K. G. Munhall, E.Vatikiotis-Bateson, Y. Tohkura
X-ray Film Database for Speech Research
Abstract:X-ray films have been the basis of much of our knowledge of speech production. Unfortunately, as these films age they deteriorate and they may be lost as a research resource. In this paper a database of x-ray films is described. A set of 25, high-quality x-ray films have been transferred to videodisc. The 1 h videodisc contains films provide by C. Rochette (Université Laval) and K. Stevens and J. Perkell (M.I.T.). The subjects were native speakers of Canadian English or French. The images were transferred to video frame-by-frame and the accompanying audio recordings have been synchronized with the images. The videodisc is being distributed to the speech research community.