MIXER 5 Overview
The Mixer 5 phone platform will be closed as of
11:59 P.M. on Friday, DECEMBER 21, 2007.
The LDC would like to thank all participants for their work on the Mixer 5 study.
Thank you for your interest in Mixer 5, a study supporting linguistic research, technology development and education conducted by the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) at the University of Pennsylvania.
The purpose of the Mixer 5 study is to collect conversational speech in a variety of settings. The study will consist of three 1.5-hour interview sessions and some participants will be eligible to complete ten 10-minute phone conversations as well.
The interviews will be conducted at the Linguistic Data Consortium in Philadelphia, PA, or ICSI in Berkeley, CA. Participants will need to schedule three separate sessions. Each session involves two 30-minute interviews, with a 30-minute break in-between. Thus, each visit to the LDC or ICSI entails a 1.5 hour commitment. At the end of each pair of interviews, the next session will be scheduled. Interview sessions must be held on non-consecutive days.
Phone calls consist of 10-minute conversations with other Mixer 5 participants. These calls may be held in English or in one of the target languages. When you sign up to participate in Mixer 5, you will be asked to give hours of phone availability. During these hours, you may be called by the automated Mixer phone operator, which will ask you for your PIN, offer you a topic of conversation, and connect you with another participant.
Alternatively, you may call into the Mixer phone system (1-866-381-2878) during scheduled operating hours. The system will ask for your PIN and then attempt to connect you with another participant (who speaks the same target language, if possible). You will again be offered a topic of conversation.
The resulting recordings will be used only for vocal analysis, not for content.
Participants in Mixer 5 are ineligible to participate in Mixer 4, and vice versa. Please do not register for Mixer 5 if you are already participating in Mixer 4.
To participate in Mixer 5, you must be fluent
in English.
There is bonus work available for
participants who are also fluent in one or more of the
target
languages.
For complete information about payment rates, please visit the payment information page.
To
participate in this study, please
register through the
login page.
After completing registration, call 1-800-380-7366 (Penn) or
510-666-2970 (Berkeley)
to schedule an interview time.
Please remember that all Mixer interviews and telephone calls are recorded for research and educational purposes. All participant identification information is kept strictly confidential, and only select demographic information (age, gender, region raised, languages spoken, etc.) will be utilized for research. Participant names, addresses, and contact information are only required for compensation.