Documentation for the 1998 Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test-Set
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The 1998 Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test-Set is contained in a
6-CDrom set.

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	NIST SPEECH DISC NUMBER   ||   Top Level Directory
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		r46_1_1           ||        sid98e1f
		r46_2_1           ||        sid98e2f
		r46_3_1           ||        sid98e3f
		r46_4_1           ||        sid98e1m
		r46_5_1           ||        sid98e2m
		r46_6_1           ||        sid98e3m
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The Evaluation Plan (which provides detailed documentation used in
running the evaluation) may be found on each disc in the documentation
directory (i.e  sid98e1f/doc) It exists in two forms, Postscript
"spk98v13.ps" and HTML "spk98v13.htm".


This README file is intended to provide specific information about the
6-disc CDrom test-set.

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Training Data
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Female:   The female training data is located on two discs.
          
	  The first disc (r46_1_1)
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              One-Session training:       sid98e1f/train/s1a/ 
                                          sid98e1f/train/s1b/

              Two-Session training:       sid98e1f/train/s1a/
 		   	  	          sid98e1f/train/s2a/ 

	  The second disc (r46_2_1)
          ------------------------
              Two-Session-full training:  sid98e2f/train/s1r/
 		   	  	          sid98e2f/train/s2r/ 

              Note, this disc contains the "additional" data to be
	      used for the two-session-full test.  It is to be used in
  	      conjunction with the training data on the first disc.


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	WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING
           WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING

  	There are some empty sphere files for 16 female speakers in
        the s1r train directory.  The following is a list of these
        files. (They actually contain one byte of data, in order for
	SPHERE functions to work properly.)

		These files are located at: ./sid98e2f/train/s1r/

		3013.sph	3105.sph	3187.sph	3212.sph
		3290.sph	3356.sph	3387.sph	3439.sph
		3493.sph	3526.sph	3571.sph	3576.sph
		3637.sph	3641.sph	3707.sph	3735.sph

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Male:     The male training data is located on two discs.
          
	  The first disc (r46_4_1)
          ------------------------
              One-Session training:       sid98e1m/train/s1a/ 
                                          sid98e1m/train/s1b/

              Two-Session training:       sid98e1m/train/s1a/
 		   	  	          sid98e1m/train/s2a/ 

	  The second disc (r46_5_1)
          ------------------------
              Two-Session-full training:  sid98e2m/train/s1r/
 		   	  	          sid98e2m/train/s2r/ 

              Note, this disc contains the "additional" data to be
	      used for the two-session-full test.  It is to be used in
  	      conjunction with the training data on the first disc.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING
           WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING

  	There are some empty sphere files for 20 male speakers in
        the s1r train directory.  The following is a list of these
        files. (They actually contain one byte of data, in order for
	SPHERE functions to work properly.)

		These files are located at: ./sid98e2m/train/s1r/

		3038.sph	3068.sph	3073.sph 	3081.sph
		3137.sph	3156.sph	3243.sph	3293.sph
		3312.sph	3419.sph	3429.sph	3435.sph
		3440.sph	3575.sph	3718.sph	3746.sph
		3821.sph 	3882.sph	3890.sph	3894.sph

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Test Data
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Female:   The female test data is located on two discs.
          
	  The first disc (r46_2_1)
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              3-Second Test Segments:     sid98e2f/test/3/

	     10-Second Test Segments:     sid98e2f/test/10/


	  The second disc (r46_3_1)
          ------------------------
             30-Second Test Segments: 	  sid98e3f/test/30/

          There are three index files in each test duration
	  directory, which are to be used for the tests.  
	  (See the Evaluation Plan)


Male:   The male test data is located on two discs.
          
	  The first disc (r46_5_1)
          ------------------------
              3-Second Test Segments:     sid98e2m/test/3/

	     10-Second Test Segments:     sid98e2m/test/10/


	  The second disc (r46_6_1)
          ------------------------
             30-Second Test Segments: 	  sid98e3m/test/30/

          There are three index files in each test duration
          directory, which are to be used for the tests.  
	  (See the Evaluation Plan)

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Extra Test Segments
-------------------

Female:   The female test data that has been created but is not being
	  used for this evaluation, is located on one disc.  There is 
          an index file "unused.ndx", located in each test duration 
          directory, which simply lists these files.
          
	  Disc (r46_1_1)
          --------------
              3-Second Test Segments:     sid98e1f/test/3/

	     10-Second Test Segments:     sid98e1f/test/10/

             30-Second Test Segments: 	  sid98e1f/test/30/



Male:     The male test data that has been created but is not being 
          used for this evaluation, is located on one disc.  There is
	  an index file "unused.ndx", located in each test duration
          directory, which simply lists these files.
          
	  Disc (r46_4_1)
          --------------
              3-Second Test Segments:     sid98e1m/test/3/

	     10-Second Test Segments:     sid98e1m/test/10/

             30-Second Test Segments: 	  sid98e1m/test/30/