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Paper submissions should be based on the guidelines specified for ICSLP 2004 – http://www.icslp2004.org. These are summarised below.
All manuscripts must be in English.
The paper must be no longer than four (4) pages.
Submissions must be made in PDF format.
To achieve the best viewing experience both for the Proceedings and the CD-ROM, we strongly encourage to use Times-Roman font (the LaTeX style file as well as the Word template files use Times-Roman). This is needed in order to give the Proceedings a uniform look.
The paper should be in the following format:
  Maximum four (4) pages (Standard A4 size: 210 mm by 297 mm preferred)
  Single-spaced
  Two (2) columns
  Printed in black ink
  No smaller than nine (9) point type font throughout the paper, including figure captions. In nine point type font, capital letters are 2 mm high.
  Do NOT include headers and footers.
  The first page should have the paper title, author(s), and affiliation(s) centered on the page across both columns. The remainder of the text must be in the two-column format, staying within the indicated image area.
  Any text or other material outside the following margins will not be printed:
    The right and left margin has to be 20 mm each.
    Text should appear in two columns with 10 mm space between columns.
    The top margin has to be 25 mm (except first page 28 mm to title top).
    The bottom margin has to be 37 mm (except first page 33 mm).
    Center each page within this image area in a two-column format.
  Follow the style of the sample paper that is included with regard to title, authors, affiliations, abstract, heading, and subheadings.
In case of providing hyperlinks do not use texts such as "Files are available [here]". Provide full address viz. "Files are available at http://home.com/files/file1.pdf

Microsoft Word Template

If your paper will be written using Microsoft Word the template packages is available here

  template_04.doc (MS Word-97 template)

LaTeX Template

If your paper will be typeset using LaTeX, please download the template package that will generate the proper format. In the package, you will find the following files:

  template_2004.tex (LaTex template)
  interspeech_04.sty (style file to be used with the template)

Additional Guidelines

These are additional guidelines taken from the ICSLP website.

For 9-point type font, there should be no more than 3.2 lines/cm (8 lines/inch) vertically. This is a minimum spacing; 2.75 lines/cm (7 lines/inch) will make the paper much more readable. Larger type sizes require correspondingly larger vertical spacing.
Paper Title - The paper title must be in boldface. All non-function words must be capitalized, and all other words in the title must be lower case. The paper title is centered across the top of the two columns on the first page as indicated above.
Authors' Name(s) - The authors' name(s) and affiliation(s) appear centered below the paper title. If space permits, include a mailing address here. The templates indicate the area where the title and author information should go. These items need not be strictly confined to the number of lines indicated; papers with multiple authors and affiliations, for example, may require two or more lines for this information.
Abstract - Each paper must contain an abstract that appears at the beginning of the paper.
Major Headings - Major headings are in boldface, with the first word capitalized and the rest of the heading in lower case. Examples of the various levels of headings are included in the templates.
Sub Headings - Sub headings appear like major headings, except they start at the left margin in the column.
Sub-Sub Headings - Sub-sub headings appear like sub headings, except they are in italics and not bold face.
References - Number and list all references at the end of the paper. The references are numbered in order of appearance in the document. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. (This is done automatically when using the Latex template).

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