Phonetics Resources
ICPhS Proceedings
MaryTTS
Recording Lab
e-Learning
Databases
PhD Theses
Research Reports: PHONUS
ICPhS Proceedings
The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) is one of the largest and one of the earliest conferences for all aspects of phonetic research. Usually held every four years there were 19 meetings since its inauguration in 1932. The 16th ICPhS in Saarbrücken was the first that made and maintained its proceedings online. With the financial support of the Max Mangold estate we have made the proceedings of earlier congresses available as searchable pdf documents. This project is meant as a complement to the digitisation of the ICPhS proceedings by the International Phonetic Association (IPA).
- 19th Melbourne (2019)
- 18th Glasgow (2015)
- 17th Hong Kong (2011)
- 16th Saarbrücken (2007)
- 15th Barcelona (2003)
- 14th San Francisco (1999)
- 13th Stockholm (1995)
- 12th Aix-en-Provence (1991)
- 11th Tallinn (1987)
- 10th Utrecht (1983)
- 9th Copenhagen (1979)
- 8th Leeds (1975) (no proceedings published)
- 7th Montréal (1971)
- 6th Prague (1967)
- 5th Münster (1964)
- 4th Helsinki (1961)
- 3rd Ghent (1938)
- 2nd London (1935)
- 1st Amsterdam (1932)
Menzerath & Lacerda (1933): Koartikulation, Steuerung und Lautabgrenzung. Berlin/Bonn: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlag.
MaryTTS
The MARY text-to-speech system was created by a collaboration between the Phonetics group and the DFKI Language Technology Lab in Saarbrücken. It provides a number of synthetic voices built by diphone, unit selection, and statistical parametric speech synthesis techniques, for several languages and in different voice qualities. MaryTTS enjoys active usage and development by speech science and technology groups around the world.Recording Lab
The recording laboratory of the Phonetics Department is located in C7.4, Room 101. The lab provides facilities and equipment for professional-quality speech recordings and for speech production and perception studies, in research and teaching. The sound-insulated recording booth is suitable for single-speaker and dialog recording.
Specifications: Studiobox Premium, Digital Mixer Yamaha N12, ProTools and Cubase AI 5.
The lab is available upon request to research and teaching staff as well as students for thesis and course work. Application forms and lab manual are available below. Please consult our laboratory calendar to check for lab occupancy and to avoid overlap and disturbance during recording sessions.
Forms and manual:- Check available times in the lab calendar.
- Complete one of the application forms below. No reservation by e-mail please.
- Read and sign the agreement (pdf) before using the recording lab (English version will follow).
- Recording lab manual.
- Hygiene concept (updated July 30, 2021).
- Contact the recording lab: E-mail
- Person responsible: Bistra Andreeva
- Technician / student assistant: N.N.
e-Learning
Audite vocemOnline portal for different voice qualities.
(Köser, Pützer; funded by Saarland University, 2008-2009)
eLearning Analytisches Hören und Transkribieren. Online illustrations and training program for the IPA system with demonstrations of sound inventories of various languages and dialects.
(Trouvain; funded by Saarland University)
Databases
Saarbrücker Stimmdatenbank - Saarbrücken voice database
Herunterladbare Audio- und EGG-Dateien mit einer Vielzahl von Stimmpathologien
Downloadable audio and EGG files of a multitude of voice pathologies
(Pützer, Barry; funded by DFG)
IFCASL Corpus
German-French speech corpus with German and French native speakers producing read speech in their native and in their foreign language.
(Trouvain, Möbius, Laprie; funded by ANR and DFG, 2013-2016)
GENIE
Datenbank Gesprochenes Niedersorbisch/-wendisch
(funded by Saarland University, 2005-2006)
PhD Theses
- Jacek Kudera (2022): Slavic receptive multilingualism: intercomprehension of speech. [pdf]
- Iona Gessinger (2022): Phonetic Accommodation of Human Interlocutors in the Context of Human-Computer Interaction. [pdf]
- Eran Raveh (2021): Vocal Accommodation in Human-Computer Interaction: Modeling and Integration into Spoken Dialogue Systems. [pdf]
- Erika Brandt (2019): Information Density and Phonetic Structure: Explaining Segmental Variability. [pdf]
- Jeanin Jügler (2017): The Impact of Training Procedures on the Pronunciation of Stops in Second Language Acquisition: The Case of German Learners of French. [pdf]
- Fabian Brackhane (2015): "Kann was natürlicher, als Vox humana, klingen?" - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der mechanischen Sprachsynthese. [pdf]
- Eva Lasarcyk (2014): Empirical Evaluation of the Articulatory Synthesizer VocalTractLab as a Discovery Tool for Phonetic Research: Articulatory-acoustic Investigations of Paralinguistic Speech Phenomena. [pdf]
- Denis Arnold (2013): Die Erhebung perzeptueller Prominenz auf Silben- und Wortebene: Der Einfluss von Bewertungsskalen, Bewertungsebenen und Normalisierung. [pdf]
- Ingmar Steiner (2010): Observations on the Dynamic Control of an Articulatory Synthesizer Using Speech Production Data. pdf]
- Dominika Oliver (2008): Modelling Polish Intonation for Speech Synthesis. [pdf]
- Bistra Andreeva (2007): Zur Phonetik und Phonologie der Intonation der Sofioter Varietät des Bulgarischen. [pdf]
- Stefan Baumann (2006): The Intonation of Givenness - Evidence from German. [doi]
- Bettina Braun (2004): Production and Perception of Thematic Contrast in German. [doi]
- Jürgen Trouvain (2004): Tempo Variation in Speech Production. Implications for Speech Synthesis. [pdf]
- Marc Schröder (2004): Speech and Emotion Research: An Overview of Research Frameworks and a Dimensional Approach to Emotional Speech Synthesis. [pdf]
PHONUS
Research reports of the Institute of Phonetics at Saarland University
- Möbius, B. & Trouvain, J. (eds.) (2017). PHONUS 19: Jeanin Jügler: The Impact of Training Procedures on the Pronunciation of Stops in Second Language Acquisition: The Case of German Learners of French. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J., B. Möbius & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2015). PHONUS 18: Fabian Brackhane: "Kann was natürlicher, als Vox humana, klingen?" - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der mechanischen Sprachsynthese. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University. [Zipped audio files (99 MB)]
- Barry, W.J., B. Möbius & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2014). PHONUS 17: Eva Lasarcyk: Empirical evaluation of the articulatory synthesizer VocalTractLab as a discovery tool for phonetic research: Articulatory-acoustic investigations of paralinguis tic speech phenomena. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2011). PHONUS 16. In memoriam Wolfgang von Kempelen. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. (ed.) (2009). PHONUS 15: Manfred Pützer: Die Rolle kortikaler und subkortikaler Strukturen bei der Initiierung und Produktion differenzierter CV-Silbenwiederholungen. Eine fMRT-Studie. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2008). PHONUS 14: Dominika Oliver: Modelling Polish Intonation for Speech Synthesis. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. (ed.) (2008). PHONUS 13: Manfred Pützer: Stimmqualität und Artikulation bei Dysarthrophonien. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. (ed.) (2007). PHONUS 12: Bistra Andreeva: Zur Phonetik und Phonologie der Intonation der Sofioter-Varietät des Bulgarischen. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2007). PHONUS 11: Roland Marti: ó w dolnoserbšćinje (ó in Lower Sorbian / ó im Niedersorbischen). Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2006). PHONUS 10: Caren Brinckmann: Improving Prosody Prediction for Speech Synthesis - With and Without Symbolic Prosody Features. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Trouvain (eds.) (2005). PHONUS 9. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. (ed.) (2004). PHONUS 8: Jürgen Trouvain: Tempo Variation in Speech Production. Implications for Speech Synthesis. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University of the Saarland.
- Barry, W.J. (ed.) (2004). PHONUS 7: Marc Schröder: Speech and Emotion Research: An overview of research frameworks and a dimensional approach to emotional speech synthesis. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & M. Pützer (eds.) (2002). PHONUS 6. Festschrift für Max Mangold zum 80. Geburtstag. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Koreman, with K. Kirchhoff (eds.) (2000). PHONUS 5. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Koreman (eds.) (1999). PHONUS 4. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Koreman (eds.) (1997). PHONUS 3. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & A. Addison (eds.) (1996). PHONUS 2. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.
- Barry, W.J. & J. Koreman (eds.) (1995). PHONUS 1. Saarbrücken: Institute of Phonetics, Saarland University.