Re: Corpora: New Release from the LDC

From: acelebi@ug.bilkent.edu.tr
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 23:21:01 MET

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    On 21 Mar 2002 21:33 EET you wrote:

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    > LDC Office a écrit:
    >
    > > * Switchboard-2 Phase III Audio *
    > >
    > > The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
    > > availability of the Switchboard-2 Phase III Audio. This twenty CD-ROM
    > > publication contains audio speech data suitable for research,
    > > development, and evaluation of automatic systems in:
    > >
    > > speech-to-text conversion
    > > talker identification
    > > language identification
    > > speech signal detection
    > >
    > > The Switchboard-2 Phase III collection focused primarily on the American
    > > South. The project's goal was to target native speakers of
    > > English in the American South, balanced by gender, to participate in
    > > (10 ) 5-6 minute conversations on a variety of telephone (land line)
    > > handsets. The LDC collected a total of 2,657 calls, or 5,314 sides, from
    > > 640 participants (292 Male, 348 Female), under varied environmental
    > > conditions.
    > >
    > > The Switchboard-2 Phase III Audio release contains speech data files
    > > only, along with documentation describing speaker information, call
    > > information, and audit information. The data files are not compressed.
    > >
    > > For further information, please visit:
    > >
    > > http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/LDC2002S06.html
    > >
    > > Institutions that have membership in the LDC during the 2002 Membership
    > > Year will be able to receive this corpus free of charge.
    > > Nonmembers may purchase this publication for $4000.
    > >
    > > *
    > >
    > > If you need additional information before placing your order, or would
    > > like to inquire about membership in the LDC, please send email to
    > > <ldc@ldc.upenn.edu> or call (215) 573-1275.
    > >
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    > > Suite 200 email: ldc@unagi.cis.upenn.edu
    > > Philadelphia, PA 19104-2608 www: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu
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