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== Data download == | == Data download == | ||
[http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/blizzard/2020/ Complete the licence and download the data] - only available to registered participants in the challenge, so please wait for your registration to be accepted before completing the license. | [http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/blizzard/2020/ Complete the licence and download the data] - only available to registered participants in the challenge, so '''please wait for your registration to be accepted before completing the license'''. | ||
=== Development tools === | === Development tools === |
Revision as of 14:17, 10 February 2020
Read these first
- First, please read the Call for Participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2020 in PDF format
- Then, read and agree to the Blizzard Challenge 2020 Rules before participating
- You should only register for the challenge if you actually intend to submit an entry to the challenge and to comply with all the rules.
The organising committee this year is led by Zhenhua Ling from USTC with assistance from The University of Edinburgh.
Registration
Register by emailing blizzard@festvox.org. We need to know your
- preferred team name - the organisers may adjust this so that all teams have meaningful, unique names
- affiliation - the name of your University and lab, or your Company
- the name of the main contact person - this must be exactly one person who is responsible for all communication with the organiser
- contact details:
- main contact person's email address - should be an institutional email address
- backup email address(es)
- postal address
- phone number
Data download
Complete the licence and download the data - only available to registered participants in the challenge, so please wait for your registration to be accepted before completing the license.
Development tools
- available via : http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/blizzard/, which include submitted synthetic speech and listener scores for some previous Blizzard Challenges, which may be helpful during development
Questionnaire
- A questionnaire is included with the test materials. Please complete and include it within your submission.
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 are a member you will be able to mail messages to blizzard-discuss@festvox.org
Timeline
The timeline shown on this web page is the official one and supersedes 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!
The dates of Interspeech are final and correct. The workshop date is currently provisional.
Feb 10 2020 - challenge announcement and registration open Feb 20 2020 - database released Apr 20 2020 - test sentences released to participants Apr 30 2020 - deadline for participants to submit synthetic speech (midnight AoE) May 04 2020 - last date for payment of the entry fee Jun 2020 - evaluation systems go live Jul 12 2020 - end of the evaluation period Jul 24 2020 - release of results Aug 03 2020 - deadline to submit workshop papers (midnight AoE) Aug 10 2020 - notification of acceptance Sep 14-18 2020 - Interspeech 2020, Shanghai, China Sep 19 2020 - planned date for the Blizzard Challenge workshop, Shanghai, China
Workshop
Information on the workshop will appear here in due course: Blizzard Challenge 2020 Workshop
Any questions?
- Please contact blizzard@festvox.org if you have any questions
Previous challenges
- Blizzard Challenge 2019
- Blizzard Challenge 2018
- Blizzard Challenge 2017
- Blizzard Challenge 2016
- Blizzard Challenge 2015
- Blizzard Challenge 2014
- Blizzard Challenge 2013
- Blizzard Challenge 2012
- Blizzard Challenge 2011
- Blizzard Challenge 2010
- Blizzard Challenge 2009
- Blizzard Challenge 2008
- Blizzard Challenge 2007
- Blizzard Challenge 2006 papers and results: http://www.festvox.org/blizzard/blizzard2006.html
- Blizzard Challenge 2005 papers and results: http://www.festvox.org/blizzard/blizzard2005.html