Native Japanese (Kansai Dialect) Recording Project – Conversation

Native Japanese (Kansai Dialect) Recording Project – Conversation We are looking for Japanese people who were born in the Kansai region of Japan and have always lived there, to participate in a two-person conversational recording project conducted entirely in the Kansai dialect. This project aims to improve speech recognition models for Kansai dialect. The recordings will be used strictly for research and model training to enhance dialect speech recognition systems. The audio will not be made public. Recording app: Funcrowd app Project Details: Participants will work in pairs (two people per group). Each group will: Select 5–6 topics from the list Discuss each selected topic for 25–30 minutes Total conversation time: approximately 150 minutes Total recording session time: approximately 3 hours (including setup and sound checks) Requirements: Native Japanese speaker born and raised in the Kansai region (able to speak authentic Kansai dialect) Able to hold a natural conversation in Kansai dialect Access to a smartphone worth more than 150 USD A quiet place with reliable WiFi Must be able to work with a partner (you may sign up with your own partner or be paired with another participant) Payment: $30 USD per person. If you bring a partner, we will pay $60 USD per group. Paid after submission and review of usable audio