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Deriving Benchmarking Datasets from Long-Form Recordings: Challenges and Opportunities

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arXiv:2607. 03201v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Long-form recordings (LFRs) of child-centered audio are ecologically valid sources for studying early language development, but three problems limit their use.

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