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[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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