BD-GRF6: A Six-Class Bangladeshi Speech Dataset for Real and Fake Classification Across Male, Female, and Third Gender

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Authors: Al Arian Ahmad, Nakib Aman, Durjoy Kumar Dutta, Abdul Wadud Wadud
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Abstract

BD-GRF6 is a structured six-class Bangladeshi speech dataset developed to support research in gender-aware real and fake voice classification. The dataset includes speech recordings from three gender categories: Male, Female, and Third Gender. Each gender category contains both authentic (real) and manipulated (fake/spoofed) speech samples, resulting in six distinct classes: Male Real, Male Fake, Female Real, Female Fake, Third Gender Real, and Third Gender Fake. The dataset comprises a total of 13,566 audio files with an overall duration of approximately 18.7 hours. The recordings are organized into clearly separated class-wise directories to facilitate supervised machine learning and deep learning experiments. The dataset is designed to support tasks such as real vs. fake voice detection, gender-aware spoof detection, and multi-class speech classification. All speech samples are in Bangla (Bengali) and represent Bangladeshi speakers. The dataset aims to promote research in speech forensics, anti-spoofing systems, biometric security, and inclusive gender-based voice analysis. By including third gender speech data, BD-GRF6 contributes toward more inclusive and representative speech datasets. This dataset can be used for academic research, benchmarking classification models, and developing robust real and fake speech detection systems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Speech Recognition and Synthesis Speech and Audio Processing Emotion and Mood Recognition

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
16 February 2026
Language
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Document type
Dataset