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NAME
     annotate -  automatic  speech  annotation  by  transcription
     alignment

SYNOPSIS
     annotate (-i item) (-d dictionary) (-t transcription) file

DESCRIPTION
     annotate performs a  non-linear  time  alignment  between  a
     coefficient  item  in  the  specified file and a coefficient
     item 'built' from a supplied transcription using  a  coeffi-
     cient  dictionary.   The resulting time alignment is used to
     construct an annotation item in the  file,  aligned  to  the
     original signal.

     The dictionary is simply an SFS file with a number of  coef-
     ficient items, one per transcription symbol. To identify the
     coefficient items they should have a andict generates a file
     in  the  appropriate form.  If no dictionary is specified on
     the command line the program looks for a file 'dict' in  the
     current directory.

     Options and their meanings are:

     -I         Identify program and version.

     -iitem     Select input item numbers.

     -ddictionary
                Use the specified file as the  symbol  dictionary
                rather than 'dict'.

     -ttranscription
                Specify the transcription  to  be  aligned.   Use
                quotes  to  enclose the transcription and a space
                between each  symbol.   If  no  transcription  is
                specified the 'token' field in the main header is
                used instead.

INPUT ITEMS
  DICTIONARY
     11.xx      Coefficient item.

  DATA FILE
     11.xx      Coefficient item matching dictionary.

OUTPUT ITEMS
     5          Time aligned annotation item in data file.

VERSION/AUTHOR
     1.0 - Mark Huckvale




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SEE ALSO
     vcalign andict

SOURCE
     /users/mark/sfs/man/../contrib/ucl/annotate.c


















































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