Subject: [AUDITORY] Announcing the Blizzard Challenge 2025 From: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?= <=?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?=> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:00:37 +0200--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, We are delighted to announce the Blizzard Challenge 2025, which will focus = on speech synthesis for Bildts - a regional language with Dutch and Frisian= features. The Challenge will be part of the 13th ISCA Speech Synthesis Wor= kshop (SSW13) at the University of Groningen, Faculty Campus Frysl=C3=A2n i= n Leeuwarden. This year's challenge aligns with SSW13's theme of "Scaling down: sustainab= le synthesis for language diversity" and will feature a comprehensive datas= et including dictionary resources and audio recordings. For the first time, we will integrate community evaluation, with members of= the Bildts-speaking community participating in the evaluation process and = the workshop, which will take place on August 27, 2025, following SSW13 (Au= gust 24-26). More detailed information about the challenge will be available in January = 2025. Please feel free to distribute this announcement. The Blizzard Challenge 2025 Organising team -- S=C3=A9bastien Le Maguer - Department of Digital Humanities - University of= Helsinki website: <http://seblemaguer.github.io/> --=-=-=--