S0056 : Slovenian SpeechDat(II) FDB-1000

The Slovenian SpeechDat(II) FDB-1000 database contains the recordings of 1,000 Slovenian speakers (500 males and 500 females) from different dialect regions of Slovenia, recorded over the Slovenian fixed telephone network.

The database is partitioned into CD-ROMs. Speech samples are stored as sequences of 8 bits 8 kHz A-law, and the data are stored in a SAM file format.

It was validated and accepted according to the SpeechDat(II) database exchange format.

Each speaker uttered the following items:

• Isolated and connected digits
• Natural numbers
• Money amounts
• Spelled words
• Time and date phrases
• Yes/no questions
• City names
• Common application words
• Application words in phrases
• Phonetically rich sentences

A phonetic lexicon with canonical transcriptions in SAMPA is also provided.