28. Japanese Kamishibai and Audiobook Corpus (J-KAC)

Data DOI

https://doi.org/10.32130/src.J-KAC

Producer, Project

Assist. Prof. Shinnosuke Takamichi, The University of Tokyo

Contents

This corpus consists of voices of Japanese Kamishibai (picture card show) and audiobooks.

One professional speaker is acting in a variety of styles and characters.

The corpus also includes structured texts (26 books and 17 picture card shows) and illustrations of the picture card shows.

Speaker

One professional male speaker

Recording environment

Studio

Speech file format

WAV format (48 kHz, 16 bit, Mono)

Distribution media

1 DVD

Licensing

For research purpose only

Price

No fee

Further information

https://sites.google.com/site/shinnosuketakamichi/research-topics/j-kac_corpus

Speech sample for test listening

Audiobook

「赤とんぼ」（作・新美南吉）：
赤とんぼは、三回ほど空をまわって、いつも休む一本の垣根の竹の上に、チョイととまりました。

Kamishibai

「ありくんとかえるくん」（作・絵 ようふゆか）：
クッキーをほおばりながら、ありくんがいいました。「このクッキー、おいしいね。」「とっておきのケーキもあるのよ。」