1997 Mandarin Broadcast News Speech (HUB4-NE)

<h3>Introduction</h3><br>
<p>This collection consists of 30 hours of broadcast news recordings from the following sources: Voice of America (VOA), China Central TV (CCTV) and KAZN-AM, a commercial radio station based in Los Angeles, CA.</p><br>
<p>Of these three sources, the first two comprise the bulk of the collection and are represented in roughly equal amounts. Only a relatively small sample of KAZN-AM recordings is included, owing to the relatively high proportion of unusable material in that source (e.g., commercials, local traffic reports).</p><br>
<p>Corresponding transcripts are released as 1997 Mandarin Broadcast News Transcripts (HUB4-NE)<a href="http://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC98T24" rel="nofollow"> LDC98T24</a>.</p><br>
<h3>Data</h3><br>
<p>All recordings were made using a single channel and 16-KHz sample frequency. Most files contain 30 minutes of recordings. There are some larger files consisting of 60 minutes and 120 minutes of programming.</p><br>
<h3>Updates</h3><br>
<p>There are no updates at this time.</p><br>
<h3>Additional Licensing Instructions</h3><br>
<p>This 'members-only' corpora is available to current members who can request the data at the listed reduced-license fee. Contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a>&nbsp;for information about becoming a member.</p></br>
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