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Spoken-word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access, and preservation of such data is stimulated by political, economic, cultural, and educational needs. This paper outlines the major issues in the field, reviews the current state of technology, examines the rapidly changing policy issues relating to privacy and copyright, and presents issues relating to the collection and preservation of spoken audio content .
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Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. et al. Accessing the spoken word. Int J Digit Libr 5, 287–298 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-004-0101-0
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