Blizzard Challenge 2019
This Blizzard Challenge has not yet started !
- Please do not try to register for this challenge yet - we will open the call very soon !
Read these first
- First, please read the Call for Participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2019 in PDF format
- Then, read and agree to the Blizzard Challenge 2019 Rules before participating
- You should only register for the challenge if you actually plan to submit an entry to the challenge
Registration
Register by emailing blizzard@festvox.org. We need to know your team name, the name of the main contact person, your affiliation, and contact details including email address, postal address and phone number.
Data download
TBC
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 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!
UNDER CONSTRUCTION !!!
Dates of Interspeech, SSW and the workshop are final and correct for the 2019 challenge.
Feb 11 2019 - database released Apr 22 2019 - test sentences released to participants Apr 30 2019 - participants submit synthetic speech and questionnaire (by midnight UTC) May 2019 - evaluation systems go live Jun 15 2019 - end of the evaluation period Jul 1 2019 - release of results Jul 13 2019 - deadline to submit workshop papers Jul 30 2019 - notification of acceptance Sep 15-19 2019 - Interspeech 2019, Graz, Austria Sep 20-22 2019 - SSW10, Vienna, Austria Sep 23 2019 - Blizzard Challenge workshop, Vienna, Austria
Workshop
Information on the workshop can be found here: Blizzard Challenge 2019 Workshop
Any questions?
- Please contact blizzard@festvox.org if you have any questions
Previous challenges
- 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