Ethical Considerations
Guidelines for responsible use of our tools in research
The Experience Effects in Early Language Acquisition (ExELang) project was funded by the ERC (2021-2026). ExELang brought together an interdisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, students, and international collaborators working across language acquisition, machine learning, data management, ethics, and open science. This website provides an entry point to the data and tools we jointly developed for processing long-form child-centered recordings.
Our tools serve multiple audiences in the research community → Interested in long-form child-centered recordings? Read on if you are a…
Learn about consortia centered around raw audios as well as deidentified metrics
Access information on speech processing tools, GitHub repositories, and technical documentation
Learn with tutorials, teaching materials, and presentation recordings
Understand how our tools fit into the broader landscape
Two consortia and a platform complement extant scientific archives.

The ExELang project benefited from experts who advised us on ethical best practices and legal regulation. You can read some of these reports here.
Guidelines for responsible use of our tools in research
Best practices for handling sensitive research data
Our work benefits from the existence of leading research repositories, which we acknowledge here.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funders and contributors