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The \u201cALBAYZIN 2026\u00a0Speech Technologies for COSER: A Spanish Rural Corpus (Speech-COSER)\u201d<\/strong> challenge\u00a0is supported by\u00a0the Spanish Thematic Network on Speech\u00a0Technology<\/a> (RTTH) and is\u00a0organized by Universidad San Pablo CEU and AUDIAS\u00a0from\u00a0Universidad\u00a0Aut\u00f3noma\u00a0de Madrid. The challenge integrates in the IberSPEECH 2026 conference that will be held in Madrid, Spain from 18th to 20th November 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Challenge and database description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The challenge addresses several speech technologies on the Spanish speech rural corpus called COSER. This Spanish dataset stands out due to its substantial geographical and dialectal diversity, covering all regions in Spain, and whose speakers belong to an old population in rural areas with low education levels. This is the largest corpus of dialectal European Spanish, with recordings of rural context and senior Spanish speakers. The complexity of this dataset presents a significant challenge for speech technologies. The\u00a0challenge\u00a0integrates three different tracks:<\/span><\/p>\n The evaluation will be performed in a continuous evaluation method, with a publicly available leaderboard where participants will be able to submit their scores for each of the tracks and check their performance with respect to other participants. This leaderboard will be frozen by the deadline evaluation submission and will be reopened for post-evaluation period. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/iberspeech.tech\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gold-free-low-3.png” title_text=”gold-free-low” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”%22default%22″ custom_padding=”%22||50px|||%22″ global_colors_info=”%22{}%22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto||308px||” max_width=”1280px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Challenge participation channels<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Participants can register in any of the tracks (i.e., it is not mandatory to participate in all the tracks of the challenge) or all the tracks, depending on their choice. There are two ways to participate in the challenge according to the submission type:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1700px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_toggle title=”Calendar for the CHALLENGE” open=”on” toggle_icon=”C||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|||on|||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||30px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n More details in the evaluation plan that can be found here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n For more information, please contact Javier Tejedor<\/a> and\/or Alicia Lozano<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_toggle title=”ALBAYZIN 2026 Evaluations Organizing Committee” open=”on” toggle_icon=”C||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|||on|||||” body_font_size=”15px” custom_margin=”||30px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Eduardo Lleida Solano, <\/span>\u202f<\/span>lleida@unizar.es<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain<\/span> Javier Tejedor Noguerales, \u202fjavier.tejedornoguerales@ceu.es<\/a>,\u202f Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain<\/p>\n Luis Javier Rodr\u00edguez Fuentes, <\/span>\u202f<\/span>luisjavier.rodriguez@ehu.es<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Universidad del Pa\u00eds Vasco, Spain<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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