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Classroom:Simon's cat - multi-lingual

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LING 2208 a course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Digital Methods for Speech and Text Processing

We are a group of graduate students at the linguistic department at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology that work on text and speech annotation.

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We have used work by the English animator Simon Tofield to create parallel recordings in [ ] languages? We have then annotated these recordings using Praat and TypeCraft.

You can learn more about Simon and his cat by going to the official Simon's cat Website.

Simon's cat videos can be watched for example on YouTube.

Simon's cat in Brazilian Portuguese

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Franciane Rocha
  • Language: Brazilian Portuguese
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 5.54 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:04:43
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:O_gato_de_Simon

Simon's cat in Mandarin Chinese

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Miaomiao Zhang
  • Language: Mandarin Chinese
  • Date: 13.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 1.63 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:01:46
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Xīméng de māo



  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Qingqing Wang
  • Language: Mandarin Chinese
  • Date: 25.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 2.07 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:15
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Xī Méng de Māo (2)



  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Yutong Pu
  • Language: Mandarin Chinese
  • Date: 28.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 2.04 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:14
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Xī Méng de Māo (3)

Simon's Cat in Ewe

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Mercy Motte
  • Language: Ewe
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 2.9 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:03:07
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon ƒe dadi le ʋegbe me

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Theresa M. Sedzro
  • Language: Ewe
  • Date: 12.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 2.12 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:19
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon Ď dadi

Simon's Cat in Safaliba

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Bodua-Mango Kenneth
  • Language: Safaliba
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 2.2 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:26
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon dɔgtέέ

Simon's Cat in Dagaare

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: John Ganaah
  • Language: Dagaare
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 2.8 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:03:07
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:SIMON KOKOLAA

Simon's Cat in Runyankore-Rukiga

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  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Daphine Tayebwa
  • Language: Runyankore-Rukiga
  • Date: 13.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 2.21 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:25
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus: Pussy ya Simon

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  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Misah Natumanya
  • Language: Runyankore-Rukiga
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 2.8 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:03:07
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus: Enjangu ya Simooni

Simon's cat in Norwegian (Bokmål)

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Are Johansen Ormberg
  • Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
  • Date: 11.01.2011
  • Size of the records: 1.05 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:01:08
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simons katt

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Malin T.M.
  • Language: Norwegian
  • Date: 07.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 1.84 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:17
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

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  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Sindre Flø Hunnes
  • Language: Norwegian
  • Date: 07.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.12 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:18
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan



  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Henning Fleischer Rognlien
  • Language: Norwegian
  • Date: 10.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 1.19 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:36
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Thomas René Hansen
  • Language: Norwegian
  • Date: 7.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.16 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:21
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Simon's cat in Akan

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Ernest Boadu Boakye
  • Language: Akan
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.16 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:21
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2013, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon ɔkra

Simon's cat in Slovenian

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Jana Kocjan
  • Language: Slovenian
  • Date: 07.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.8 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:20
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus: Simonova mačka

Simon's cat in Nzema

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Francis Benle
  • Language: Nzema
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.08 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:15
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2008, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon kusu ne

Simon's cat in Dangme

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Prosper Teye Akortia
  • Language: Dangme
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 02:03 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:13
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2013, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon anɔ ɔ

Simon's Cat in Persian

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Atena Mahmoodan
  • Language: Persian
  • Date: 12.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 1.14 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:20
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon Gorbe

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Mahboubeh Maleki
  • Language: Persian
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.03 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:13
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Simon Gorbe1*Source information: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftypecraft.org%2Ftc2wiki%2FFile%3ASimonscat_alma-1.mp3&h=BAQEWDNF4

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  • Speaker: Alma Jafarzadeh Marandi
  • Language: Persian
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 2.03 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:13
  • Place: Phonetics laboratory - ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan

Transcript Corpus:Simon Gorbe1

Simon's Cat in Ganda (Luganda)

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  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Samuel Namugala
  • Language: Ganda (Luganda)
  • Date: 12.01.2012
  • Size of the records: 2.06 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:02:15
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise L1/P1
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Enjangu ya Simooni

Simon's Cat in Kinyarwanda

  • Source information:
  • Speaker: Joy Kabibi
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Date: 28.01.2013
  • Size of the records: 4.35 MB
  • Duration of the records: 00:04:45
  • Place: Phonetic laboratory – ISK Dragvoll (Trondheim - Norway)
  • Purpose: Class work LING 2208, exercise 2
  • Supervisor: Williem A. van Dommelen and Dorothee B. Hellan
Transcript Corpus:Injangwe ya Simon
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