Re: Multi-language speech samples (flatmax )

Subject: Re: Multi-language speech samples
From:    flatmax  <flatmax(at)CSE.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Date:    Thu, 18 May 2000 18:06:31 +1000

On Thu, 18 May 2000, [X-UNKNOWN] T=F3th L=E1szl=F3 wrote:

> On Wed, 17 May 2000, [iso-8859-1] Lars Bramsl=F8w wrote:
>=20
> > Could anyone give me references on WWW, where I can find short samples =
(e.g.
> > few minutes) of running speech in different languages from different
> > language families (European, Asian, Arabic, African etc..).
> >=20
> Might be a crazy idea, but you could collect your data from web-radios.
> There are drivers that could record the streaming audio directly into a=
=20
> wav file.

Often web-radio streams use lossy compression of varying quality. Watch
out for that !
Matt