The X-ray Microbeam Speech Production Database in Japanese(<Feature Articles>Trends in Database for Phonetic Research)

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the X-ray microbeam speech production database in Japanese. The database is a research resource characterized by (1) synchronized acoustic and articulatory data, (2) relatively large number of speakers (N=19), and (3) rich inventory of speech tasks that can incorporate wide range of research interests. The rationale, tasks, speakers, data characteristics, previous research, future research possibilities and an application to phonetics education are discussed.