The Norwegian SpeechDat(II) FDB-1000 comprises 1016 Norwegian speakers (517 males, 499 females) recorded over the Norwegian fixed telephone network. The FDB-1000 database is partitioned into 4 CDs. The speech databases made within the SpeechDat(II) project were validated by SPEX, the Netherlands, to assess their compliance with the SpeechDat format and content specifications. Speech samples are stored as sequences of 8-bit 8 kHz A-law. Each prompted utterance is stored in a separate file. Each signal file is accompanied by an ASCII SAM label file which contains the relevant descriptive information. Each speaker uttered the following items: • 1 isolated single digit • 1 sequence of 10 isolated digits • 4 numbers : 1 sheet number (8 digits), 1 telephone number (8 digits), 1 credit card number (16 digits), 1 PIN code (6 digits) • 1 currency money amount • 2 natural numbers • 3 dates : 1 spontaneous (date or year of birth), 1 prompted date, 1 relative or general date expression • 2 time phrases : 1 time of day (spontaneous), 1 time phrase (word style) • 3 spelled words : 1 spontaneous (own forename), 1 city name, 1 artificial letter sequence for coverage • 5 directory assistance utterances : 1 spontaneous own forename, 1 city of calling (spontaneous), 2 city names, 1 common forename and surname • 2 yes/no questions : 1 predominantly ?yes? question, 1 predominantly ?no? question • 6 application words • 1 word spotting phrase using an embedded application word • 4 phonetically rich words • 9 phonetically rich sentences • 1 additional sentence The following age distribution has been obtained: 3 speakers are below 16 years old, 301 speakers are between 16 and 30, 363 speakers are between 31 and 45, 195 speakers are between 46 and 60, 137 speakers are over 60, and 17 speakers whose age is unknown. A pronunciation lexicon with a phonemic transcription in SAMPA is also included.

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