[AUDITORY] Foreign connected speech databases wanted

Hi Bruno,

Maybe there is something useful in here:

http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=54
http://www.csc.fi/english/research/software/fbc
http://www.csc.fi/english/extra/net/index_html

The Finnish equivalent of the BBC is called YLE. You can probably find what you want just from a search on the internet.

There is also an YLE archive:
http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/
For instance for radio news: http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/#fraasi/radio%20uutiset
You can save to MP3 by clicking on 'lataa' at the top right of the main image sometimes.

You can also do text-to-speech for Finnish using Praat. Native listeners of Finnish can find it relatively convincing.

If you just want a few .wavs of sentences of home-recorded speech of anything in particular from some Finns, I can get this, no problem.

Best regards,
Tom.

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> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:26:56 +0000
> From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Foreign connected speech databases wanted
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> Hi Bruno (and list)
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> Maybe all you need is this:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllable-everyone-recognizes.=
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> Cheers,
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> Brian Gygi, Ph.D.
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> From: Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2013 08:34 AM
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> Dear list,I am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Target =
> languages would include anything that is unlikely to be understood by mos=
> t of the experiment participants one normally manages to get in UK univer=
> sities. Examples include Finnish, Arab and Swedish.Importantly, for each =
> language I am looking for both male and female speakers, and for some dec=
> ent quality of the audio recordings. I am not looking for phonetic transc=
> riptions or for insanely long excerpts (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5=
> s long).Thank you for any pointer.Best,=09Bruno-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
> ~~~~~~~~~~Bruno L. Giordano, PhDInstitute of Neuroscience and Psychology5=
> 8 Hillhead Street, University of GlasgowGlasgow, G12 8QB, ScotlandT +44 (=
> 0) 141 330 5484Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net
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> <html>Hi Bruno (and list)<br><br>Maybe all you need is this:<br><div clas=
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> Cheers,<br><div><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> </font></div>
> Brian Gygi, Ph.D.<div><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"=
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> -Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@=
> GMAIL.COM]<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 9, 2013 08:34 AM<br><b>To:<=
> /b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Foreign connected speech =
> databases wanted<br><br></font>Dear list,
>
> I am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Target languages =
>
> would include anything that is unlikely to be understood by most of the
> experiment participants one normally manages to get in UK universities.
> Examples include Finnish, Arab and Swedish.
>
> Importantly, for each language I am looking for both male and female
> speakers, and for some decent quality of the audio recordings. I am not
> looking for phonetic transcriptions or for insanely long excerpts
> (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5 s long).
>
> Thank you for any pointer.
>
> Best,
>
> =09Bruno
>
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> Bruno L. Giordano, PhD
> Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology
> 58 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow
> Glasgow, G12 8QB, Scotland
> T +44 (0) 141 330 5484
> Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net
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