SpeCT 2.0 – Speech Corpus Toolkit for Praat
Mietta Lennes · Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja · 2019
Praat (Boersma and Weenink, 2019) is a versatile, open-source platform that provides a multitude of features for annotating, processing, analyzing and manipulating speech and audio data.By using the built-in scripting language, Praat can be easily extended and adjusted for different purposes while reducing manual work.The Speech Corpus Toolkit for Praat (SpeCT) is a collection of Praat scripts that can be used to perform various small tasks when building, processing and analyzing a speech corpus.SpeCT can help both beginners and advanced users solve some common issues in, e.g., semi-automatic annotation or speech corpus management.This work describes some of the general functionalities in SpeCT.A selection of the scripts will also be made available via the Mylly service at the Language Bank of Finland, maintained by FIN-CLARIN.