Recording equipment
The recordings were done by means of a digital recorder (Fostex FR-2LE) and two AKG
C451 B microphones placed on the table in front of the speakers. The recording took place in
one of the participants’ home, speaker 04.
The speakers
The set consists of four speakers, two women, born in 1929 and 1931and two men, born in
1917 and 1943. They were recruited with the help of the Swedish linguist Gunnar Nyström.
For the full background description of this item, see the file "Vinäs_08: Background.pdf".
For the full description of the whole project, see these files:
The Level Stress recordings.pdf
LevelStress_Glossary.pdf
Level Stress_Speaker and Sound File Codes.pdf
The data should be used only for research and development purposes.