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Praat Sample Scripts for Specific Purposes †

• Most of the scripts presented below are concerned with TextGrid manipulation, because ...
  • my primary interest lies in corpus annotation (rather than, say, acoustic analysis), and
  • there seem to be much fewer scripts for TextGrid manipulation than for Sound manipulation.
• The scripts have been tested with Praat version 5.2.x. (for Windows).
• The author expressly disclaims all liability, loss or risk incurred as a direct or indirect consequence of the use of the scripts below.
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TextGrid manipulation †

divide.praat †

• Download: divide.praat
• Description:
  • Divide labels by the delimiter specified in the form.
  • It is helpful in making an initial value for the manual labeling work.
• Sample TextGrid: sample_divide.TextGrid

Online manipulation on the TextGridEditor †

move2right.praat †

• Download: move2right.praat
• Description:
  • Move the boundaries in the selected region to the right so as for the last boundary to be located at the end of the selection.
  • The default target tier is #2. Rewrite the script (line 24) if necessary.

    targetTierNum = 2

  • This script does nothing when
    • no region is selected.
    • only one boundary is selected.
    • the last boundary in the selected region coincides with the end of the selection.
  • This script gives a warning and aborts the job when
    • the target tier is NOT an interval tier.
    • two or more TextGrid Objects exist on the Object window.
    • no TextGrid Object exists on the Object window.
  • WARNING: DO NOT OPEN/VIEW/EDIT ONE AND THE SAME TEXTGRID WITH TWO OR MORE EDITORS*1.