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S0078 : Finnish Speechdat(II) FDB-1000

The Finnish SpeechDat(II) FDB-1000 database contains the recordings of 1,000 Finnish speakers (617 males, 383 females) recorded over the Finnish fixed telephone network. The FDB-1000 database is partitioned into 4 CDs, the first 3 CDs comprise 300 speakers sessions, the 4th comprises 100 speakers sessions.

Speech samples are stored as sequences of 8-bit 8 kHz A-law. Each prompted utterance is stored in a separate file. Each signal file is accompanied by an ASCII SAM label file which contains the relevant descriptive information.

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

Each speaker uttered the following items:

  • 1 isolated digit
  • 1 sequence of 10 isolated digits
  • 4 connected digits (1 sheet number -5 digits, 1 telephone number –9/10 digits, 1 credit card number -16 digits, 1 PIN code -6 digits)
  • 1 currency money amount
  • 1 natural number
  • 3 dates (1 spontaneous date e.g. birthday, 1 prompted date, 1 relative or general date expression)
  • 2 time phrases (1 spontaneous time of day, 1 word style time phrase)
  • 3 spelled words (1 spontaneous e.g. own forename, 1 city name, 1 phonetically rich word)
  • 5 directory assistance names (1 spontaneous e.g. own forename, 1 spontaneous city of growing up, 1 frequent city name, 1 frequent company name, 1 common forename surname)
  • 2 yes/no questions (1 predominantly "yes" question, 1 predominantly "no" question)
  • 3 application words
  • 1 word spotting phrase using an embedded application word
  • 4 phonetically rich words
  • 9 phonetically rich sentences

The following age distribution has been obtained: 57 speakers are under 16, 609 speakers are between 16 and 30, 223 speakers are between 31 and 45, 104 speakers are between 46 and 60, and 7 speakers are over 60.

A pronunciation lexicon with a phonemic transcription in SAMPA is also included.



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