GSU Kids' Database
This database was compiled by Prof. Robin Morris at the Center for Research on Atypical
Development and Learning at Georgia State University. This dataset contains
recordings of approximately 200 children between the ages of 8 and 10 years old.
The children were recorded while performing educational exercises in reading, language,
pronunciation with a facilitator. Eachchild was recorded in 5 sessions each lasting
about 2 to 10 minutes, totaling approximately 80 hours of audio data. The children
then were administered a portion of the GFTA as well as other assessments used by
speech-language pathologists, as well as exercises in counting and spelling.
All children recruited to the study lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area and were native
English speakers. The audio was recorded by a computer microphone with a sampling
rate of 44.1kHz. The recordings took place in offices at the students'
schools during the school day and include background noise as one would
find in a real use case. The recordings contain both scripted and spontaneous children's speech.
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