Voice annotation automatic segment alignment tool sppas usage notes

SPPAS The tools are made up of Brigitte Bigi（Laboratoire Parole et Langage - Aix-en-Provence - France） Developed . Provide free download and use on the Internet . This is a popular automatic annotation , A tool for segment alignment , Currently used in French 、 English 、 Chinese and so on have good results . Although the accuracy of automatic segment alignment is not perfect , But for the average phonetic researcher , It can automatically generate information with segments , And the boundary is relatively neat Praat Mark the file TextGrid It has greatly improved the work efficiency . So it is recommended to do phonetic research , And a friend with a large amount of data .

There is a detailed description of this tool , Introduce , file , Please refer to the official website for relevant papers and other information ：http://www.sppas.org/. Here are just some points that should be paid attention to when using , To facilitate some students who may not be familiar with the installation and use of plug-in packages .

The first is some precautions for use , If you want to use the software, please check carefully to see if it meets the requirements .

Mark the file , And the text file corresponding to the sound , It has to be UTF8 Format
The sound file must be a single channel file ,16 Bit accuracy , The format is WAVE perhaps AU;
There are no special characters in all file names , Such as Chinese , Spaces are not allowed , It is recommended that only letters appear , Underline , Numbers or horizontal lines
The names of the sound file and the corresponding text file must be exactly the same

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Automatic segment alignment tool for voice tagging SPPAS Use notes