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elda.fr>___________________________________________________________ ELRA European Language Resources Association ELRA News ___________________________________________________________ *** ELRA NEW RESOURCES *** We are happy to announce a new resource available via ELRA: _______________________________________ ELRA-S0076 French SpeechDat(II) FDB 5000 _______________________________________ The French SpeechDat(II) FDB-5000 comprises 5040 French speakers recorded over the French fixed telephone network. 40 speakers have been added to the original 5,000 speakers to fit the requirements of the database. This database is partitioned into 18 CDs, each of which comprises 300 speakers sessions (except for CD 4, with 100 speakers sessions). The speech databases made within the SpeechDat(II) project were validated by SPEX, the Netherlands, to assess their compliance with the SpeechDat format and content specifications. The speech files are stored as sequence of 8-bit, 8kHz A-law speech files and are not compressed. Each prompt utterance is stored within a separate file and has an accompanying ASCII SAM label file. The following items were recorded: - 5 application words; - 1 sequence of 10 isolated digits; - 4 connected digits: 1 sheet number (5+ digits), 1 telephone number (9-11 digits), 1 credit card number (14-16 digits), 1 PIN code (6 digits); - 3 dates: 1 spontaneous date (e.g. birthday), 1 prompted date (word style), 1 relative and general date expression; - 2 word spotting phrases using an application word (embedded); - 1 isolated digit; - 3 spelled-out words (letter sequences): 1 spontaneous, e.g. own forename; 1 spelling of directory assistance city name; 1 real/artificial name for coverage; - 1 currency money amount; - 1 natural number; - 5 directory assistance names + 1 spelled-out name: 1 spontaneous, e.g. own forename, 1 city of birth / hometown (spontaneous); 1 most frequent city (out of 500); 1 most frequent company/agency (out of 500); 1 "forename surname", 1 spelled-out city of birth; - 2 questions, including "fuzzy" yes/no: 1 predominantly "yes" question, 1 predominantly "no" question; - 9 phonetically rich sentences; - 2 time phrases: 1 time of day (spontaneous), 1 time phrase (word style); - 8 phonetically rich words. The following age distribution has been obtained: 215 speakers are below 16 years old, 2531 speakers are between 16 and 30, 1208 speakers are between 31 and 45, 910 speakers are between 46 and 60, and 176 speakers are over 60. A pronunciation lexicon with a phonemic transcription in SAMPA is also included. ===================================== or further information, please contact : ELRA/ELDA Tel : +33 01 43 13 33 33 55-57 rue Brillat-Savarin Fax : +33 01 43 13 33 30 F-75013 Paris, France E-mail : mapelliMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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