Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

Name: Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
Author: LDC

by LDC

80h of read newspaper sentences — foundational read-speech ASR corpus from 1992.

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TL;DR

Best for historical ASR baselines + read-speech academic comparisons. Pricing: paid.

What it is

WSJ (LDC93S6A + LDC94S13A) is 80 hours of read Wall Street Journal sentences — the original ARPA HUB ASR benchmark. Still cited for legacy comparisons. LDC paid.

Best for: Historical ASR baselines + read-speech academic comparisons.
Watch out for: LDC license · paid · 16 kHz · WSJ0 + WSJ1 splits · 5k vs 20k vocab evaluation conditions. Cite: Paul & Baker, HLT 1992.

Install / use

Go to Wall Street Journal (WSJ) catalog.ldc.upenn.edu

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	No
Languages supported	1
HIPAA eligible	No

Wall Street Journal (WSJ) vs Whipscribe

Feature	Wall Street Journal (WSJ)	Whipscribe
Category	Open source	Transcription APIs
Pricing	paid	$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarization	No	Yes
Word timestamps	No	Yes
Streaming	No	No
Languages	1	99
Platforms	LDC	Web, API, MCP

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