Send a Speech Accent Sample
Please contact the archive to see if your sample will be suitable.
We only accept high-quality samples. please digitize the sample at 44.1 KHz., 16-bit mono. Do not compress it with the digitizer. The file can be a .wav file, an .aiff file, etc. Please record carefully: learn how to make a good digital recording. University policy requires that all subjects be at least 18 years of age.
Print out the
human subjects cover letter
and the
elicitation paragraph.
Please have the subject read and agree to the human subjects cover letter. Please fill out the following form completely.
Describe the high quality recording device and microphone used:
Recording device model and number:
Microphone model and number:
Ask the subject the following questions. then later, you record the answers in the blanks:
Where were you born?
Country (state or province):
City:
What is your native language?
What other languages besides English and your native language do you know?
How old are you now? years?
What is your gender?
Female:
Male:
How old were you when you first began to learn English? years?
How did you learn English?
Academically (in school):
Naturalistically:
How long have you lived in an English-speaking country?
Years? Months?
Which English-speaking country?
Give the elicitation paragraph to the subject and ask him/her to silently look it over. if she/he has questions about it, answer them. then ask the subject to read the paragraph in a normal style.
Investigators name, e-mail address, and optional comments:
Name:
Email: (we will contact you for confirmation)
Comments:
Name of the sound file or tape you are sending.
Submit this information and send the sound:
you will be prompted to send the file after you submit the above information. you can also proceed directly to the
file upload
page. here you can electronically send the sound file to the archives. please digitize the sample at 44.1KHz., 16 bit mono. do not compress it with the digitizer. The file can be a .wav file, an .aiff file, a quicktime movie file, etc. you may want to use some sort of zip or stuffit program to squish the file before sending it.