EmoBox - Multilingual Speech Emotion Recognition

# EmoBox - Multilingual Speech Emotion Recognition
# Based on Ma et al., INTERSPEECH 2024
# Paper: https://www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_2024/ma24_interspeech.html
# Dataset: https://github.com/emo-box/EmoBox
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# Task: Classify emotional states in multilingual speech clips and rate intensity.
# Covers multiple languages and corpora for cross-lingual emotion recognition.
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# Guidelines:
# - Listen to the full audio clip before making a judgment
# - Focus on vocal cues (tone, pitch, rhythm) rather than transcript content alone
# - Rate emotional intensity on a 1-5 scale
# - Consider arousal level (energy/activation) separately from emotion category

annotation_task_name: "EmoBox: Multilingual Speech Emotion Recognition"
task_dir: "."

data_files:
  - sample-data.json
item_properties:
  id_key: "id"
  text_key: "audio_url"

output_annotation_dir: "annotation_output/"
output_annotation_format: "json"

annotation_schemes:
  - annotation_type: radio
    name: primary_emotion
    description: "What is the primary emotion expressed in this speech clip?"
    labels:
      - name: "Happy"
        tooltip: "Joy, excitement, contentment, amusement"
        key_value: "h"
      - name: "Sad"
        tooltip: "Sorrow, disappointment, grief, melancholy"
        key_value: "s"
      - name: "Angry"
        tooltip: "Frustration, irritation, rage, hostility"
        key_value: "a"
      - name: "Fearful"
        tooltip: "Anxiety, worry, terror, nervousness"
        key_value: "f"
      - name: "Disgusted"
        tooltip: "Revulsion, distaste, contempt"
        key_value: "d"
      - name: "Surprised"
        tooltip: "Shock, amazement, astonishment"
        key_value: "u"
      - name: "Neutral"
        tooltip: "No strong emotion detected, calm speech"
        key_value: "n"

  - annotation_type: likert
    name: emotion_intensity
    description: "How intense is the expressed emotion? (1 = Very mild, 5 = Very intense)"
    size: 5
    min_label: "Very mild"
    max_label: "Very intense"

  - annotation_type: radio
    name: arousal_level
    description: "What is the arousal/energy level of the speaker?"
    labels:
      - name: "Low"
        tooltip: "Calm, subdued, low-energy speech"
        key_value: "l"
      - name: "Medium"
        tooltip: "Moderate energy, conversational tone"
        key_value: "m"
      - name: "High"
        tooltip: "Excited, agitated, high-energy speech"
        key_value: "i"

audio_display:
  show_waveform: true
  playback_controls: true
  allow_speed_control: true

allow_all_users: true
instances_per_annotator: 100
annotation_per_instance: 3
allow_skip: true
skip_reason_required: false