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SIAK

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-## "Say It Again, Kid!" Speech data collection##
 ## Training data for pronunciation quality classifiers for childred learning English  ##
-Used in papers ...
-Train set and test set in Flac format.
-File id key, for example: train001fifi05_609_t10892805_living-room.flac
-Speaker key indicates train or test set, and a running number: train001
-Native language: "fifi" for Finnish, enuk for UK English, othr for other.
-Age of speaker in years (if known): "05"
-Sample number: "609" (Some kids really enjoyed contributing!)
-Seconds from first sample given: "t10892805"
-Targer utterance text with spaces etc replaced by dashes: "living-room"
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 We emphasize, that by no derivatives we mean that you cannot use the audio samples as part of any work that is not directly related to describing the dataset in a speech technology or scientific language learning context. You may include them in a scientific presentation when the context is clearly to present the original data and not to use the data in another fashion.
-Commercial use of speech samples for building and evaluation of speech technology models is not prohibited.

 - 10K<n<100K
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+## "Say It Again, Kid!" (SIAK) Speech data collection##
 ## Training data for pronunciation quality classifiers for childred learning English  ##
+Train set and test set in flac format.
+File id key, fields separated by underscores (example: train001fifi05_609_t10892805_living-room.flac)
+* Speaker key indicates train or test set, and a running number for speaker. _speaker key is train001_
+* Native language: "fifi" for Finnish, "enuk" for UK English, "othr" for other. _Native language fifi_
+* Age of speaker in years (if known). _This speaker was 05 years old at the start of the recording period_
+* Sample number. _This is the 609th sample spoken by the speaker. (Some kids really enjoyed contributing!)_
+* Seconds from first sample given. _10892805 seconds since first recording. This speaker contributed the samples over a 4 month period_
+* Targer utterance text with spaces etc replaced by dashes. _Utterance to be spoken was "living room"_
+## Release history ##
+This data is derived from the data collected in the SIAK project 2014-2018,
+Participants agreed that their data can be published anonymously. Unfortunately the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
+became effective before the data was ready for release, and the publication effort halted.
+However the data was leased to an ill-fated startup that started operationsa few weeks before COVID-19 lockdowns.
+This collection is a derivation of the SIAK data with any strongly identifying metadata removed for use by the now bankrupt startup.
+We were involved in collecting, storing and processing the data in the SIAK project and have gone through the speech samples
+in enough detail to be assured that the data can be regarded as non-personal and thus except from GDPR as it consists of only single words or very short utterance repetitions, making it next to impossible to identify a speaker.
+Reima Karhila and Anna Smolander
+SIAK project researchers and unlucky startup founders
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 We emphasize, that by no derivatives we mean that you cannot use the audio samples as part of any work that is not directly related to describing the dataset in a speech technology or scientific language learning context. You may include them in a scientific presentation when the context is clearly to present the original data and not to use the data in another fashion.
+Commercial use of speech samples for building and evaluation of speech technology models is _not_ prohibited.
+If  you publish work based on this dataset, please cite _Karhila & al.: Pronunciation Scoring System Embedded into Children’s Foreign
+Language Learning Games with Experimental Verification of Learning Benefits, SLATE 2023_.