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ralfherzog-20070818_vf16.zip
User: ralfherzog
Date: 8/18/2007 1:30 am
Views: 2156
Rating: 11
Hello everyone!  

After recording the audio files,  I transcribed them with DNS 9.  Not everything was transcribed correctly.  Here are the details:

In the line 3 it is recognized "MacDougal" instead of "MacDougall".  
In the line 8 it recognizes "Fitz Hoff" instead of "Fitzhugh".  Maybe my pronunciation is wrong?
In the line 16 it recognizes "to" instead of "too".
In the line 19 and in the line 31 it transcribes "Wrexham" instead of "Gregson".  In the line 36 DNS 9 transcribes it correctly.  
In the line 21 it transcribes "PR" instead of "Pierre".

As you can see, most of the recognition problems are related to names. Surprised

Speaker Characteristics:

Gender: male;
Age range: adult;
Pronunciation dialect: American English.

Recording Information:

Microphone make: Sennheiser PC131;
Microphone type: noise canceling headset;
Audio card make: OnBoard - Mainboard: Asrock 939Dual-SATA2;
Audio card type: Realtek 850;
Audio Recording Software: Audacity 1.2.6;
O/S: Windows XP Professional.

File Info:

File type: wav;
Sampling rate: 48kHz;
Sample rate format: 16bit;
Number of channels: 1;
Audio Processing: n

vf16-01 Philip dropped back into his chair
vf16-02 If I was out of the game it would be easily made
vf16-03 MacDougall, my engineer, believes it
vf16-04 It is growing, every day, every hour
vf16-05 Now, you understand
vf16-06 You have associated with some of these men
vf16-07 And there's no chivalry, no quarter shown in this fight
vf16-08 Lord Fitzhugh is the key to the whole situation
vf16-09 All operations have been carried on from Montreal and Toronto
vf16-10 Gregson held a lighted match until it burnt his fingertips
vf16-11 Gregson had seated himself under the lamp and was sharpening a pencil
vf16-12 He caught himself with a jerk
vf16-13 How does your wager look now
vf16-14 He confessed that the sketch had startled him
vf16-15 After all, the picture was only a resemblance
vf16-16 He wondered, too, where Roscoe was
vf16-17 Philip knew that she was not an Indian
vf16-18 In her haste to get away she had forgotten these things
vf16-19 Philip took a step toward Gregson, half determined to awaken him
vf16-20 The thought set his blood tingling
vf16-21 But if Pierre did not return, until tomorrow
vf16-22 Ten minutes had not elapsed since he had dropped the handkerchief
vf16-23 It won't be for sale
vf16-24 For a few moments he ate in silence
vf16-25 Philip did not pursue the subject
vf16-26 Philip produced a couple of cigars and took a chair opposite him
vf16-27 Suppose you saw me at work through the window
vf16-28 He looked like one who had passed through an uncomfortable hour or two
vf16-29 There was nothing more, except a large ink blot under the words
vf16-30 All this day Gregson remained in the cabin
vf16-31 The sixth day he spent in the cabin with Gregson
vf16-32 The flush was gone from her face
vf16-33 That is why I am, am rattled, he laughed
vf16-34 He understood the meaning of the look
vf16-35 She was even more beautiful than when I saw her, before
vf16-36 I'll give a thousand if you produce her, retorted Gregson
vf16-37 They have won popular sentiment through the newspapers
vf16-38 We must achieve our own salvation
vf16-39 In moments of mental energy Philip was restless
vf16-40 He would keep his faith with Gregson for the promised day or two

Copyright (C) 2007  Ralf Herzog

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--- (Edited on 8/18/2007 1:30 am [GMT-0500] by ralfherzog) ---

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Notice: many prompts in "English Speech Files" were adapted from the prompt files contained in the CMU_ARCTIC speech synthesis database, which were in turn derived from out-of-copyright texts from Project Gutenberg, by the FestVox project at the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Re: ralfherzog-20070818_vf16.zip
User: kmaclean
Date: 8/19/2007 8:40 am
Views: 264
Rating: 10

Hi Ralph,

>As you can see, most of the recognition problems are related to names.

makes sense ...

thanks for the submission! 

Ken 

--- (Edited on 8/19/2007 9:40 am [GMT-0400] by kmaclean) ---


Notice: many prompts in "English Speech Files" were adapted from the prompt files contained in the CMU_ARCTIC speech synthesis database, which were in turn derived from out-of-copyright texts from Project Gutenberg, by the FestVox project at the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

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