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| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - zh |
| tags: |
| - audio |
| - speech |
| - cantonese |
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| ### Dataset Description |
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| This dataset provides a reading of the Wikipedia page of Metamorphosis in Cantonese, with slight alterations. |
| The text is spoken in written language, and not the cadence of spoken language. |
| The audio files were recorded through the recorder app on a Xiaomi phone in a room at home from 7:28pm to 7:58pm. |
| I, the speaker, am a young adult male born-and-raised in Hong Kong. |
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| ### Issues Encountered & Solution |
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| I encountered the issue of some words having multiple pronunciations, such as 身, which had 4 different pronunciations attributed to it. |
| Hence, in order to assure accuracy in transcription, I opted to use the Multi-function Chinese Character Database, and manually transcribed every syllable. |
| The process was tedious, hence I would reuse transcriptions I had already researched before in excerpts with identical pronunciation, negating the need to find every syllable. |
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| Another issue I encountered was that the recording picked up particularily loud exhalations, which I had resolved by cutting the section out, as these gaps can only be created |
| when I am not speaking. There was no other background noise as I had ensured the room was as silent as possible before recording. |
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| Sometimes the dataset viewer is not available for the split on the dataset card. |
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| Server error while post-processing the split rows. Please report the issue. |
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| Error code: RowsPostProcessingError |
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| To view the dataset, try the Data Studio. |
