# 🗂️ Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) Datasets for Tamil

Welcome to the **Tamil** section of KuralHub!  
This directory contains **Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) datasets** available for **Tamil**, along with metadata and access information.

## 🌍 **Language Information**  
- **🗣 Language Name:** Tamil  
- **🌐 Language Family:** Dravidian  
- **🔤 ISO Code:** ta
- **📍 Major Spoken Countries:** India, Sri Lanka

---

## 📜 **Available Datasets**
| Dataset Name | Type | # Speakers | # Samples | License | Access | Research Paper | Dataset Access |
|-------------|------|------------|-----------|---------|--------|-----------------|----------------|
| [EmoTa](EmoTa.md) | 🎙️ Audio | 22 | 936 | EmoTa Academic-Commercial | 🔗 Open | [Link to Paper](https://aclanthology.org/2025.chipsal-1.19.pdf) | [Access Link](https://rtuthaya.staff.uom.lk/contact-for-resources) | 
| [TaMaR-EmoDB](TaMaR-EmoDB.md) | 🎙️ Audio | 12 | 1202 | Restricted | 🔒 Request | [Link to Paper](https://www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_2019/rajan19_interspeech.pdf) | TBD | 
| [Ram, C. Sunitha, et al.](Ram_C_Sunitha_et_al.md) | 🎙️ Audio | TBD | 95 | Restricted | 🔒 Request | [Link to Paper](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6781245) | TBD | 
---

## 📥 **How to Use These Datasets**
1. Browse individual dataset details in their respective `.md` files.
2. Follow access instructions to download or request datasets.
3. Check licensing before using for research or commercial purposes.

---

## 📌 **Contribute**
If you know of **missing datasets** for Tamil, feel free to submit an update!  
📩 **[Contribution Guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md)**

---

🚀 **Back to [All Languages](../../README.md)**