Urdu data for AI training, collected to your brief
Urdu data from IndecalAI is collected or reviewed by a native Urdu speaker, not pulled from an existing archive. We work with speakers across South Asia, where the same request can sound different a few hundred kilometers away, matched to your brief and checked before delivery.
What Urdu data can we produce?
Urdu data from IndecalAI is speech, text, conversational and translation data collected or reviewed by an Urdu speaker for your brief, not pulled from an existing archive.
The same request can sound and read differently a few hundred kilometers away across South Asia, so we ask which region or script variant you need before contributors start.
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 Urdu and another language.
For the wider Indian language picture beyond this one language, see Indian language data.
Urdu 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 Urdu before you brief it
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and is widely used in India, particularly in cities and in poetry, film and journalism. Its everyday spoken base is shared with Hindi, though the formal vocabulary leans on Persian and Arabic.
Written Urdu is usually set in the flowing Nastaliq style, which is hard for generic fonts and OCR. Online, many people type Urdu in Roman letters, so your data may need both forms. Because spoken Urdu and Hindi overlap so much, say whether Hindi-origin words are welcome in your transcripts or whether you want the Persian-Arabic vocabulary a formal audience expects.
Languages that sit close to Urdu in script, family or region: Hindi data, Sindhi data, Punjabi data, Persian data, Kashmiri data and Arabic 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.
Urdu at a glance
- Language family
- Indo-Aryan
- Script
- Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style, right to left
- Spoken mainly in
- Pakistan, where it is the national language, and many parts of India
- Name it in a brief
- Standard Urdu, Dakhini, Pakistani and Indian usage
- Its own name
- اردو
Four ways to request Urdu data
Each links to the service that runs it, with its full scope and process.
Urdu speech data
Recorded speech in Urdu: calls, prompts and voice bot utterances, with the regional accent or script variant you specify, reviewed before delivery.
Urdu text data
Written Urdu: messages, reviews, tickets or chat logs, written or labeled by people who read it natively.
Urdu conversational data
Scripted or spontaneous Urdu dialogue for voice bots and support agents, built around the regional variety your users actually speak.
Urdu translation
Human-verified translation between Urdu and another language, including the regional script or transliteration your project needs.
What to put in a Urdu brief
Four things worth deciding before contributors start, so the first sample already looks right.
Region or dialect
Urdu is spoken mainly in Pakistan, where it is the national language, and many parts of India. Worth naming in a brief: Standard Urdu, Dakhini, Pakistani and Indian usage. Tell us the region or community you're targeting so contributors are matched to the right one.
Script or transliteration
Script for Urdu: Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style, 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 Urdu data
One named contact owns the project from scoping to the last file.
Brief
You tell us the data type, the Urdu 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 Urdu data ends up
Common jobs for Urdu data. They're examples of the work, not a client list.
Voice bots and IVR
Recorded Urdu prompts and calls teach a voice bot to recognize how people actually speak, not just how a script reads.
Support chat and tickets
Everyday Urdu messages, written in the domain you work in, give a chat assistant real phrasing to learn from.
Content moderation and sentiment
Labeled Urdu 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 Urdu so a product reads like it was written for that market, not machine-translated.
Off-the-shelf Urdu 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 Urdu: see the Urdu speech dataset. Here's how the two paths compare.
| Topic | A typical off-the-shelf dataset | Urdu data with us |
|---|---|---|
| Already collected? | No way to know until you've already paid for it | Yes: roughly 500 hours of Urdu 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 |
Urdu data terms, in plain words
General definitions. They describe the field, not a claim about us.
Where Urdu data fits
Urdu is one of 100 languages on our languages directory. You can also browse every category on the datasets hub.
Do you support Urdu?
Yes. Urdu 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 Urdu data collected?
Yes. Roughly 500 hours of Urdu speech, prompts and conversations are already recorded and ready to license. The Urdu speech dataset page has the details, and anything it doesn't cover we collect to your brief.
Can you mix regional varieties of Urdu 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 Urdu?
Speech, text, conversational data and translation to or from Urdu. Image and video categories don't depend on language, so Urdu 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 Urdu?
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 Urdu 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 Urdu should I ask for?
Ask for the one your users actually speak. Urdu is spoken mainly in Pakistan, where it is the national language, and many parts of India, and the forms most worth naming in a brief are Standard Urdu, Dakhini, Pakistani and Indian usage. If you are unsure, describe your users and where they live, and your named contact will help you decide before collection starts.
How is Urdu written, and does it matter for the data?
Urdu data uses Perso-Arabic script in Nastaliq style, 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 Urdu data
Pick the data type, confirm Urdu 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.