# ART: The Alternating Reading Task Corpus for Speech Entrainment and Imitation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02710 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.02710/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 2 of its 69 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 3 Apr 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [WhisperX: Time-Accurate Speech Transcription of Long-Form Audio](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.00747/) (2023)
- [The ART of Conversation: Measuring Phonetic Convergence and Deliberate Imitation in L2-Speech with a Siamese RNN](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.05088/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Language Proficiency and F0 Entrainment: A Study of L2 English Imitation in Italian, French, and Slovak Speakers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.10440/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce the Alternating Reading Task (ART) Corpus, a collection of dyadic sentence reading for studying the entrainment and imitation behaviour in speech communication. The ART corpus features three experimental conditions - solo reading, alternating reading, and deliberate imitation - as well as three sub-corpora encompassing French-, Italian-, and Slovak-accented English. This design allows systematic investigation of speech entrainment in a controlled and less-spontaneous setting. Alongside detailed transcriptions, it includes English proficiency scores, demographics, and in-experiment questionnaires for probing linguistic, personal and interpersonal influences on entrainment. Our presentation covers its design, collection, annotation processes, initial analysis, and future research prospects.