Aus Talk
Type: ARC LIEF grant
Chief Investigators at the University of Melbourne: Dr Deborah Loakes, Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher, Prof John Hajek
Lead Institution: University of Western Sydney
Other Institutions: Universities of Canberra, Western Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmania, the Australian National University, Flinders University, and Macquarie University
Other partners: Max Planck Institute and the Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
The aim of AusTalk is to create a large corpus of audio-visual speech which will support speech science research and development with Australian English and facilitate the development of Australian speech science in phonetics and psycholinguistics, and speech technology applications – from telephony-based spoken dialogue systems and talking heads to hearing prostheses and aids for learning-impaired children to a range of security and forensic applications.
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