Blizzard Challenge Roadmap
From SynSIG
In recent years, the Blizzard Challenge changes task every 2 years, and each new task is introduced in pilot form for 1 year before it starts. Here's the picture so far, and the plan for the future (if any):
| Year | US English | UK English | Mandarin | Indian languages | Header text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ARCTIC | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2006 | ATR 5000 utterance male | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2007 | ATR 8 hour male | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2008 | Edinburgh 15 hour male ('Roger') | Chinese Academy of Sciences 6.5 hour female | Example | Example | |
| 2009 | Same as 2008 | iFLYTEK 6000 utterance female ('WJ') | Example | Example | |
| 2010 | Phonetic Arts 5 hour male ('rjs') + Edinburgh 1 hour ARCTIC male ('roger') | Same as 2008 plus 2.5 hours extra | Example | Example | |
| 2011 | EH1: Lessac 12000 utterance female ('Nancy') | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2012 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2013 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2014 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2015 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2016 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2017 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2018 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| 2019 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |