Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Foreign connected speech databases wanted From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:26:56 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>----=_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Bruno (and list) Maybe all you need is this: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllable-everyone-recognizes.= html Cheers, Brian Gygi, Ph.D. -----Original Message----- From: Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2013 08:34 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Foreign connected speech databases wanted 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 ----=_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html>Hi Bruno (and list)<br><br>Maybe all you need is this:<br><div clas= s=3D"ajy"><img src=3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif" d= ata-tooltip=3D"Show details" class=3D"ajz" id=3D":zi" role=3D"button" alt= =3D""></div><a href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllab= le-everyone-recognizes.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/201= 3/<wbr>11/09/arts/that-syllable-<wbr>everyone-recognizes.html</a><br><br>= 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"= ></font> </div> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0= 000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2">----= -Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx= GMAIL.COM]<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 9, 2013 08:34 AM<br><b>To:<= /b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<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 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 </blockquote></html> ----=_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816--