Title |
SLR Validation: Current Trends and Developments |
Author(s) |
Henk van den Heuvel, Dorota Iskra, Eric Sanders, Folkert de Vriend SPEX (Speech Processing Expertise Centre), Department of Language and Speech, Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
Session |
P9-SE |
Abstract |
This paper deals with the quality evaluation (validation) of Spoken Language Resources (SLR). The current situation in terms of relevant validation criteria and procedures is briefly presented. Next, a number of validation issues related to new data formats (XML-based annotations, UTF-16 encoding) are discussed. Further, new validation cycles that were introduced in a series of new projects like SpeeCon and OrienTel are addressed: prompt sheet validation, lexicon validation and pre-release validation. Finally, SPEX's current and future |
Keyword(s) |
speech databases, validation, XML |
Language(s) |
Multiple |
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