webhoundaudiocollectioninstructionsexternal_11032014
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WebHoundAudioCollectionInstructionsExternalTRANSCRIPT
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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).
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Language AppLinkPleaseviewseparateemail
!!!Withinthewebhoundapplinkthereshouldbealocalecodeex.enusforEnglishfortheUS.Pleasedonotmodifyitinanyway.Ifyouseealocalecodethatdoesntmatchthelanguageyouareaspeakerfor,pleasedonotstartanyworkandalertyourProjectManager!!!
2. Selectyourcountryfromthepulldownmenu:
3. Afterselectingyourcountry,youmustreadandsubmittheparticipantpolicyatthelinkprovided:
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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
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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).
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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.
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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
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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.