Resource: Swedish SpeechDat(II) MDB-1000
Reference | Swedish SpeechDat(II) MDB-1000 |
Date of Submission | Jan. 24, 2014, 4:31 p.m. |
Status | accepted |
ISLRN | 085-122-595-310-4 |
Resource Type | Primary Text |
Media Type | Audio |
Source | |
Language | Swedish |
Description | The Swedish SpeechDat(II) MDB-1000 database contains the recordings of 1,000 Swedish speakers recorded over the Swedish mobile telephone network. This database is partitioned into 5 CDs, which comprise 200 speakers sessions each. This speech database was validated by SPEX (the Netherlands) to assess its compliance with the SpeechDat format and content specifications. Speech samples are stored as sequences of 8-bit 8 kHz A-law. Each prompted utterance is stored in a separate file. Each signal file is accompanied by an ASCII SAM label file which contains the relevant descriptive information. Each speaker uttered the following items: * 2 isolated single digits The database also contains additional Swedish specific material for speaker verification purposes and dialectal studies: * 2 sentences for speaker verification purposes, same for all speakers The following age distribution has been obtained: 32 speakers are under 16, 348 speakers are between 16 and 30, 253 speakers are between 31 and 45, 292 speakers are between 46 and 60, and 75 speakers are over 60. A pronunciation lexicon with a phonemic transcription in SAMPA is also included. |
Version | 1.0 |
Distributor | ELRA |