************************************************************** IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5035 August 10, 1993 ************************************************************** Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) 733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005 Tel. (202)347-0017 Fax: (202)347-0018 Email: ifcss@wam.umd.edu Please Help This Project: Chinese Voice Collection ================================================== Dear Fellow Chinese Students and Scholars: An research institution has asked the IFCSS to help them collect samples of Chinese voices. We have to ask for your help. It would take about 2 minutes to make a call and read the list below. If more than 400 samples are collected through IFCSS, the institution will donate $3.00 per call to IFCSS. Please read the following announcement carefully. Thanks for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Voice Control Systems is collecting voice samples over the telephone network. To participate, you simply pronounce the following words (DO NOT READ THE ENGLISH, JUST READ THE CHINESE PRONOUNCIATION), one at a time. You need to say the works naturally and speak up when talking. Try not to sound as if you were reading from a list. When you call the number below you will be greeted in English. After the tone, say "IFCSS" and telephone number from each you are calling. You will have 13 seconds to do this. After that beeps will begin occuring every 2 seconds. After each beep, say the next word. The script is in three columes and consisted of 39 words. Speak the words in the left colume first, reading from top to bottom, then speaking the words in the middle colume, followed by the right column. If you make a mistake just say the word again after the next beep. After you have said the last word "goodbye", simply hang up. To participate in the collection, call: 1-800-285-7315 (Hello) Wei Yes Dui4 Three San1 Yes Shi4 Mandarin Pu3tong1hua4 Seven Qi1 Chinese ZhongGuoHua No Bu1dui4 Nine Jiu3 Two Er4 Help Bang1zhu4 Six Liu4 Five Wu5 Stop Ting2 Zero Ling2 Eight Ba1 Cancel Qu3Xiao1 Help Bang1Zhu4 One Yi1 Two Er4 Stop Ting2 Four Si4 Five Wu3 Cancel Qu3Xiao1 Nine Jiu3 Eight Ba1 Mandarin Guo2yu3 Three San1 One Yi1 Yes Hao3 Seven Qi1 Four Si4 No Bu1shi4 Six Liu4 Yes Xing2 Chinese Han4yu3 Zero Ling2 No Bu4 Goodbye Zai4jian4 Note again: Just read columns 2, 4, 6 (columns 1, 3, 5 are just English to help you know the meaning of Chinese character). Thank you for your cooperation in advance. ********************************************************************* * IFCSS Headquarters Office * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * President: Lin Changsheng Vice President: Shi Heping * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. To sign * * on or off from the list, please send email to listserv@ifcss.org * * leave the subject line open and put in the mail body: * * (For signing on) sub PBS-L last name first name * * (For signing off) unsub PBS-L last name first name * * For more information about IFCSS, write to ifcss-info@ifcss.org * *********************************************************************