User manual for the PRAAT script “Label_1_6.praat” 0. Quick start a
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1. button in the small window You can alter the names of the labels if you want e g to mark a mispronunciation You can move around enlarge open close spectrum pitch intensity tracks in the Edit window until you have found the right position for the cursor But all labels must be set left to right and no additional interval points may be set in the same tier Label 1 6 praat 2 13 Nov 2009 1 Introduction The script label 1 6 praat tries to assist the user in labeling points or intervals in one tier in Praat by providing the names for the labels to be set The names of the labels have to be stored line by line in a raw text file usually ending in txt the script will not work with doc docx or other word processor specific formats A label file will typically look like see 2 1 for more complicated structures first second third The script assumes that the sound and TextGrid files are in the same directory and the label and script files are also in one directory which can be the same containing the sound and TextGrid files See 2 2 if you want to have all files in different directories The script will check the existence of all files open them and provides then subsequently the names for the intervals or points The user can stop the labeling and leave the script at any time and the script will continue with the next label when the script is restarted e g days later The labels can only be set in a2. button edit the TextGrid with Praat and save the TextGrid and edit the Label file accordingly Add a new tier with a lower tier number i e above the tier that the script uses You can Interrupt your labeling at any time by using the Continue later Exit button and continue at another time e g days later The script will continue at the point where you stopped Enlarge reduce the time scale add remove spectrograms pitch tracks intensity tracks etc Essentially you can do all activities other the setting deleting intervals points in the tier the script is operating on Create new tiers with higher tier numbers below the tier the script is using 4 Version history Label 1 5 praat First operating version Label 1 6 praat First documented version Label 1 6 praat 8 13 Nov 2009 5 Screen shots oa Praat Objects New Read Write Hain l z 2 Pause another interval s name Please move cursor to next be Objects 1 Strings Label 2 TextGrid S12 B1 3 Sound 12 B1 Stop Continuelater Exit Set Left Boundary extGrid S12 B7 File Edit Query View Select interval Boundary Tier Spectrum Pitch Intensity Formant Pulses MM UA 3 835 10 0 009203 Label 1 6 praat 9 13 Nov 2009 AAO Praat Objects New Read Write g Dn Luain IL Objects Strings
3. is important that you go sequentially from left to right through the labels because the script counts only the number of Labels in the TextGrid and in the Label file and always increments both these counts In case you messed up something you can Exit or Stop the script and repair the TextGrid an or Label file with Praat or an Text editor There are some screen shots at 5 and if I ever find the time I will add a movie Label 1 6 praat 7 13 Nov 2009 3 Important information The script saves the points intervals to the disc every time a new point interval is set Your work is saved even if Praat or the script crashes or something else unforeseen happens You should not e Use the Stop button on the small set mark window this will crash the script it s provided by Praat and I have no idea how to get rid off it e Close the edit or mark window with the close window button right left top button on a Windows Mac computer the script will crash or will not be able to open these windows again Insert boundaries directly from the edit window this confuses the book keeping inside the script always use the Set Point Boundary button e Go back in time and try to set an interval point in front of an existing point interval the script assumes a strict left to right operation the labeling will get confused otherwise In case you made a mistake leave the script with the Exit
4. or Point If a tier already exists but not this tier name a new tier will be created If no TextGrid exists a TextGrid with this tier will be created 6 For interval tiers the user can select whether there should be gaps intervals with no name between each interval e g to label words in a file or whether each interval should get a name from the Label file where the name could be empty i e no name in case the Label file contains empty lines see 2 1 7 Click Okay to start the script euo Label parameters A Leave the directory path empty if you want to use the current directory Sound file b ro The Label file is a raw text file with the names of the segments points Label file Label txt Type of tier Tier type 0 Interval tier segments Point tier Name of tier Tier name Segment For intervals tier only Should there be gaps between intervals Gap type Q No gaps segment segment 9 Gaps segment segment Standards Cancel Apply Label 1 6 praat 6 13 Nov 2009 2 4 Setting labels After pressing Okay the script will check the consistency of your input in the form window and it will open the Sound file TextGrid if it exists and the tier if it exists If the tier exists and has let s say three labels already in it the script will use the fourth label from the Label file and ask you to
5. strict left to right manner and no additional intervals points can be inserted by the user because the script counts the labels and additional labels intervals points would lead to a mismatch between the number of label in the label file and the number of interval point in the TextGrid The user can though change the name of the labels in the edit window of Praat e g to mark a mispronunciation and the user can also add new tiers with a higher tier number interactively Label 1 6 praat 3 13 Nov 2009 2 Instructions 2 1 Prepare a text file with the names of the labels Create a text file raw text usually its file name ends in txt not doc docx or alike you can create the file with Word or OpenOffice etc but the file has to be saved exported as raw ASCII text Unicode can be used where each line contains the label for the interval pointer Example This is the name of the first interval Second interval X another interval s name Every line empty or not will be used in this sequence to label the intervals the user sets with the script Note that also empty lines will be assigned to intervals points with an empty name This is very useful if for example you want to label the syllables of words spoken in isolation Imagine you have recorded the words house caterpillar coffee and you want to label the syllables Your recording will have the sequence pause house pause caterpillar pau
6. Label 2 TextGrid S12 B1 3 Sound S12 B1 aan T T T T T T T zi File Edit Query View Select Interval Boundary Tier Spectrum Pitch Intensity Formant Pulses d x t v H X t M B X r T ye M Group 4 Label 1 6 praat 10 13 Nov 2009 Label 1 6 praat 11 13 Nov 2009 AAA Praat Objects New Read Write Hate I z Pause another interval s name Please move cursor to end of i Objects 1 Strings Label 2 TextGrid 12 B1 3 Sound 12 B1 File t Query Vi lect Interval Boundary Ti Spectrum Pitch Y Intensity Formant Pulses Stop Continue later Exit Set Right Boundary Help another interval s name TIT TE oui m f mme Cat Cin Cou Get Cbsk roe
7. Label 1 6 praat 1 13 Nov 2009 User manual for the PRAAT script Label 1 6 praat 0 Ouick start a b c d e g Make a raw test file txt with the sequence of labels that you want to set one item per line Put this label file and the script in the same directory usually same as the sound file Start the script In the window that appears give the names of the sound directory if different from the present one sound file and label file and select whether you want to set Points or Intervals If you want to label intervals select whether you want to set them with gaps between items e g if you want to label words in a longer recording or strictly consecutively e g label every segment pause etc Note that Gaps expect the first and third fifth seventh interval has no name whereas for No Gaps even the first interval starting at 0 0 second has to have a name See below for a more complex structure like labeling syllables When the Edit window appears move the cursor to the first point boundary and press the right button Set Point Boundary of the small window that appeared Do not use the Set Boundary Set Mark function of the Edit window keys Ctrl 1 F1 on a PC Apple I F1 on a Mac Put the small above the Edit window to ease access The script will end when all marks are set or you can interrupt your labeling with the Continue later Exit
8. na ied 50 comment Type of tier 51 choice Tier type 1 52 button Interval tier segments 53 button Point tier 54 comment Name of tier 55 word Tier name Segment 56 comment Oo 57 comment For intervals tier only 58 comment Should there be gaps between intervals 59 choice Gap type 2 60 button No gaps segment segment 61 button Gaps I I segment I segment comment Should the first interval label start immediately at zero seconds 63 choice Zero start 2 button Yes Olsegmentl 65 button No QI Isegmentl 66 endform 67 Insert comment out the next two line in case you use different directories for sounds te two bel directory directory here xtgrid directory directory Label 1 6 praat 5 13 Nov 2009 2 3 Start the script At first a form window appears asking for 1 The directory of the Sound TextGrid and Label files If you use separate directories and changed the script as described in 2 2 you can specify three different directories here Leave this entry empty in case you want to use the directory where the Praat script resides 2 The Sound file name If no extension is given the script assumes a wav extension 3 The Label file name 4 The type of Tier click on Interval or Point tier 5 The name of the tier The script will check whether a tier with this name already exists e g because the user paused a session earlier see 2 4 and is of the same type Interval
9. se coffee pause The label file will look like ADP label txt Q Last Saved 16 02 10 18 14 19 E P T 6 My ie File Path v Desktop label txt o labeltxt Wy h6s kt te pl leR kQ fI woman mw b wn ki e o 9 1 none Unicode UTF 8 no BOM Unix LF Label 1 6 praat 4 13 Nov 2009 2 2 Load the script Place the script and the label file into the same directory and double click the Praat script If double clicking the Praat script does not start Praat and open the script start Praat go to the left top Praat gt Open Praat Script and browse to Label 1 6 praat Use Run gt Run in the new window showing the script In case you keep TextGrid and Sound files and the Label file in different directories edit the Script and remove two exclamation marks in the form part and add two below it Last Saved 16 02 10 18 04 48 File Path v Desktop Praat Label Label 1 one tier Label 1 6 praat 7 T 4 gt o Label 1 6 prat 3s 36 1 Inquire some parameters from user 37 38 39 40 41 form Label parameters 42 comment Leave the directory path empty if you want to use the current directory Remove 43 Nord Directory 44 rd Label directory these 45 rd Textgrid directory 46 ord Sound file 47 comment The Label file is a raw text file with the names of the segments points 48 word Label file Label txt 49 t pl li oiana E A can
10. set it If no TextGrid and tier exists the script will create both if the TextGrid but no tier with the selected name exists the script will create a new tier with that name The script will open the Sound file in en edit window and you can now move to the position where you want to set your first point or interval boundary You can enlarge reduce the window size switch spectrogram pitch intensity on or off or do anything else you would do to support your segmenting Only to set a Point or Interval boundary you have to use the small window on top which tells you which interval point will be set whether it is the left or right boundary of an interval To make live easier I recommend to locate the Edit Window a bit lower than it is presented on the screen to not conceal the small window on the top Once you pressed the Set button of the small window the next boundary interval point will be prepared to set in the same way This happens very fast and you might think that the previous Set action has not been executed but it is 1 e don t press the Set button a second time without setting a new boundary point In case you want to leave the script and continue at another time use the Continue later Exit button in the small window In case you click on the Stop window the script will crash but all your work has been saved since the script writes the TextGrid to the disk every time you set a boundary or Point It
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