The GetData library provides an API to interface with Dirfile databases. The Dirfile database format is designed to provide a fast, simple, scalable format for storing and reading binary, synchronously-sampled, time-ordered data.
MATLAB Audio Database Toolbox enables easy access and filtering of audio databases such as TIMIT and YOHO by their metadata. The database toolbox comes to replace the manual filtering and custom coding usually required for accessing such databases.