Japanese Newspaper Article Sentences Read Speech Corpus of the Aged (S-JNAS)
Data DOI
https://doi.org/10.32130/src.S-JNAS
Producer, Project
Project on the Development of Senior-Assisting System by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Prof. Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
(Newspaper article data : the Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd.)
Contents
Newspaper article sentences: 155 text sets (about 100 sentences per set), 16 176 sentences in total ※Same as JNAS
ATR's 503 phonetically balanced sentences: 10 text sets (about 50 sentences per set), 503 sentences in total ※Same as JNAS
Task sentences, such as information retrieval: 10 text sets (50 sentences per set), 500 sentences in total
Speaker
Training set: 101 speakers (51 males and 50 females, 60-79 years old)
- 1 set of newspaper sentences and 2 set of phonetically balanced sentences per speaker
Test set: 101 speakers (51 males and 50 females, 60-79 years old)
- 1 set of newspaper sentences and 2 set of task sentences per speaker
Recording conditions
With two microphones: a head-set microphone and a desk-top microphone
Speech file format
WAV format (16kHz, 16bit, Mono)
Distribution media
5 DVD-DLs or 2 BDs
Licensing
For research and development purposes only
Price
20 000 yen (plus consumption tax for a domestic order)
Update information
Extract compressed speech files and reconstruct to DVD-Rs
Convert speech files to wav format, correct the ruby of text sets and revise all documents (July 2015)
Speech sample for test listening
Newspaper article sentences
head-set microphone / desk-top microphone
まだ 正式 に 決まっ た わけ で は ない ので
Phonetically balanced sentences
head-set microphone / desk-top microphone
救急車が 十分に 動けず 救助作業が 遅れている
Task sentences for information retrieval
head-set microphone / desk-top microphone
今日の おすすめ メニューは 何ですか？