NB Tale - Speech Database for Norwegian

NB Tale is an acoustic-phonetic speech database for Norwegian. The database contains recordings of 380 speakers from 24 different dialect areas. The database is produced by Lingit AS for the National Library of Norway and the Language Bank.

The data are divided into three "modules":

1. Manuscript-read speech from 240 native speakers of Norwegian; contains audio recordings, phonotypical annotation, informant data and documentation.

2. Extension of module 1, 140 new speakers (20 native speakers, 120 with Norwegian as foreign language); contains audio recordings, phonotypical annotation, informant data and documentation.

3. Recordings of spontaneous speech from the speakers in module 1 and 2, on average around 2 minutes each; contains audio recordings, (sentence-level) orthographic annotations and documentation.