Emo-DB Dataset

The EMODB database is the freely available German emotional database. The database is created by the Institute of Communication Science, Technical University, Berlin, Germany. Ten professional speakers (five males and five females) participated in data recording. The database contains a total of 535 utterances. The EMODB database comprises of seven emotions: 1) anger; 2) boredom; 3) anxiety; 4) happiness; 5) sadness; 6) disgust; and 7) neutral. The data was recorded at a 48-kHz sampling rate and then down-sampled to 16-kHz.

Additional Information

Every utterance is named according to the same scheme:

Positions 1-2: number of speaker
Positions 3-5: code for text
Position 6: emotion (sorry, letter stands for german emotion word)
Position 7: if there are more than two versions these are numbered a, b, c .... 

Example: 03a01Fa.wav is the audio file from Speaker 03 speaking text a01 with the emotion "Freude" (Happiness).

Information about the speakers

• 03 - male, 31 years old
• 08 - female, 34 years
• 09 - female, 21 years
• 10 - male, 32 years
• 11 - male, 26 years
• 12 - male, 30 years
• 13 - female, 32 years
• 14 - female, 35 years
• 15 - male, 25 years
• 16 - female, 31 year

Code of texts

code	text (german)	try of an english translation
a01	Der Lappen liegt auf dem Eisschrank.	The tablecloth is lying on the frigde.
a02	Das will sie am Mittwoch abgeben.	She will hand it in on Wednesday.
a04	Heute abend könnte ich es ihm sagen.	Tonight I could tell him.
a05	Das schwarze Stück Papier befindet sich da oben neben dem Holzstück.	The black sheet of paper is located up there besides the piece of timber.
a07	In sieben Stunden wird es soweit sein.	In seven hours it will be.
b01	Was sind denn das für Tüten, die da unter dem Tisch stehen?	What about the bags standing there under the table?
b02	Sie haben es gerade hochgetragen und jetzt gehen sie wieder runter.	They just carried it upstairs and now they are going down again.
b03	An den Wochenenden bin ich jetzt immer nach Hause gefahren und habe Agnes besucht.	Currently at the weekends I always went home and saw Agnes.
b09	Ich will das eben wegbringen und dann mit Karl was trinken gehen.	I will just discard this and then go for a drink with Karl.
b10	Die wird auf dem Platz sein, wo wir sie immer hinlegen.	It will be in the place where we always store it.

Code of emotions:

letter	emotion (english)	letter	emotion (german)
A	anger	W	Ärger (Wut)
B	boredom	L	Langeweile
D	disgust	E	Ekel
F	anxiety/fear	A	Angst
H	happiness	F	Freude
S	sadness	T	Trauer
N = neutral version