Since these materials were only available during the two days of the Open Audio Weekend, audio files and transcripts are no longer available to download. These repositories will remain up for posterity. Please visit the Open Audio Projects page to view the projects that were created. Please direct any questions to [email protected].
This repository contains all the materials contributed by The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress for Open Audio Weekend. It contains audio files and computer-generated transcripts. You can download this entire repository as a zip here or download individual files below. A .csv file and python script has also been provided to access this files programmatically. Click here to view more collections and example scripts. Click here to view additional resources.
Use of these materials is restricted to participants of Open Audio Weekend during that two day event. Please direct any questions to [email protected].
To pull the audio files you will need to install git-lfs
brew install git-lfs
# clone the repo as you would normally do
# enter directory
git lfs pull
Center for Applied Linguistics Collection provided by the The Library of Congress contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States—and extensive materials from around the world—both on site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.