[hts-users:01979] Re: [Blizzard] Blizzard Challenge 2009 Listening test now online
message from Simon King <Simon.King@xxxxxxxx> to blizzard-discuss
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I'm pleased to announce that the listening tests for the Blizzard
Challenge 2009 are now running. The Blizzard Challenge is an annual
open speech synthesis evaluation in which participants build voices
using common data, and a large listening test is used to compare them.
Participants include some of the leading commercial and academic
research groups in the field.
I would appreciate your help in getting as many listeners to
participate as possible, by forwarding this message on to other lists,
colleagues, students, and of course taking part yourself.
The listening test should take 30-60 minutes to complete, and can be
done in stages if you wish. You do not need to be a native speaker of
the language in order to take part. There are 4 different start pages
for the listening test, as follows:
English
Volunteers:
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/blizzard/blizzard2009/english/register-ER.html
Speech Experts:
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/blizzard/blizzard2009/english/register-ES.html
Mandarin Chinese:
Volunteers:
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/blizzard/blizzard2009/mandarin/register-MR.html
Speech Experts:
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/blizzard/blizzard2009/mandarin/register-MS.html
Whether you consider yourself a 'speech expert' is left to your own
judgement.
Simon
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