Speech Material

Five learners were involved in this experiment. They are all male to keep balance with the speakers of the speech database. A native speaker's scores are used to decide an adequate threshold value. Each learners produced just one repetition for the data set of 13 sentences, which are taken from a text book of Japanese language. Experiments were carried out for the continous speech utterances containing coarticulation. The T-set consists of 13 sentences as follows:

• moshimoshi, korekaradokoeikimasuka (Hello, where are you going now?)
• watashi, kyootoeikimasu (Me? To Kyoto.)
• nanideikimasuka (How are you going there?)
• shiNkaNseNdeikimasu (I go there by shinkansen.)
• konogaikokujiNtoorokushiNseishookaitekudasai
  (Would you please fill out this foreigner registration form?)
• zeNbukakuNdesuka (Should I fill in all?)
• hai, konohutowakunonakaokaitekudasai (Yes, please fill out the items in a bold line.)
• chotokakikatagawakaranaiNdesuga (Sorry, I don't know how to fill it out.)
• kokoninamaeokaitekudasai (Write your name here, please.)
• romajideiiNdesuka (Is is okay to write it in a roman character?)
• romajidekekoodesu (You may write it in a roman character.)
• kokoninaniokakuNdesuka (What should I write it down here?)
• kokoniwajuushookaitekudasai (Would you please write down your address here.)