Maori data for AI training, collected to your brief
Maori data from IndecalAI is collected or reviewed by a native Maori speaker, not pulled from an existing archive. We work with speakers across New Zealand and the wider Pacific, matched to your brief and checked before delivery.
What Maori data can we produce?
Maori data from IndecalAI is speech, text, conversational and translation data collected or reviewed by a Maori speaker for your brief, not pulled from an existing archive.
Code-mixing with English or a neighboring language is common in everyday speech and text here, and a brief should say whether to keep that mixing or write a cleaner single-language version.
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 Maori and another language.
Image and video categories on our datasets hub don't depend on language at all, so a project can combine this with visual data from the same region.
Maori 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 Maori before you brief it
Maori, known to its speakers as te reo, is an official language of New Zealand and a core part of Maori culture. Interest in learning it has grown strongly among younger New Zealanders.
Long vowels are marked with a macron, and the mark changes meaning, so a pipeline that strips diacritics produces wrong words. Check that your tools keep them from collection to delivery. Regional tribal varieties have their own vocabulary and sounds, and cultural protocols around names and places matter, so it helps to involve reviewers from the community and agree sensitive terms before any large collection.
Languages that sit close to Maori in script, family or region: Indonesian data, Filipino data, Malagasy data, Malay data, Javanese data and Cebuano 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.
Maori at a glance
- Language family
- Austronesian (Polynesian)
- Script
- Latin letters with macrons to mark long vowels, left to right
- Spoken mainly in
- New Zealand
- Name it in a brief
- regional tribal varieties, standard written Maori
- Its own name
- te reo Māori
Four ways to request Maori data
Each links to the service that runs it, with its full scope and process.
Maori speech data
Recorded speech in Maori: calls, prompts and voice bot utterances, including the code-mixing with other local languages if your brief calls for it.
Maori text data
Written Maori: messages, reviews, tickets or chat logs, written or labeled by people who read it natively.
Maori conversational data
Scripted or spontaneous Maori dialogue for voice bots and support agents, including the code-mixing common in everyday conversation here.
Maori translation
Human-verified translation between Maori and another language, covering prompts, UI copy and training data.
What to put in a Maori brief
Four things worth deciding before contributors start, so the first sample already looks right.
Region or dialect
Maori is spoken mainly in New Zealand. Worth naming in a brief: regional tribal varieties, standard written Maori. Tell us the region or community you're targeting so contributors are matched to the right one.
Script or transliteration
Script for Maori: Latin letters with macrons to mark long vowels, left to right. 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 Maori data
One named contact owns the project from scoping to the last file.
Brief
You tell us the data type, the Maori 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 Maori data ends up
Common jobs for Maori data. They're examples of the work, not a client list.
Voice bots and IVR
Recorded Maori prompts and calls teach a voice bot to recognize how people actually speak, not just how a script reads.
Support chat and tickets
Everyday Maori messages, written in the domain you work in, give a chat assistant real phrasing to learn from.
Content moderation and sentiment
Labeled Maori 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 Maori so a product reads like it was written for that market, not machine-translated.
Off-the-shelf Maori 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. We can't promise Maori is in that pool until you ask, but it's worth checking before you commission a fresh collection. Here's how the two paths compare.
| Topic | A typical off-the-shelf dataset | Maori data with us |
|---|---|---|
| Already collected? | No way to know until you've already paid for it | We check our ~35,000-hour speech and conversation pool first and tell you honestly either way |
| 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 | Scoped to your engagement, never resold for unrelated projects |
| 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 |
Maori data terms, in plain words
General definitions. They describe the field, not a claim about us.
Where Maori data fits
Maori is one of 100 languages on our languages directory. You can also browse every category on the datasets hub.
Do you support Maori?
Yes. Maori 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 Maori data collected?
Maybe. We hold around 35,000 hours of off-the-shelf speech, prompts and conversations across our network, but we can't promise Maori is in that pool until you ask. It costs nothing to check before you commission a fresh collection.
Can you mix regional varieties of Maori 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 Maori?
Speech, text, conversational data and translation to or from Maori. Image and video categories don't depend on language, so Maori 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 Maori?
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 Maori 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 Maori should I ask for?
Ask for the one your users actually speak. Maori is spoken mainly in New Zealand, and the forms most worth naming in a brief are regional tribal varieties, standard written Maori. If you are unsure, describe your users and where they live, and your named contact will help you decide before collection starts.
How is Maori written, and does it matter for the data?
Maori data uses Latin letters with macrons to mark long vowels, left to right. 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 Maori data
Pick the data type, confirm Maori 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.