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* Then, complete license agreements for the data, which can be found here:
* Then, complete license agreements for the data, which can be found here:
** UK English databases:
** UK English databases:
*** Tasks EH1, ES1, ES2: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/phonetic_arts_blizzard2010/
*** Speech data and prompts for 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/
*** Speech data and prompts for 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.
*** 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):
** Mandarin database (including labels):
*** TBC
*** Speech data, prompts and labels for tasks MH1, MH2, MS1 and MS2: 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.
* 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.

Revision as of 21:37, 27 January 2010

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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:
  • 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.
  • 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

Mailing list

There is a mailing list for discussion and announcements for the challenge:

 blizzard-discuss@festvox.org

Participants must join the list by sending a message to majordomo@festvox.org with the following line in the body of the message

 subscribe blizzard-discuss

Once you a member you will be able to mail messages to blizzard-discuss@festvox.org


Timeline

The timeline shown on this web page is the offical one and supercedes those shown in announcements - it is subject to change, but we will try to follow it as closely as possible. Note that we will not consider any requests from participants to change the synthetic speech submission date or the paper submission date!

TO DO

Workshop

Information on the workshop will be available later.

Any questions?

  • Please contact blizzard@festvox.org if you have any questions


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