
- the Middle East and North Africa
- Name it in a brief
- Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi
- Its own name
- العربية
Four ways to request Arabic data
Each links to the service that runs it, with its full scope and process.
Arabic speech data
Recorded speech in Arabic: calls, prompts and voice bot utterances, in either the standard written register or a regional spoken variety, to your brief.
Arabic text data
Written Arabic: messages, reviews, tickets or chat logs, written or labeled by people who read it natively.
Arabic conversational data
Scripted or spontaneous Arabic dialogue for voice bots and support agents, in the formal or everyday register your brief calls for.
Arabic translation
Human-verified translation between Arabic and another language, covering both formal and everyday registers.
What to put in a Arabic brief
Four things worth deciding before contributors start, so the first sample already looks right.
Region or dialect
Arabic is spoken mainly in the Middle East and North Africa. Worth naming in a brief: Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi. Tell us the region or community you're targeting so contributors are matched to the right one.
Script or transliteration
Script for Arabic: Arabic script, right to left. Say whether you want the native script, a transliterated version, or both, especially if your downstream system only reads one.
Data type mix
Speech, text, conversational and translation can be requested together or on their own. Tell us the mix your model needs.
Volume and timeline
A rough sense of how much data and how soon lets us staff the right number of contributors from the start.
From your brief to reviewed Arabic data
One named contact owns the project from scoping to the last file.
Brief
You tell us the data type, the Arabic variety or region and roughly how much you need.
NDA and scope
We sign an NDA before any data moves, then agree the scope with you.
Free sample
We produce a small sample free, so you can check it before you commit.
Production
Contributors from our network work in our own tools, to the brief you set.
Review
A review pass runs before anything is delivered.
Delivery
The data comes to you, or moves on to another service with us.
Where Arabic data ends up
Common jobs for Arabic data. They're examples of the work, not a client list.
Voice bots and IVR
Recorded Arabic prompts and calls teach a voice bot to recognize how people actually speak, not just how a script reads.
Support chat and tickets
Everyday Arabic messages, written in the domain you work in, give a chat assistant real phrasing to learn from.
Content moderation and sentiment
Labeled Arabic posts, reviews and messages teach a model to read tone and intent correctly in this language.
Localizing a product
Translating prompts, UI copy and training data into Arabic so a product reads like it was written for that market, not machine-translated.
Off-the-shelf Arabic data, or built to your brief?
We hold around 35,000 hours of off-the-shelf speech, prompts and conversations already collected across our network, and roughly 500 hours of it is Arabic: see the Arabic speech dataset. Here's how the two paths compare.
| Topic | A typical off-the-shelf dataset | Arabic data with us |
|---|---|---|
| Already collected? | No way to know until you've already paid for it | Yes: roughly 500 hours of Arabic speech are already recorded, and we tell you what they cover before you buy |
| Fit to your brief | Built for whoever bought it first, not your exact region, register or use case | Collected or reviewed to the region, script and format you specify |
| Who else has it | The same files can be sold to more than one buyer | Custom collections are scoped to your engagement. For stock data, who else can license it is set in your licence |
| Checking the fit | You find out after you've already paid for it | A small free sample first, so you check it before committing to volume |
Arabic data terms, in plain words
General definitions. They describe the field, not a claim about us.
Where Arabic data fits
Arabic is one of 100 languages on our languages directory. You can also browse every category on the datasets hub.
Do you support Arabic?
Yes. Arabic is one of 100 languages in this directory, part of our wider language coverage worldwide, including deep Indian language coverage. Tell us the regional variety you need.
Do you already have any Arabic data collected?
Yes. Roughly 500 hours of Arabic speech, prompts and conversations are already recorded and ready to license. The Arabic speech dataset page has the details, and anything it doesn't cover we collect to your brief.
Can you mix regional varieties of Arabic in one project?
Yes. Tell us the mix of regions or dialects you need and we'll match contributors from our network to that brief.
Which data types are available in Arabic?
Speech, text, conversational data and translation to or from Arabic. Image and video categories don't depend on language, so Arabic speakers can also appear in those briefs on request.
Is a sample available before we commit?
Yes, a small free sample first.
Can this run alongside other languages in the same project?
Yes. Many engagements mix languages, domains and data types under one brief and one named contact, using our network of 30,000+ people across 150+ projects delivered so far.
What counts as a regional variety of Arabic?
A version of the language tied to a place or community, which can differ in vocabulary, pronunciation, formality or script from another region's variety. Name the region in your brief if it matters for your use case.
Can you handle Arabic in its native script?
Yes. Contributors work in the native script by default, with transliteration available if your project needs it instead.
Which variety of Arabic should I ask for?
Ask for the one your users actually speak. Arabic is spoken mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, and the forms most worth naming in a brief are Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi. If you are unsure, describe your users and where they live, and your named contact will help you decide before collection starts.
How is Arabic written, and does it matter for the data?
Arabic data uses Arabic script, right to left. The script and its encoding affect how a model reads the data, so say in the brief which one you need and whether a romanized or transliterated version is also required.
Request Arabic data
Pick the data type, confirm Arabic as the language and a rough volume, and send it. We'll produce a small sample free before you commit.
- Your named contact replies within one business day.
- We sign an NDA before any data changes hands.
- We produce your free sample, then agree the full scope.
This opens your email app with the brief filled in. Nothing is sent until you press send. You can also use the contact page.