TalkBank

The TalkBank System

The goal of TalkBank is to foster fundamental research in the study of human communication with an emphasis on spoken communication. Currently, TalkBank provides repositories in 14 research areas, as represented by the links on this page.

This article from Current Directions describes the current state of the TalkBank Project and its contributions.

Data in TalkBank have been contributed by hundreds of researchers working in over 42 languages who are committed to principles of open data-sharing.  These data are used by thousands of researchers resulting in many thousands of published articles. Data in TalkBank use a consistent XML-compatible representation called CHAT which facilitates automatic analysis and searching, using open-source and free programs we have developed.

Support

There are four ways to get help with TalkBank programs, data, or analyses.

• You can look for the answer in the CHAT manual or the CLAN manual.
• You can watch one or more of the informational screencasts.
• You can join chibolts@googlegroups.com and post a message.
• You can send an email describing your issue . Please tell us what operating system you are using, the date on your CLAN program, what command you are using, and what output you expect. Please include a file illustrating the issue.