Subject: [AUDITORY] Foreign connected speech databases wanted From: Tom Campbell <tom_campbell75@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:18:58 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_ae2cafab-8aed-4e3c-9f81-27f0246f3dd3_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= Hi Bruno=2C Maybe there is something useful in here:http://www.kotus.fi/ind= ex.phtml?l=3Den&s=3D54 http://www.csc.fi/english/research/software/fbc http://www.csc.fi/english/extra/net/index_html =20 The Finnish equivalent of the BBC is called YLE. You can probably find what= you want just from a search on the internet.=20 =20 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 ima= ge sometimes. =20 You can also do text-to-speech for Finnish using Praat. Native listeners of= Finnish can find it relatively convincing. =20 If you just want a few .wavs of sentences of home-recorded speech of anythi= ng in particular from some Finns=2C I can get this=2C no problem.=20 =20 Best regards=2C Tom. =20 =20 > Date: Tue=2C 12 Nov 2013 00:00:19 -0500 > From: LISTSERV@xxxxxxxx > Subject: AUDITORY Digest - 11 Nov 2013 (#2013-271) > To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx >=20 > There is 1 message totalling 89 lines in this issue. >=20 > Topics of the day: >=20 > 1. Foreign connected speech databases wanted >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > Date: Mon=2C 11 Nov 2013 07:26:56 +0000 > From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Foreign connected speech databases wanted >=20 > ----=3D_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816 > Content-Type: text/plain=3B charset=3D"iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > Hi Bruno (and list) >=20 > Maybe all you need is this: >=20 > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllable-everyone-recognizes.= =3D > html >=20 > Cheers=2C >=20 > Brian Gygi=2C Ph.D. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday=2C November 9=2C 2013 08:34 AM > To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Foreign connected speech databases wanted >=20 > Dear list=2CI am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Targe= t =3D > languages would include anything that is unlikely to be understood by mos= =3D > t of the experiment participants one normally manages to get in UK univer= =3D > sities. Examples include Finnish=2C Arab and Swedish.Importantly=2C for e= ach =3D > language I am looking for both male and female speakers=2C and for some d= ec=3D > ent quality of the audio recordings. I am not looking for phonetic transc= =3D > riptions or for insanely long excerpts (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5= =3D > s long).Thank you for any pointer.Best=2C=3D09Bruno-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~=3D > ~~~~~~~~~~Bruno L. Giordano=2C PhDInstitute of Neuroscience and Psycholog= y5=3D > 8 Hillhead Street=2C University of GlasgowGlasgow=2C G12 8QB=2C ScotlandT= +44 (=3D > 0) 141 330 5484Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net >=20 > ----=3D_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816 > Content-Type: text/html=3B charset=3D"iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > <html>Hi Bruno (and list)<br><br>Maybe all you need is this:<br><div clas= =3D > s=3D3D"ajy"><img src=3D3D"https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gi= f" d=3D > ata-tooltip=3D3D"Show details" class=3D3D"ajz" id=3D3D":zi" role=3D3D"but= ton" alt=3D > =3D3D""></div><a href=3D3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-sy= llab=3D > le-everyone-recognizes.html" target=3D3D"_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2= 01=3D > 3/<wbr>11/09/arts/that-syllable-<wbr>everyone-recognizes.html</a><br><br>= =3D > Cheers=2C<br><div><font face=3D3D"Verdana" size=3D3D"2"> =3B</font></= div> > Brian Gygi=2C Ph.D.<div><font color=3D3D"#0000ff" face=3D3D"Verdana" size= =3D3D"2"=3D > ></font> =3B</div> > <blockquote style=3D3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px=3B MARGIN-LEFT: 5px=3B BORDER-LE= FT: #0=3D > 000ff 2px solid=3B MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face=3D3D"Tahoma" size=3D3D"2= ">----=3D > -Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Bruno L. Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx= =3D > GMAIL.COM]<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday=2C November 9=2C 2013 08:34 AM<br><b>= To:<=3D > /b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Foreign connected speech = =3D > databases wanted<br><br></font>Dear list=2C >=20 > I am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Target languages = =3D >=20 > would include anything that is unlikely to be understood by most of the=20 > experiment participants one normally manages to get in UK universities.=20 > Examples include Finnish=2C Arab and Swedish. >=20 > Importantly=2C for each language I am looking for both male and female=20 > speakers=2C and for some decent quality of the audio recordings. I am not= =20 > looking for phonetic transcriptions or for insanely long excerpts=20 > (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5 s long). >=20 > Thank you for any pointer. >=20 > Best=2C >=20 > =3D09Bruno >=20 > --=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bruno L. Giordano=2C PhD > Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology > 58 Hillhead Street=2C University of Glasgow > Glasgow=2C G12 8QB=2C Scotland > T +44 (0) 141 330 5484 > Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net > </blockquote></html> >=20 > ----=3D_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816-- >=20 > ------------------------------ >=20 > End of AUDITORY Digest - 11 Nov 2013 (#2013-271) > ************************************************ =0A= = --_ae2cafab-8aed-4e3c-9f81-27f0246f3dd3_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>=0A= =0A= <style><!--=0A= .hmmessage P=0A= {=0A= margin:0px=3B=0A= padding:0px=0A= }=0A= body.hmmessage=0A= {=0A= font-size: 12pt=3B=0A= font-family:Calibri=0A= }=0A= --></style>=0A= <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Bruno=2C =3B<p>Maybe there is something useful in h= ere:<p><a href=3D"http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=3Den&=3Bs=3D54">http= ://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=3Den&=3Bs=3D54</a><br><a href=3D"http://ww= w.csc.fi/english/research/software/fbc">http://www.csc.fi/english/research/= software/fbc</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.csc.fi/english/extra/net/index_ht= ml">http://www.csc.fi/english/extra/net/index_html</a><br> =3B<br>The F= innish equivalent of the BBC is called YLE. You can probably find what you = want just from a search on the internet. =3B<br> =3B<br>There is al= so an YLE archive:<br><a href=3D"http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/">http= ://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/</a><BR>For instance for radio news: = =3B<a href=3D"http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/#fraasi/radio%20uutiset">http= ://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/haku/#fraasi/radio%20uutiset</a><br>You can save to = MP3 by clicking on 'lataa' at the top right of the main image sometimes.<br= > =3B<br>You can also =3Bdo text-to-speech =3Bfor Finnish using=  =3BPraat. Native listeners of Finnish can find it relatively convincin= g.<br> =3B<br>If you just want a few .wavs of sentences of home-recorde= d speech of anything in particular from some =3BFinns=2C I can get this= =2C no problem. <br> =3B<br>Best regards=2C<br>Tom.<br><BR><div> = =3B</div><br> =3B<br><div>>=3B Date: Tue=2C 12 Nov 2013 00:00:19 -050= 0<br>>=3B From: LISTSERV@xxxxxxxx<br>>=3B Subject: AUDITORY Dige= st - 11 Nov 2013 (#2013-271)<br>>=3B To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br>>= =3B <br>>=3B There is 1 message totalling 89 lines in this issue.<br>>= =3B <br>>=3B Topics of the day:<br>>=3B <br>>=3B 1. Foreign connect= ed speech databases wanted<br>>=3B <br>>=3B ---------------------------= -------------------------------------------<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Date: M= on=2C 11 Nov 2013 07:26:56 +0000<br>>=3B From: Brian Gygi <=3Bbgygi@xxxxxxxx= EBIRE.ORG>=3B<br>>=3B Subject: Re: Foreign connected speech databases w= anted<br>>=3B <br>>=3B ----=3D_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457_1384154816<br>= >=3B Content-Type: text/plain=3B charset=3D"iso-8859-1"<br>>=3B Content= -Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Hi Bruno (and lis= t)<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Maybe all you need is this:<br>>=3B <br>>=3B ht= tp://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllable-everyone-recognizes.=3D<= br>>=3B html<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Cheers=2C<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Brian Gy= gi=2C Ph.D.<br>>=3B -----Original Message-----<br>>=3B From: Bruno L. G= iordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx<br>>=3B Sent: Saturday=2C November 9= =2C 2013 08:34 AM<br>>=3B To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br>>=3B Subject:= Foreign connected speech databases wanted<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Dear list= =2CI am looking for databases of foreign connected speech. Target =3D<br>&g= t=3B languages would include anything that is unlikely to be understood by = mos=3D<br>>=3B t of the experiment participants one normally manages to g= et in UK univer=3D<br>>=3B sities. Examples include Finnish=2C Arab and S= wedish.Importantly=2C for each =3D<br>>=3B language I am looking for both= male and female speakers=2C and for some dec=3D<br>>=3B ent quality of t= he audio recordings. I am not looking for phonetic transc=3D<br>>=3B ript= ions or for insanely long excerpts (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5=3D<br= >>=3B s long).Thank you for any pointer.Best=2C=3D09Bruno-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~=3D<br>>=3B ~~~~~~~~~~Bruno L. 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Giordano [mailto:brungio@xxxxxxxx=3D<br>>=3B GMAIL.COM]<=3Bbr>=3B<= =3Bb>=3BSent:<=3B/b>=3B Saturday=2C November 9=2C 2013 08:34 AM<=3B= br>=3B<=3Bb>=3BTo:<=3B=3D<br>>=3B /b>=3B AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= CA<=3Bbr>=3B<=3Bb>=3BSubject:<=3B/b>=3B Foreign connected speec= h =3D<br>>=3B databases wanted<=3Bbr>=3B<=3Bbr>=3B<=3B/font>= =3BDear list=2C<br>>=3B <br>>=3B I am looking for databases of foreign = connected speech. Target languages =3D<br>>=3B <br>>=3B would include a= nything that is unlikely to be understood by most of the <br>>=3B experim= ent participants one normally manages to get in UK universities. <br>>=3B= Examples include Finnish=2C Arab and Swedish.<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Importa= ntly=2C for each language I am looking for both male and female <br>>=3B = speakers=2C and for some decent quality of the audio recordings. I am not <= br>>=3B looking for phonetic transcriptions or for insanely long excerpts= <br>>=3B (indeed our stimuli need to be 1.5 s long).<br>>=3B <br>>= =3B Thank you for any pointer.<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Best=2C<br>>=3B <br>&= gt=3B =3D09Bruno<br>>=3B <br>>=3B -- <br>>=3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~<br>>=3B Bruno L. Giordano=2C PhD<br>>=3B Institute of Neurosc= ience and Psychology<br>>=3B 58 Hillhead Street=2C University of Glasgow<= br>>=3B Glasgow=2C G12 8QB=2C Scotland<br>>=3B T +44 (0) 141 330 5484<b= r>>=3B Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net<br>>=3B <=3B/blockquote>= =3B<=3B/html>=3B<br>>=3B <br>>=3B ----=3D_vm_0011_W5475931263_32457= _1384154816--<br>>=3B <br>>=3B ------------------------------<br>>=3B= <br>>=3B End of AUDITORY Digest - 11 Nov 2013 (#2013-271)<br>>=3B ****= ********************************************<br></div></div>=0A= </div></body> </html>= --_ae2cafab-8aed-4e3c-9f81-27f0246f3dd3_--