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Recordings

At ABAIR, we record and transcribe a lot of speech to train our models. This mainly involves going to Gaeltacht areas and recording native speakers in a mobile studio.

Equipment​

See the equipment section for a list of all our equipment.

Studio Setup​

See our guide to setting up a mobile studio.

Recording​

We record both adults and children, with different prompts and procedures for both:

Transcription​

All the audio we collect needs to be transcribed. Guides for how to do this and the tools used can be found in the transcription section.

Reports​

Read reports of previously carried out recording sessions.

People​

The following staff members are actively involved in the recording and transcribing of voices:

Places​

We record in the following locations:

  • Ring
  • Gweedore
  • Mayo
  • ...