Corpus specification

• Specification of the linguistic content
  • Different types of speech data
    • Read aloud isolated phonemes
    • Read aloud isolated words
    • Read aloud isolated sentences
    • Read aloud text fragments
    • Semi-spontaneous speech
    • Spontaneous speech about a predetermined subject
    • The Wizard of Oz technique
    • Spontaneous speech
  • Factorial experiments and corpus studies
• Specification of number and type of speakers
  • Corpus size in terms of speakers
    • Speech corpora with few speakers
    • Speech corpora with about 5 to 50 speakers
    • Speech corpora with more than 50 speakers
    • General remarks
  • Speaker characteristics
    • Stable / transient speaker characteristics
    • Demographic coverage
    • Male / female speakers
    • Age
      • Voice quality
      • Vocabulary and syntax
    • Weight and height
    • Smoking and drinking habits
    • Pathological speech
    • Professional vs. untrained speakers
    • Geographical and sociolinguistic factors