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WebhoundAudioCollectionInstructionsInordertoworkonthisaudiodatacollection,youmustusethelatestversionoftheChromebrowser.InstallingChrome1.IfyoudonthavetheChromebrowserinstalledonyourphone/tabletyet,ornotthelatestversionofChromepleaseclickthislinktostarttheinstallationprocess(thelinkshouldworkfromanymobiledevice).2.Onceclicked,youshouldseeapagesimilartothis(mightvaryonsomemobiledevices):

3.ClickonGetitonGoogleplayfromyourAndroiddeviceoronDownloadontheAppStoreonyouriOSdeviceandgothroughtheinstallationprocess.[Note:CurrentlyWebHounddoesntworkoniOSdevices,sopleaseuseanAndroidmobiledeviceifavailable.IncasethereisnowayyoucanuseanAndroidmobiledevice,itisalsopossibletousealaptopordesktopdevice,howeveritisstronglypreferedtouseaphoneortabletdevice]4.Onceinstalled,navigatetotheChromeicon.Itlookslikethis:

5.StartChrometobeginwiththeaudiodatacollection.SettinguptheWebhoundApp

1. WhileusingtheChromebrowser,opentheappropriateWebhoundAppbasedonthelinkprovidedtoyouseparately(thelinkwillvarybylanguage).

Language AppLinkPleaseviewseparateemail

!!!Withinthewebhoundapplinkthereshouldbealocalecodeex.enusforEnglishfortheUS.Pleasedonotmodifyitinanyway.Ifyouseealocalecodethatdoesntmatchthelanguageyouareaspeakerfor,pleasedonotstartanyworkandalertyourProjectManager!!!

2. Selectyourcountryfromthepulldownmenu:

3. Afterselectingyourcountry,youmustreadandsubmittheparticipantpolicyatthelinkprovided:

Note:Ifyoudonota)agreetothetermsoftheparticipantpolicyandb)signtheparticipantpolicy,pleasestophereanddonotstartanyworkonthisproject.

4. Ifyouaccidentallyproceedtothenextstepwithoutsigningtheparticipantpolicy,pleaseselect,read,andsubmittheappropriateparticipantpolicyfromthelistbelow:

US(English)ParticipantPolicy US(Spanish)ParticipantPolicy UKParticipantPolicy Australia&NewZealandParticipantPolicy IrelandParticipantPolicy ArgentinaParticipantPolicy BrazilParticipantPolicy China(HongKong)ParticipantPolicy CzechRepublicParticipantPolicy DenmarkParticipantPolicy EgyptParticipantPolicy FinlandParticipantPolicy GermanyParticipantPolicy JapanParticipantPolicy KoreaParticipantPolicy FranceParticipantPolicy ItalyParticipantPolicy India(English)ParticipantPolicy

India(Hindi)ParticipantPolicy IndonesiaParticipantPolicy MalaysiaParticipantPolicy NetherlandsParticipantPolicy NorwayParticipantPolicy Philippines(English)ParticipantPolicy Philippines(Filipino)ParticipantPolicy PolandParticipantPolicy RussiaParticipantPolicy SpainParticipantPolicy SwedenParticipantPolicy TaiwanParticipantPolicy ThailandParticipantPolicy TurkeyParticipantPolicy UkraineParticipantPolicy

(InthefieldReferral:pleasefillinthenameofthecompanyyouareworkingfor.)

5. Onceyouhavesignedtheparticipantpolicy,clicktheIhavefilledouttheformandagreedtotheterms.linktoproceed.

6. Ifprompted,givetheapppermissiontouseyourmicrophonebyclickingAllowinthebaratthetopofyourbrowser:

FillinyourUserIDAlongwiththeWebhoundlinkyoushouldhavealsoreceivedanumericalUserID.Pleasefillitinthefieldbelowandpressenteroncedone.(ThisismandatoryandtheappwillnotletyoustartanyrecordingbeforeyoufillinyourUserID).!IfyoudidnotreceiveanyUserIDfromyourProjectManagerpleasereachouttothemandaskforit(donotaddanyrandomID)!

Language UserIDPleasereferencetheUserIDprovided

SpeakHotwordsPrompts/Testyourmicrophone

1.Pleasekeepthephoneataboutarmslengthwhilereadingtheprompts.2.Clickonthelargemicrophoneicontostartrecording(itwillbeginflashingred).

3.Speakthefirstpromptthatisdisplayingontop..a. IfthepromptincludesforexampleOkGoogle,makesuretosaybothOkGoogle,and

thetextthatfollowsit.(neverleaveoutanytext)b. DonotreadthecommaafterOkGoogle,aloudandremembertospeaknormally.!!!

Pleasepaceyourselfandleave23secondsafterreadingeveryprompt.Pleasealsomakesurenottoclickthemicrophonetostoptherecordingbeforeyoufullycompletedreadingtheprompt!!!

4.Clickthemicrophonebuttononceyouaredonereadingtheprompttoendtherecording.5.OnceyouseethemessageUploadingyoudonothavetowaituntilitsaysUploadsucceeded.Justclickthemicrophoneiconagainandkeeprecordingthenextprompt.6.Forthefirst10recordingspleaseusethePlaybackoptionaftereverysinglerecording(seebelowtheicontoclickonforplayback.Sometimesitcanberequiredtozoomin).Makesurethevolumeonyourmicrophoneishighenoughandyourvoiceispickedupwell.Afterthefirst10times,youshouldonlyneedtorecheckifyouhaveanydoubtthattherecordingcouldbebadforanyreason(ex.ifyouchangedthelocationwhereyouarerecording).Weareawarethatcorrectionscannotbemadecurrently.Ifyoubelieveyouhavemadeamistake,pleasecontinuetonextprompt.

7. Repeatsteps24,clickingonthemicrophoneicon,speakingthenextprompt,andthenclickingonthemicrophoneiconagaintoendtherecording.

8. Countyourprogressbylookingatthetopcountoffilesuploaded.(Yourprojectmanagershouldhaveadvisedyouoftheamountofpromptsassigned.).Shouldyouforwhateverreasonhavetorefreshthepage(!pleaseavoidrefreshofthepageifpossible!),thecounterwillstartagain.!!!Makesuretokeeptrackofhowmanypromptsyoualreadycompletedbeforerefreshingthepage!!!

!!!Pleasemakesurethatyouhavesignedtheparticipantagreement!!!Ifyoumissedthesteppreviously,pleaseselecttheoneforyourcountryfromthelistbelowandsignit:

US(English)ParticipantPolicy US(Spanish)ParticipantPolicy UKParticipantPolicy Australia&NewZealandParticipantPolicy IrelandParticipantPolicy ArgentinaParticipantPolicy BrazilParticipantPolicy China(HongKong)ParticipantPolicy CzechRepublicParticipantPolicy DenmarkParticipantPolicy EgyptParticipantPolicy FinlandParticipantPolicy GermanyParticipantPolicy JapanParticipantPolicy KoreaParticipantPolicy

FranceParticipantPolicy ItalyParticipantPolicy India(English)ParticipantPolicy India(Hindi)ParticipantPolicy IndonesiaParticipantPolicy MalaysiaParticipantPolicy NetherlandsParticipantPolicy NorwayParticipantPolicy Philippines(English)ParticipantPolicy Philippines(Filipino)ParticipantPolicy PolandParticipantPolicy RussiaParticipantPolicy SpainParticipantPolicy SwedenParticipantPolicy TaiwanParticipantPolicy ThailandParticipantPolicy TurkeyParticipantPolicy UkraineParticipantPolicy

(InthefieldReferral:pleasefillinthenameofthecompanyyouareworkingfor.)Commonissues1)Weareawarethattheappfromtimetotimefreezes.(Weareworkingonafix!)Ifthishappenstoyou,pleasereportittoyourProjectManagerwithsomedetailsaboutwhatphoneandAndroidversionyouareusingandroughlyhowmanypromptsyoualreadyrecordedwhenithappened.Thewaytogetaroundthis,clickontherightbottomicon(seehere):

Andthensimplyswipethewebhoundpagetotheleft.Thenrestarttheappandrecordthenextutterance.(Noworries,nothingislost).2)Ifplaybackdoesntworkitcouldbethatyouareusingtheincorrectmicrophone.Makesuretocheckyoursettingsifthatisthecase.Usuallysettingthemicrophonetovolumearoundthemiddle(seebelowexample)isbest.