Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Foreign connected speech databases wanted From: Valeriy Shafiro <firosha@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 16:03:00 -0600 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--089e01228cb666e1e704ead9c7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Bruno, If you are still looking, try this http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu There are recordings of many languages. Most are word lists, but there are some story readings too. Also many languages are those you won't find many speakers of in UK or most other countries. Audio quality varies. I have some connected speech from that site and can send you if you like. Also you can try this site http://greatlanguagegame.com/ those are conversations from TV programs in various languages. I don't think you can simply download, but maybe the creator of the game will be willing to share. Cheers, Valeriy On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Bruno L. Giordano <brungio@xxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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, > > Bruno > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > --089e01228cb666e1e704ead9c7dd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi Bruno,<br><br></div>If you are still looking,= try this <a href=3D"http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/" style=3D"text-deco= ration:none" id=3D"docs-internal-guid-137b5eca-4404-2856-f5f5-ca1be29d652b"= ><span style=3D"font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);backg= round-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:n= ormal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://archive.pho= netics.ucla.edu</span></a>=A0 There are recordings of many languages.=A0 Mo= st are word lists, but there are some story readings too.=A0 Also many lang= uages are those you won't find many speakers of in UK or most other cou= ntries.=A0 Audio quality varies.=A0 I have some connected speech from that = site and can send you if you like.<br> <br></div>Also you can try this site=A0 <a href=3D"http://greatlanguagegame= .com/" style=3D"text-decoration:none" id=3D"docs-internal-guid-137b5eca-440= 6-3c1f-8dba-d81b029e6547"><span style=3D"font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;c= olor:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:bas= eline">http://greatlanguagegame.com/</span></a><div> those are conversations from TV programs in various languages.=A0 I don'= ;t think you can simply download, but maybe the creator of the game will be= willing to share.<br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br><br></div><div>Valeriy<br> </div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">O= n Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Bruno L. Giordano <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">brungio@xxxxxxxx</a>&g= t;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear list,<br> <br> I am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Target languages wo= uld include anything that is unlikely to be understood by most of the exper= iment participants one normally manages to get in UK universities. Examples= include Finnish, Arab and Swedish.<br> <br> Importantly, for each language I am looking for both male and female speake= rs, and for some decent quality of the audio recordings. I am not looking f= or phonetic transcriptions or for insanely long excerpts (indeed our stimul= i need to be 1.5 s long).<br> <br> Thank you for any pointer.<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Bruno<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> <br> -- <br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<u></u>~~<br> Bruno L. Giordano, PhD<br> Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology<br> 58 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow<br> Glasgow, G12 8QB, Scotland<br> T <a href=3D"tel:%2B44%20%280%29%20141%20330%205484" value=3D"+441413305484= " target=3D"_blank">+44 (0) 141 330 5484</a><br> Www: <a href=3D"http://www.brunolgiordano.net" target=3D"_blank">http://www= .brunolgiordano.net</a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --089e01228cb666e1e704ead9c7dd--