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Annotation, Alignment and Transcription. An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber. Plan of talk. A concise glossary The usefulness of tools Using Elan Using Transcriber Closing remarks. A concise glossary. Annotation
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Annotation, Alignment and Transcription An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 1
Plan of talk • A concise glossary • The usefulness of tools • Using Elan • Using Transcriber • Closing remarks Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 2
A concise glossary • Annotation • Information, such as part of speech labels, added to a speech signal (signed or spoken). • Alignment • Organization of multiple strings of data in a multi-linear format. Also, synchronization of text, audio and/or video files. • Transcription • A representation of a speech signal (signed or spoken). Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 3
Plan of talk • A concise glossary • The usefulness of tools • Using Elan • Using Transcriber • Closing remarks Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 4
The usefulness of tools • What they offer • Facilitate gathering of media and linguistic information for annotation, alignment and transcription • Interoperability • Many export to decent XML • Hurdles • (Somewhat) steep learning curve • Can easily tweak your way right out of best practice • A lot goes on under the hood Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 5
Plan of talk • A concise glossary • The usefulness of tools • Using Elan • Using Transcriber • Closing remarks Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 6
Annotation, Alignment and Transcription: An extremely brief and basic introduction to Elan and Transcriber OLAC Tutorial at the Linguist Society of America Annual Meeting 2007 – Anaheim 7