manual.txt

The praat scripts in this directory are intended for use in checking a set of
candidate stimuli to be extracted from some subset of the RealWordRep recordings
under ../DataAnalysis/RealWordRep/TimePoint{1|2|3}/Recordings for the purpose 
of doing some named experiment.  Named experiments to date are:

TP2_SibilantGoodness_VAS
TP2_S-SH_VAS
TP2_ObstruentsGender_VAS
TP2_k-t_VAS

The scripts are set up in a way that assumes there is a companion directory 
for the named experiment under the .../DataCollection/RWR_PerceptionExperiments 
directory, containing a subdirectory called StimPrep that contains at least
the following elements:

StimulusTextGrids
   a folder where the TextGrid files created in checking will be placed

candidateStimuli.txt
   a file created by an R script such as buildStimulusCandidatesTable.R
   that has at least the following columns:

ID           -- the 9-char PID for the larger audio file (e.g., 006L40FS3)
Word         -- the orthographic form for the target word (e.g., suitcase)
TargetC      -- the worldBet for the target word-initial consonant (e.g., s)
TrialNumber  -- the trial number (e.g., Test4) from the segm.TextGrid
Context      -- the Context label (e.g., Response) from the segm.TextGrid
Repetition   -- the repetition number from the segm.TextGrid
SegmNotes    -- the segmenter's notes from the segm.TextGrid
XMin         -- the beginning time that was tagged for the segmented interval
XMax         -- the ending time that was tagged the segmented interval
consType     -- the consType label (e.g., Sibilant fricative) from the 
                turb.TextGrid or burst.TextGrid file
TaggerNotes  -- the TurbNotes or BurstNotes label
stimOnset    -- the stimulus onset time that was extracted from the 
                turb.TextGrid or burst.TextGrid file or that will be added
                by the script user
stimOffset   -- the stimulus offset time that was extracted from the 
                turb.TextGrid or burst.TextGrid file or that will be added
                by the script user
checker      -- a column that will hold the checker's initials, inserted on
                a row after the checker has checked the candidate stimulus
status       -- a column that will record whether the checker accepted or 
                rejected the candidate stimulus
checkerNotes -- a column that will record any note that the checker inserts
                in the checkerNotes tier for an accepted candidate stimulus