S0051 : German SpeechDat(II) FDB 1000

The German SpeechDat(II) FDB-1000 database contains the recordings of 988 speakers recorded over the German fixed telephone network. The database is partitioned into 4 CD-ROMs, in the final SpeechDat(II) database exchange format.

This speech database was validated by SPEX (the Netherlands) to assess its compliance with the SpeechDat format and content specifications.

The following items were recorded:

• 1 isolated digit
• 1 sequence of 10 isolated digit
• 4 connected digits (4-6 digit number to identify the prompt sheet, ca. 10 digit telephone number, 14-16 digit credit card number, 6 digit PIN code)
• 1 natural number
• 1 money amount
• 3 spelled words
• 2 time phrases (1 spontaneous time of day, 1 read time phrase)
• 3 dates (1 spontaneous date, 1 read date, 1 relative date)
• 2 yes/no questions (spontaneous, not prompted)
• 3/6 common application words

All application words are recorded more than 80 times. These are:

• 1 application word phrase
• 9 phonetically rich sentences
• 4 phonetically rich words
• 5 directory assistance names (1 spontaneous name (e.g. forename), 1 spontaneous city name, 1 read city name from a list of 500 most frequent, 1 read company/agency name from a list of 500 most frequent, 1 read proper name, fore- and surname from a list of 150 SDB names).