diff --git a/egs/swbd/ASR/.gitignore b/egs/swbd/ASR/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35ceb0a7f
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+switchboard_word_alignments.tar.gz
+./swb_ms98_transcriptions/*