SOUND FORMAT and PLAYERS:

The IBL sound files are in NIST format and can be played by certain players.

If you type on a command line >more filename.wav you will see the NIST header of the file.

This is the DARPA Speech Community format

See also Audio File Format FAQ

Working players for Windows:

AV Music Morpher Basic 2.0.74 (link) (One can use the editor to play the files)

AV Voice Changer Software Diamond Edition     3.1.16 (link) (14day trial)

Conversion tool for all OS

Using SOX (link) you can convert the files in a standard wav format , or any other format of your choice.

e.g. by typing on a command line >sox filename.wav test.wav your file is converted to standard wav file.

A copy of the Windows version is available here (269K).

Guido Bugmann, 24.06.04