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source: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/hf-datasets-audiofolder.md
title: "Create an audio dataset with AudioFolder"
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
source_license: "Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs); prose restates cited source lines"
attribution: "Summary by iinventedlight (AI-assisted). Sources: Hugging Face (datasets docs), Create an audio dataset · Hugging Face, Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs); Hugging Face (datasets docs), Load audio data · Hugging Face, Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs)."
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date: 2026-11-04
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category: hf-datasets
topic_area: "code-ai-eng: Hugging Face datasets library"
tags: huggingface, datasets, audio, audiofolder
sources:
  - id: S1
    title: "Create an audio dataset · Hugging Face"
    publisher: Hugging Face (datasets docs)
    url: https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/audio_dataset
    accessed: 2026-11-04
    license: "Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs)"
  - id: S2
    title: "Load audio data · Hugging Face"
    publisher: Hugging Face (datasets docs)
    url: https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/audio_load
    accessed: 2026-11-04
    license: "Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs)"
---
# Create an audio dataset with AudioFolder

## Short answer

```text
my_dataset/
  metadata.csv   # file_name,transcription
  data/first.wav
```

## Claims
- id: C1
  claim: AudioFolder is a no-code way to create an audio dataset.
  source: S1
  evidence: "Create an audio dataset repository with the AudioFolder builder."
- id: C2
  claim: Datasets can also be uploaded with push_to_hub.
  source: S1
  evidence: "Then upload the dataset to the Hugging Face Hub using Dataset.push_to_hub():"
- id: C3
  claim: metadata.csv needs a file_name column linking audio files to metadata.
  source: S2
  evidence: "Your metadata.csv file must have a file_name column"

## Sources
- [S1] Create an audio dataset · Hugging Face. Hugging Face (datasets docs). https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/audio_dataset . License: Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs). Accessed 2026-11-04.
- [S2] Load audio data · Hugging Face. Hugging Face (datasets docs). https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/audio_load . License: Apache-2.0 (huggingface/datasets docs). Accessed 2026-11-04.

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