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 |
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2005 | ARCTIC | ||||
2006 | ATR 5000 utterance male | ||||
2007 | ATR 8 hour male | ||||
2008 | Edinburgh 15 hour male ('Roger') | Chinese Academy of Sciences 6.5 hour female | |||
2009 | Same as 2008 | iFLYTEK 6000 utterance female ('WJ') | |||
2010 | Phonetic Arts 5 hour male ('rjs') + Edinburgh 1 hour ARCTIC male ('roger') | Same as 2008 plus 2.5 hours extra | |||
2011 |
EH1: Lessac 12000 utterance female ('Nancy') |
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2012 |
EH2.1 Librivox XX hour male (John Greenman) |
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2013 |
2013-EH1: Lessac 300 hour female (Catherine 'Bobbie' Byers) |
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 |