Classroom:Simon's cat - multi-lingual

LING 2208 a course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Digital Methods for Speech and Text Processing

We are a group of graduate students at the linguistic department at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology that work on text and speech annotation.

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We have used work by the English animator Simon Tofield to create parallel recordings in [ ] languages? We have then annotated these recordings using Praat and TypeCraft.

You can learn more about Simon and his cat by going to the official Simon's cat Website.

Simon's cat videos can be watched for example on YouTube.

Simon's cat in Brazilian Portuguese

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Source information:
Speaker: Franciane Rocha
Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Date: 11.01.2011
Size of the records: 5.54 MB
Duration of the records: 00:04:43
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:O_gato_de_Simon

Simon's cat in Mandarin Chinese

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Source information:
Speaker: Miaomiao Zhang
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 13.01.2011
Size of the records: 1.63 MB
Duration of the records: 00:01:46
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Xīméng de māo

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Source information:
Speaker: Qingqing Wang
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 25.01.2012
Size of the records: 2.07 MB
Duration of the records: 00:02:15
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Xīméng de māo

Simon's Cat in Ewe

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Source information:
Speaker: Theresa M. Sedzro
Language: Ewe
Date: 12.01.2012
Size of the records: 2.12 MB
Duration of the records: 00:02:19
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Simon ƒé dadi

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Source information:
Speaker: Mercy Motte
Language: Ewe
Date: 11.01.2011
Size of the records: 2.9 MB
Duration of the records: 00:03:07
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Simon ƒe dadi le ʋegbe me

Simon's Cat in Safaliba

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Source information:
Speaker: Bodua-Mango Kenneth
Language: Safaliba
Date: 11.01.2011
Size of the records: 2.2 MB
Duration of the records: 00:02:26
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Simon dɔgtέέ

Simon's Cat in Dagaare

Source information:
Speaker: John Ganaah
Language: Dagaare
Date: 11.01.2011
Size of the records: 2.8 MB
Duration of the records: 00:03:07
Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan