Quickstart: Importing text transcriptions into the EXMARaLDA Partitur-Editor

1 Quicks a – Impo ing ex ansc ip ions in o he Pa i u -Edi o A. P epa ing he ile o impo The e a e wo ways o impo ansc ip ions o spoken language c ea ed wi h a ex edi o o a wo d p ocesso (e.g. Wo d, OpenO ice e c.) in o he Pa i u -Edi o :  You can use he plain ex (. x ) as inpu o ma . The plain ex o ma will be use ul i you ha e no been using any o ma ing in o ma ion (e.g. ins ances o bold o i alic ex ).  Respec i ely, you can also use he “Simple EXMARaLDA” o ma . I is a o ma o plain ex iles. I can also handle ansc ip ions wi h some basic anno a ions, non- e bal beha io and o e lapping speech. Please no e: Fully au oma ic con e sion o you ansc ip ion o ma in o he Simple EXMARaLDA o ma is only possible i you ha e used layou and/o ma k-up in a consis en way, wi h all di e en kinds o in o ma ion encoded di e en ly and in a way ha can be ecognized wi hou human in e p e a ion. Re isi you ansc ip ion key o see i any ambiguous anno a ions o ma k-up need o be adjus ed manually. The Simple EXMARaLDA o ma can only handle he ansc ip ion i sel – i you need o emo e some p eamble wi h e.g. me ada a abou he communica ion and he speake s, emembe o sa e a copy o he ansc ip ion wi h he espec i e me ada a. B. Impo ing he ile in o he Pa i u -Edi o Le ’s conside he ollowing . x ile: 1. Click on File > Impo a. In case you’ e decided o use he plain ex o ma , choose he Plain ex ile (*. x ) om he d opdown menu (1). I necessa y, change he op ions o cha ac e encoding (d opdown menu Cha encoding) om Sys em-De aul o you p e e ed ones (2). Howe e , i you don’ know he cha ac e encoding, i s y he de aul . Con i m you selec ion (3) 2 Then, you will be asked o selec you p e e ed ex spli e : In mo e de ail: Spli a pa ag aphs All ca iage e u ns will au oma ically gene a e e en bounda ies Spli a non-wo d cha ac e s The ex will be di ided in o wo d-alike chunks (non- alphabe ic cha ac e s wi hin wo ds may be p oblema ic), e.g.: Spli a egula exp ession E en bounda ies will be inse ed a he exac poin s, a which he egula exp ession(s) you’ e yped ma ches you que y. An example o a que y “[ . ?]“ 1 2 3 3 b. In case you will be using he Simple EXMARaLDA o ma , choose Simple EXMARaLDA ex ile (*. x ) om he d opdown menu (1). As al eady poin ed ou in sec ion 1a. you should pay a en ion o Cha encoding (2). Then click on Open (3): This ime, he e en bounda ies will be inse ed depending on he o ma ing con en ions which we e applied. In he example below using speake abb e ia ions wi h a ollowing colon (A:) is he simples way o indica ing a dialogue (no e ha i is s ill ambiguous whe he he e a e o e laps o no ): A: Hello! B: Hello! A: The wea he is e ible oday! B: Yeah! A: Thank God, I ha e aken my mp3 playe . I will make he ip mo e ole able. The same ex , i impo ed o he Pa i u -Edi o as Simple EXMARaLDA o ma will look as ollows: The dialogue s uc u e was con e ed in o EXMARaLDA sco e. 1 2 3 4 2. Now you can sa e you ile as EXMARaLDA Basic T ansc ip ion (XML, EXB) (1) File > Sa e as... (2). I you do no wish o sa e he o ma s (i.e. i you ha e edi ed he ansc ip ion), simply deselec Sa e o ma s (3): 1 2 3