SOAP (Speech Output Assessment Package)

Version:

4.0, March l992

Hardware / OS requirements:

Standard SESAM workstation, with AU21/22 OROS board

Description:

• SOAP is a PC-based system for outputting speech and collecting the responses of a listener.
• The protocol (in terms of audio/visual cues, the file/path/part of speech files, time-out error strategy, etc.) can be defined by the user.
• The listener can enter responses via the keyboard or using a mouse/screen interface with a user-defined screen display.
• The software comes with demonstrations of SAM standard assessment protocols for testing at four levels: segmental, suprasegmental/SUS, prosodic and quality.
• Various utilities allow automatic randomisation of test sequences, the interpretation and scoring of test responses and automatic rule-based generation of segmental test files.

Developing lab:

Dept of Phonetics and Linguistics
7406 University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

Tel: (+44) 71 387

Fax: (+44) 71 383 0752

Contact:

Kate Jones