Title :
The development of the Otago speech database
Author :
Sinclair, S.J. ; Watson, C.I.
Author_Institution :
Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract :
A collection of digits and words, spoken with a New Zealand English accent, has been systematically and formally collected. This collection along with the beginning and end points of the realised phonemes from within the words, comprise the Otago Speech Corpora. A relational database management system has been developed to house the speech data. This system provides much more usability, flexibility and expandibility than file based speech corpora such as TIMIT
Keywords :
language translation; natural language interfaces; natural languages; relational databases; speech recognition; English to Maori talking dictionary; New Zealand English accent; Otago Speech Corpora; Otago speech database; phonemes; relational database management system; speaker independent speech recognition system; speech data; Acoustic testing; Bandwidth; Dictionaries; Loudspeakers; Relational databases; Sampling methods; Speech recognition; System testing; Telephony; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, 1995. Proceedings., Second New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7174-2
DOI :
10.1109/ANNES.1995.499493
