Accessing the Spoken Word

Authors

Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University
Steve Renals, University of EdinburghFollow
Steven Bird, University of Pennsylvania and University of MelbourneFollow
Franciska de Jong, University of TwenteFollow
Marcello Federico, ITC-IRSTFollow
Carl Fleischhauer, Library of CongressFollow
Mark Kornbluh, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Lori Lamel, LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, FranceFollow
Douglas W. Oard, University of MarylandFollow
Claire Stewart, Northwestern UniversityFollow
Richard Wright, BBC Information and Archives, UK

ORCID IDs

Claire Stewart

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-2005

Citation

International Journal on Digital Libraries 5:4 (August 2005), pp. 287–298.

doi: 10.1007/ s00799-004-0101-0

Comments

Copyright © 2005 Springer-Verlag. Used by permission.

Abstract

Spoken-word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access, and preservation of such data is stimulated by political, economic, cultural, and educational needs. This paper outlines the major issues in the field, reviews the current state of technology, examines the rapidly changing policy issues relating to privacy and copyright, and presents issues relating to the collection and preservation of spoken audio content.