initial release, only XXXA_neutral.wav free spontanous task recordings

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+# Speakers voice samples from The UCLA Speaker Variability Database
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+audio recordings from 202 speakers: 101 men and 101 women, aged 18-35 years old (avg 20.5), speaking American English.
+Speakers deliver natural speech, not read, for about 30 seconds (around 10 utterances).
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+Dataset was downloaded from publicly open and link on UCLA lab page:
+https://ucla.app.box.com/s/iu8mmvuh16a19e8phjg0ol8gub0zyzf9 
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+## LICENSE:
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+in the dataset, and publications it was written:
+> "freely available" with attribution.
+> COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Please cite our corresponding papers
+
+## References:
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+- https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_785.pdf
+- https://linguistics.ucla.edu/people/keating/Keating-etal_ICPhS2019_talk_web.pptx
+- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.03616
+- Ph.d thesis https://www.seas.ucla.edu/spapl/paper/Amber_Afshan_Dissertation.pdf
+