Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Spanish Speech Material (Male) From: JTEG <"Jonathan Regev "> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 08:35:51 +0000--_000_AS8PR04MB819775CE6990485F25FA4C5BC965AAS8PR04MB8197eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Massimo, Thank you for your reply! We are indeed considering the use of synthesized speech as a backup solutio= n. We would like to prioritize the use of natural speech, because we will c= ompare the results to another dataset collected with natural speech. I have unfortunately no experience with synthesized speech, but can recomme= nd the work from Inga Holube's group as reference: https://doi.org/10.1177/= 23312165221130656 All the best, Jonathan Regev M.Sc., Ph.D. Scientist Eriksholm Research Centre R=F8rtangvej 20 3070 Snekkersten Denmark Email: jteg@xxxxxxxx<mailto:jteg@xxxxxxxx> Website: www.eriksholm.com<http://www.eriksholm.com/> ________________________________ From: Massimo Grassi <massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2026 09:22 To: Jonathan Regev (JTEG) <jteg@xxxxxxxx> Cc: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Spanish Speech Material (Male) You don't often get email from massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx Learn why this is i= mportant<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Dear Jonathan, why you do not consider the text-to-speech AI? They seem very good to my ea= rs. Actually, I wanted to use these sounds in an experiment in which I want= to present speech in various languages with the same voice-timbre. In othe= r words, (and this is also a question I address to the list members, possib= ly experts in this topic) are these new AI voices bad? All the best to everybody and greetings from the alps, very close to the ol= ympics. m On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 06:18, Jonathan Regev (JTEG) <0000048aec16583c-dmarc-= request@xxxxxxxx<mailto:0000048aec16583c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx= ca>> wrote: Dear list members, We are currently preparing a study investigating speech-intelligibility sco= res in listeners with normal hearing. The study will be run in Spain and will use the Castilian Spanish HINT mate= rial as target speech (Huarte, 2008). We are looking for speech recordings in Castilian Spanish by male speakers,= to be used as competing-talker maskers. We are for example looking for recordings of male speakers reading news sto= ries, books, etc... Any resource you may be aware of would be highly appreciated! Reference: Huarte, A. (2008). =93The Castilian Spanish Hearing in Noise Tes= t,=94 Int J Audiol, 47, 369=96370. doi:10.1080/14992020801908269 Thanks and best, Jonathan Regev M.Sc., Ph.D. Scientist Eriksholm Research Centre R=F8rtangvej 20 3070 Snekkersten Denmark Email: jteg@xxxxxxxx<mailto:jteg@xxxxxxxx> Website: www.eriksholm.com<http://www.eriksholm.com/> --_000_AS8PR04MB819775CE6990485F25FA4C5BC965AAS8PR04MB8197eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Dear Massimo, </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> Thank you for your reply! </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> We are indeed considering the use of synthesized speech as a backup solutio= n. We would like to prioritize the use of natural speech, because we will c= ompare the results to another dataset collected with natural speech. <= /div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> I have unfortunately no experience with synthesized speech, but can recomme= nd the work from Inga Holube's group as reference: <a href=3D"https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165221130656">https://doi.org/10.11= 77/23312165221130656</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" clas= s=3D"elementToProof"> All the best, </div> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" = class=3D"elementToProof"> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 80, 92);">&nbs= p;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" = class=3D"elementToProof"> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 80, 92);">Jona= than Regev</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" = class=3D"elementToProof"> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">M.S= c., Ph.D.</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" = class=3D"elementToProof"> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Sci= entist</span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" = class=3D"elementToProof"> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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tab-size:revert!important; table-layout:revert!important;= text-align:revert!important; text-indent:revert!important; text-orientatio= n:revert!important; text-overflow:revert!important; text-transform:revert!i= mportant; top:revert!important; vertical-align:revert!important; visibility= :revert!important; white-space:revert!important; width:revert!important; wo= rd-break:revert!important; word-spacing:revert!important; writing-mode:reve= rt!important; zoom:revert!important"> You don't often get email from massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx <a href=3D"https://= aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification" style=3D"background:revert!important= ; color:revert!important; direction:revert!important; display:revert!import= ant; font-size:revert!important; opacity:revert!important; visibility:rever= t!important"> Learn why this is important</a> </div> </td> <td valign=3D"middle" align=3D"left" width=3D"75px" bgcolor=3D"#EAEAEA" cel= lpadding=3D"7px 5px 7px 5px" color=3D"#212121" style=3D"background:revert!i= mportant; border:revert!important; bottom:revert!important; color:revert!im= portant; direction:revert!important; display:revert!important; font-size:re= vert!important; height:revert!important; letter-spacing:revert!important; l= ine-height:revert!important; margin:revert!important; opacity:revert!import= ant; order:revert!important; outline:revert!important; overflow:revert!impo= rtant; padding:revert!important; position:revert!important; tab-size:revert= !important; table-layout:revert!important; text-align:revert!important; tex= t-indent:revert!important; text-orientation:revert!important; text-overflow= :revert!important; text-transform:revert!important; top:revert!important; v= ertical-align:revert!important; visibility:revert!important; white-space:re= vert!important; width:revert!important; word-break:revert!important; word-s= pacing:revert!important; writing-mode:revert!important; zoom:revert!importa= nt; width:75px!important; background-color:#EAEAEA!important; padding:7px 5= px 7px 5px!important; font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Taho= ma,Arial,sans-serif!important; font-size:12px!important; font-weight:normal= !important; color:#212121!important; text-align:left!important; word-wrap:b= reak-word!important"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear Jonathan, <div><br> </div> <div>why you do not consider the text-to-speech AI? They seem very good to = my ears. Actually, I wanted to use these sounds in an experiment in which I= want to present speech in various languages with the same voice-timbre. In= other words, (and this is also a question I address to the list members, possibly experts in this to= pic) are these new AI voices bad?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>All the best to everybody and greetings from the alps, very close to t= he olympics.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>m</div> </div> <br> <div class=3D"x_gmail_quote x_gmail_quote_container"> <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"x_gmail_attr">On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 06:18, Jonath= an Regev (JTEG) <<a href=3D"mailto:0000048aec16583c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx= mcgill.ca">0000048aec16583c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br= > </div> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; bord= er-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204); padding-left:1ex"> <div class=3D"x_msg1804797994330419906"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Dear list members, <br> <br> We are currently preparing a study investigating speech-intelligibility sco= res in listeners with normal hearing.</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> The study will be run in Spain and will use the Castilian Spanish HINT mate= rial as target speech (Huarte, 2008).</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <b>We are looking for speech recordings in Castilian Spanish by male speake= rs, to be used as competing-talker maskers. </b></div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> We are for example looking for recordings of male speakers reading news sto= ries, books, etc... </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Any resource you may be aware of would be highly appreciated!</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Reference: Huarte, A. (<b>2008</b>). =93The Castilian Spanish Hearing in No= ise Test,=94 Int J Audiol, <b>47</b>, 369=96370. doi:10.1080/14992020801908269</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div id=3D"x_m_-7997340493433078264Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks and best, </span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,80,92)">&nb= sp;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,80,92)">Jonathan Regev<= /span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(89,89,89)">M.Sc., Ph.D.</= span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(89,89,89)">Scientist</spa= n></p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(89,89,89)"><br> <b>Eriksholm Research Centre<br> </b>R=F8rtangvej 20<br> 3070 Snekkersten<br> Denmark<br> Email:</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,80,92= )"> </span> <span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a i= d=3D"x_m_-7997340493433078264OWAf81cb1c3-e328-3506-645c-e1f621797cea" href= =3D"mailto:jteg@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(70,120,= 134); margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">jteg@xxxxxxxx</a></u></span><= /p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(89,89,89)">Website: </span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,80,92)"><u>= <a id=3D"x_m_-7997340493433078264OWA9d6698de-8adf-faa6-82c1-b6f584bfce2a" h= ref=3D"http://www.eriksholm.com/" originalsrc=3D"http://www.eriksholm.com/"= target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(0,80,92); margin-top:0px; margin-bott= om:0px">www.eriksholm.com</a></u></span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0cm; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br> <br> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_AS8PR04MB819775CE6990485F25FA4C5BC965AAS8PR04MB8197eurp_--