* 1997 HUB4 English Evaluation Speech and Transcripts *
The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
availability of the 1997 HUB4 English Evaluation Speech and Transcripts.
This evaluation is part of an ongoing series of periodic evaluations
conducted by NIST. These evaluations provide an important contribution
to the direction of research efforts and the calibration of technical
capabilities.
The purpose of the 1997 HUB4 English Evaluation is to foster research on
the problem of accurately transcribing broadcast news speech and to
measure objectively the state of the art. This single disc publication
contains material drawn from television and radio shows. Transcriptions
are included.
For further information, including online documentation and a link to
the 1997 NIST Evaluation Plan for Broadcast News web page, please visit:
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/LDC2002S11.html
Institutions that have membership in the LDC during the 2002 Membership
Year will be able to receive this corpus free of charge. Nonmembers
may purchase this publication for $1000.
* Please note that a license agreement is *
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The member license is available at:
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/mem_agree/usc_marketplace.html
The nonmember at:
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License agreements can be faxed to 215 573 2175.
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