Blizzard Challenge 2010

Read these first

• Download the Preliminary announcement and call for participation for the Blizzard Challenge 2010 in PDF format.

• Read and agree to the Blizzard Challenge 2010 Rules before participating.

Data download and license agreements

• First, you must register by emailing blizzard@festvox.org
• Then, complete license agreements for the data, which can be found here:
  • UK English databases:
    • Tasks EH1, ES1, ES2: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/phonetic_arts_blizzard2010/
    • Task EH2: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/roger_blizzard2010/
    • If you want time-aligned labels for either or both English databases, then you also need to complete the Unisyn lexicon license as explained on the above download pages. There are hand-corrected labels available for Task EH2.
  • Mandarin database (including labels):
    • TBC

• Data download: You will be sent a username and password to download the data. These are the same for all downloads, and will be activated for each download after you have returned the corresponding license agreement.
  • All databases: http://data.cstr.ed.ac.uk/blizzard2010

• Development tools:
  • Benchmark voices are under preparation using Festival and HTS; development sentences (the Blizzard 2009 test set) will be synthesised with these systems and made available to participants during the voice building period

• Questionnaire:
  • Download the questionnaire, complete it, and return it by the deadline given in the Timeline. http://data.cstr.ed.ac.uk/blizzard2010/system_questionnaire.txt