Purchase MICASE Sound Files

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER MICASE TRANSCRIPTS OR SOUND FILES, PLEASE EMAIL micaseorders@umich.edu.

Ordering Information

Please contact micaseorders@umich.edu and we will send you an order form which you can then either fax to us or send by ordinary mail (details are on the order form). We do not recommend sending your credit card details by e-mail.

Our sound files are available in two different formats, so first decide which format makes sense for you. Each set (A and B) contains the same 61 sound files. However, set A is arranged according to speech event type (large lecture, small lecture, office hours, etc.), and B is arranged by academic division (social sciences, humanities, etc.).

Volume A: Arranged by Speech Event type (Complete list of sound files)

CD 1: Colloquia
CD 2: Large Lectures A
CD 3: Large Lectures B
CD 4: Small Lectures A
CD 5: Small Lectures B
CD 6: Advising and Office Hours
CD 7: Seminars, Discussion Sections, and Labs
CD 8: Meetings, Study Groups, and Student Presentations
CD 9: Miscellaneous Speech Events

Volume B: Arranged by Academic Division (Complete list of sound files)

CD 1: Biological and Health Sciences A
CD 2: Biological and Health Sciences B
CD 3: Physical Sciences and Engineering A
CD 4: Physical Sciences and Engineering B
CD 5: Social Sciences and Education A
CD 6: Social Sciences and Education B
CD 7: Humanities and Arts A
CD 8: Humanities and Arts B
CD 9: Non-departmental

Each CD contains

  • Between 5 and 9 complete speech events
  • 9 to 10 hours of recorded speech, with a few exceeding 10 hours
  • The orthographic (non-POS-tagged) version of the corresponding transcripts for each audio file
  • Between 480 and 640 megabytes of data

Note on sound quality

All of the sound recordings for MICASE were originally recorded on digital audio tape (DAT), and although the sound quality may vary due to a variety of environmental factors and recording conditions, all meet minimum sound quality acceptability for transcription purposes; most of the available sound files are of above average sound quality for natural, non-studio recordings, and would be suitable for use in classroom teaching. The sampling rate for the MP3 sound files is 128 K/s, in stereo.

Confidentiality and anonymization

Some sound files have been anonymized, in order to ensure confidentiality. In most cases this involved simply editing over names or other identifying information using a sound editing technique that leaves the timing and rough prosodic contour intact, but distorts the words so they are incomprehensible. In a few cases, one non-primary speaker’s speech was edited out completely; these are noted on the complete list of sound files below.

Contents of each speech event

Please refer to the MICASE online website to examine the transcripts of audio files you are interested in purchasing.

Prices

Individual License Site License, up to 25 users
Individual CDs US $ 75.00 $ 225.00
Entire Set (A or B)* US $ 500.00 $ 1,500.00

*Included with the entire set is a copy of the XML texts of the entire corpus (152 transcripts).

Complete list of sound files on Volume A:

Volume A, CD 1

Colloquia

  1. COL140MX114, Peking Opera Colloquium, 84 min
  2. COL200MX133, Chemical Biology Colloquium, 65 min
  3. COL285MX038, Education Colloquium, 52 min
  4. COL385MU054, Public Math Colloquium, 51 min
  5. COL425MX075, Ecological Agriculture Colloquium, 97 min
  6. COL605MX132, Christianity and the Modern Family, 77 min
  7. COL999MX036, Provost Public Lecture, 61 min
  8. COL999MX059, Problem Solving Colloquium, 64 min

Volume A, CD 2

Large Lectures A (Biological and Physical Sciences)

  1. LEL115SU107, Race and Human Evolution Lecture, 77 min
  2. LEL175JU112, General Ecology Lecture, 50 min
  3. LEL175JU154, Intro to Evolution Lecture, 90 min
  4. LEL175SU098, Intro to Biochemistry Lecture, 83 min
  5. LEL195SU120, Separation Processes Lecture, 48 min
  6. LEL200JU105, Inorganic Chemistry Lecture, 50 min
  7. LEL295JU035, Intro Engineering Lecture, 52 min
  8. LEL305JU092, Intro Oceanography Lecture, 55 min
  9. LEL485JU097, Intro Physics Lecture, 49 min

Volume A, CD 3

Large Lectures B (Social Sciences & Humanities and Arts)

  1. LEL105SU113, History of the American Family Lecture, 81 min
  2. LEL115SU005, Medical Anthropology Lecture, 70 min
  3. LEL140SU074, Japanese Literature Lecture, 44 min
  4. LEL185SU066, Behavior Theory Management Lecture, 80 min
  5. LEL280JG051, Graduate Macroeconomics Lecture, 76 min
  6. LEL542SU096, Perspectives on the Holocaust, 100 min
  7. LEL565SU064, Principles in Sociology Lecture, 82 min

Volume A, CD 4

Small Lectures A (Biological and Physical Sciences)

  1. LES175SU028, Biology of Birds Lecture, 75 min
  2. LES175SU031, Biology of Fishes Group Activity, 19 min
  3. LES205JG124, Intro to Groundwater Hydrology, 82 min
  4. LES235SU099, Intro Programming Lecture, 51 min
  5. LES365VO029, Professional Mechanical Engineering Seminar, 90 min
  6. LES405JG078, Graduate Cellular Biotechnology Lecture, 83 min
  7. LES425SU093, Spring Ecosystems and Plants Lecture, 74 min
  8. LES445SU067, Radiological Health Engineering Lecture, 100 min

Volume A, CD 5

Small Lectures B (Social Sciences & Humanities and Arts)

  1. LES280JG138, Labor Economics, 74 min
  2. LES300SU103, American Literature Lecture, 99 min
  3. LES315SU129, African History Lecture, 68 min
  4. LES320SU085, Visual Sources Lecture, 79 min
  5. LES495JU063, Political Science Lecture, 96 min
  6. LES565MX152, Statistics in Social Sciences Lecture, 109 min
  7. LES565SU137, Sex, Gender and the Body Lecture, 74 min

Volume A, CD 6

Advising and Office Hours

  1. ADV700JU047, Academic Advising, 123 min
  2. OFC115SU060, Anthropology of American Cities Office Hours, 210 min
  3. OFC195SU116, Heat and Mass Transfer Office Hours, 150 min
  4. OFC285SG135, Graduate Education Advising, 60 min
  5. OFC301MU021, English Composition Tutorial, 45 min
  6. OFC355SU094, Linguistics Independent Study Advising, 52 min

Volume A, CD 7

Seminars, Discussions and Labs

  1. DIS115JU087, Intro Anthropology Discussion Section, 51 min
  2. DIS150JU130, Intro Astronomy Discussion Section, 33 min
  3. DIS175JU081, Intro Biology Discussion Section, 59 min
  4. DIS315JU101, History Review Discussion Section, 118 min
  5. LAB575JU095, Intro Statistics Lab, 48 min
  6. SEM475MX041, Graduate Philosophy Seminar, 125 min
  7. SEM545MG083, Graduate French Cinema Seminar, 140 min

Volume A, CD 8

Meetings, Study Groups and Student Presentations

  1. MTG270SG049, Artificial Intelligence Research Group Meeting, 94 min
  2. SGR175MU126, Intro Biology Study Group, 104 min
  3. SGR175SU123, Biochemistry Study Group, 109 min
  4. SGR200JU125, Organic Chemistry Study Group, 101 min
  5. STP095SU139, Black Media Student Presentations, 65 min
  6. STP560JG118, Community Change Student Presentations, 66 min

Volume A, CD 9

Miscellaneous Speech Events

  1. DEF270SF061, Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Defense, 113 min
  2. DEF305MX131, Fossil Plants Dissertation Defense, 57 min
  3. DEF420SF022, Music Dissertation Defense, 91 min
  4. DEF500SF016, Social Psychology Dissertation Defense, 76 min
  5. INT175SF003, Interview with Botanist, 30 min
  6. SVC999MX104, Media Union Service Encounters, 187 min
  7. TOU999JU030, Freshman Orientation Tour, 73 min

Complete list of sound files on Volume B:

Volume B, CD 1

Biological Sciences A

  1. COL200MX133, Chemical Biology Colloquium, 65 min
  2. COL425MX075, Ecological Agriculture Colloquium, 97 min
  3. DEF305MX131, Fossil Plants Dissertation Defense, 57 min
  4. INT175SF003, Interview with Botanist, 30 min
  5. LES175SU028, Biology of Birds Lecture, 75 min
  6. LES175SU031, Biology of Fishes Group Activity, 19 min
  7. SGR175MU126, Intro Biology Study Group, 104 min
  8. SGR175SU123, Biochemistry Study Group, 109 min

Volume B, CD 2

Biological Sciences B

  1. DIS175JU081, Intro Biology Discussion Section, 59 min
  2. LEL115SU107, Race and Human Evolution Lecture, 77 min
  3. LEL175JU112, General Ecology Lecture, 50 min
  4. LEL175JU154, Intro to Evolution Lecture, 90 min
  5. LEL175SU098, Intro to Biochemistry Lecture, 83 min
  6. LES405JG078, Graduate Cellular Biotechnology Lecture, 83 min
  7. LES425SU093, Spring Ecosystems and Plants Lecture, 74 min

Volume B, CD 3

Physical Sciences A

  1. DEF270SF061, Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Defense, 113 min
  2. DIS150JU130, Intro Astronomy Discussion Section, 33 min
  3. LEL200JU105, Inorganic Chemistry Lecture, 50 min
  4. LEL295JU035, Intro Engineering Lecture, 52 min
  5. LEL305JU092, Intro Oceanography Lecture, 55 min
  6. LEL485JU097, Intro Physics Lecture, 49 min
  7. MTG270SG049, Artificial Intelligence Research Group Meeting, 94 min
  8. OFC195SU116, Heat and Mass Transfer Office Hours, 150 min

Volume B, CD 4

Physical Sciences B

  1. COL385MU054, Public Math Colloquium, 51 min
  2. LAB575JU095, Intro Statistics Lab, 48 min
  3. LEL195SU120, Separation Processes Lecture, 48 min
  4. LES205JG124, Intro to Groundwater Hydrology, 82 min
  5. LES235SU099, Intro Programming Lecture, 51 min
  6. LES365VO029, Professional Mechanical Engineering Seminar, 90 min
  7. LES445SU067, Radiological Health Engineering Lecture, 100 min
  8. SGR200JU125, Organic Chemistry Study Group, 101 min

Volume B, CD 5

Social Sciences A

  1. COL285MX038, Education Colloquium, 52 min
  2. DEF500SF016, Social Psychology Dissertation Defense, 76 min
  3. DIS115JU087, Intro Anthropology Discussion Section, 51 min
  4. DIS315JU101, History Review Discussion Section, 118 min
  5. LEL115SU005, Medical Anthropology Lecture, 70 min
  6. LEL185SU066, Behavior Theory Management Lecture, 80 min
  7. LEL280JG051, Graduate Macroeconomics Lecture, 76 min
  8. LEL565SU064, Principles in Sociology Lecture, 82 min

Volume B, CD 6

Social Sciences B

  1. LES280JG138, Labor Economics, 74 min
  2. LES495JU063, Political Science Lecture, 96 min
  3. LES565MX152, Statistics in Social Sciences Lecture, 109 min
  4. LES565SU137, Sex, Gender and the Body Lecture, 74 min
  5. OFC115SU060, Anthropology of American Cities Office Hours, 210 min
  6. OFC285SG135, Graduate Education Advising, 60 min
  7. STP560JG118, Community Change Student Presentations, 66 min

Volume B, CD 7

Humanities and Arts A

  1. COL605MX132, Christianity and the Modern Family, 77 min
  2. DEF420SF022, Music Dissertation Defense, 91 min
  3. LEL105SU113, History of the American Family Lecture, 81 min
  4. LEL140SU074, Japanese Literature Lecture, 44 min
  5. LEL542SU096, Perspectives on the Holocaust, 100 min
  6. LES315SU129, African History Lecture, 68 min
  7. OFC301MU021, English Composition Tutorial, 45 min
  8. OFC355SU094, Linguistics Independent Study Advising, 52 min

Volume B, CD 8

Humanities and Arts B

  1. COL140MX114, Peking Opera Colloquium, 84 min
  2. LES300SU103, American Literature Lecture, 99 min
  3. LES320SU085, Visual Sources Lecture, 79 min
  4. SEM475MX041, Graduate Philosophy Seminar, 125 min
  5. SEM545MG083, Graduate French Cinema Seminar, 140 min
  6. STP095SU139, Black Media Student Presentations, 65 min

Volume B, CD 9

Non-departmental

  1. ADV700JU047, Academic Advising, 123 min
  2. COL999MX036, Provost Public Lecture, 61 min
  3. COL999MX059, Problem Solving Colloquium, 64 min
  4. SVC999MX104, Media Union Service Encounters, 187 min
  5. TOU999JU030, Freshman Orientation Tour, 73 min

Contact / About Us