---
language:
  - hi
  - en
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - automatic-speech-recognition
tags:
  - hindi
  - asr
  - youtube
  - transcripts
  - parakeet
  - tts
  - hinglish
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
---

# Hindi YouTube ASR Transcripts

Auto-generated YouTube transcripts (VTT) from 21 Hindi channels for training ASR and TTS models.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Download and extract
wget https://huggingface.co/datasets/ketav/hindi-youtube-asr-transcripts/resolve/main/youtube_asr_data.tar.gz
tar -xzf youtube_asr_data.tar.gz
```

## Stats

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Channels | 21 |
| Total videos | 109,981 |
| Total hours | 22,186.3 |
| Hindi subtitles | 98,309 |
| Usable hours | 19,032.5 |
| Period | 2025-2026 |
| Format | WebVTT with word-level timestamps |

## Channel Breakdown

| Channel | Videos | Total Hrs | Hindi Subs | Usable Hrs |
|---------|--------|-----------|------------|------------|
| DhruvRathee | 722 | 200.7 | 565 | 167.7 |
| JoshTalksHindi | 1,695 | 502.2 | 1,438 | 446.4 |
| NDTVIndia | 10,000 | 1,818.0 | 9,586 | 1,742.2 |
| News18India | 10,000 | 1,343.7 | 9,461 | 1,282.7 |
| NitishRajput | 109 | 48.5 | 107 | 48.2 |
| PhysicsWallah | 1,377 | 1,072.9 | 655 | 524.3 |
| RanveerAllahbadia | 142 | 201.3 | 116 | 163.0 |
| RepublicBharat | 10,000 | 1,757.4 | 9,762 | 1,720.5 |
| SansadTV | 1,872 | 509.0 | 1,405 | 410.0 |
| SatyaHindi | 10,000 | 1,919.7 | 9,879 | 1,892.5 |
| StudyIQEducationLtd | 10,000 | 4,175.1 | 9,579 | 3,822.2 |
| ThinkSchool | 414 | 192.7 | 59 | 21.4 |
| aajtak | 10,000 | 1,030.8 | 9,421 | 987.3 |
| abpnews | 1,338 | 200.8 | 1,997 | 192.6 |
| ddnews | 10,000 | 2,575.7 | 9,564 | 2,487.2 |
| indiatv | 10,000 | 1,233.6 | 9,517 | 1,175.0 |
| khansirofficial | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.9 |
| shriprashant | 125 | 109.9 | 125 | 109.9 |
| thelallantop | 2,184 | 349.8 | 2,097 | 335.0 |
| theprintindia | 10,000 | 1,977.9 | 3,167 | 560.2 |
| zeenews | 10,000 | 966.0 | 9,806 | 943.3 |

## What's Inside

```
data/youtube/<channel>/
  videos.json      # Video metadata (id, title, duration)
  manifest.csv     # Maps video_id → transcript files
  subs/
    <video_id>.hi.vtt   # Hindi auto-generated subtitles
    <video_id>.en.vtt   # English (rare)

scripts/
  youtube_download_subs.py   # Download more transcripts
  youtube_scout.py           # Estimate channel hours
  vtt_to_training_data.py    # VTT → audio segments → NeMo manifest
```

## Pipeline: Transcripts → Training Data

```bash
# 1. Download audio + segment for one video (dry run)
python scripts/vtt_to_training_data.py --video-id <ID> --channel <handle>

# 2. Download transcripts for more channels
python scripts/youtube_download_subs.py --channel <handle> --workers 6

# 3. List all available channels
python scripts/youtube_download_subs.py --list
```

## VTT Format

YouTube VTT includes word-level timestamps:

```
00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.590
ईरान युद्ध में पूरी दुनिया के लिहाज से
आज<00:00:02.879><c> का</c><00:00:03.120><c> दिन</c>
```

## Quality (from 132 sample analysis)

- **Words/sec**: 2.75 (normal Hindi: 2-3)
- **Hindi chars**: 100%
- **Auto-caption accuracy**: ~85-95% (studio), ~60-75% (field)

## Use Cases

- **ASR**: Train Parakeet-TDT-0.6B or fine-tune Whisper for Hindi
- **TTS**: Fine-tune IndicF5 or Chatterbox with paired audio
- **NLP**: Hindi language modeling, code-switching research

## Add More Channels

```python
# In scripts/youtube_download_subs.py, add to DEFAULT_CHANNELS:
"NewChannel": {"name": "Channel Name", "category": "news"}
```

Then run:
```bash
python scripts/youtube_download_subs.py --channel NewChannel --workers 6
```