An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus

Min Siong Liang; Ren Yuan Lyu; Yuang Chin Chiang

doi:10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275945

An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus

Min Siong Liang, Ren Yuan Lyu, Yuang Chin Chiang

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an efficient algorithm to select ph onetically balanced scripts for collecti ng a large-scale multilingual speech corpus. It is expected to collect a multilingual speech corpus covering three most frequently used languages in Taiwan, including Taiwanese (Min-nan), Hakka, and Mandarin Chinese. To achieve the objective, the first step is to construct a multilingual phonetic alphabet, namely Formosa Phonetic Alphabet (ForPA). In addition, the multilingual lexicons (Fomosa Lexicons) are also important parts for building the corpus. Until now, this corpus containing 600 speakers' speech of Taiwanese (Min-nan) and Mandarin Chinese has been finished and ready to release. There contains about 40 hours of speech in 247 thousand utterances in thi s release.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings
Editors	Chengqing Zong
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	433-437
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	0780379020, 9780780379022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275945
State	Published - 2003
Event	International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, NLP-KE 2003 - Beijing, China Duration: 26 10 2003 → 29 10 2003

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Name	NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings

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Conference	International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, NLP-KE 2003
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	26/10/03 → 29/10/03

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Keywords

Phonetic alphabet
Phonetically-balanced word Speech corpus
Pronunciation lexicon

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Liang, M. S., Lyu, R. Y., & Chiang, Y. C. (2003). An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus. In C. Zong (Ed.), NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings (pp. 433-437). Article 1275945 (NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275945

Liang, Min Siong ; Lyu, Ren Yuan ; Chiang, Yuang Chin. / An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus. NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings. editor / Chengqing Zong. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003. pp. 433-437 (NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings).

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Liang, MS, Lyu, RY & Chiang, YC 2003, An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus. in C Zong (ed.), NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings., 1275945, NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 433-437, International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, NLP-KE 2003, Beijing, China, 26/10/03. https://doi.org/10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275945

An efficient algorithm to select phonetically balanced scripts for constructing a speech corpus. / Liang, Min Siong; Lyu, Ren Yuan; Chiang, Yuang Chin.
NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings. ed. / Chengqing Zong. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003. p. 433-437 1275945 (NLP-KE 2003 - 2003 International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, Proceedings).

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