Summary: | GALE Phase 2 Arabic Broadcast Conversation Transcripts Part 2 was developed by the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) and contains transcriptions of approximately 128 hours of Arabic broadcast conversation speech collected in 2007 by LDC, MediaNet, Tunis, Tunisia and MTC, Rabat, Morocco during Phase 2 of the DARPA GALE (Global Autonomous Language Exploitation) program. Corresponding audio data is released as GALE Phase 2 Arabic Broadcast Conversation Speech Part 2 (LDC2013S07). The source broadcast conversation recordings feature interviews, call-in programs and round table discussions focusing principally on current events from the following sources: Abu Dhabi TV (based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Al Alam News Channel (based in Iran), Al Arabiya (a news television station based in Dubai), Aljazeera (a regional broadcaster located in Doha, Qatar), Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (a Lebanese television station), Oman TV (a national broadcaster located in the Sultanate of Oman), Saudi TV (a national television station based in Saudi Arabia) and Syria TV, the national television station in Syria.
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