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SltToEaf

Converts SALT .slt transcripts to ELAN .eaf files

ELAN doesn't natively support meta-data like Dob, Doe, Ethnicity, etc. however this data is added to the .eaf HEADER in PROPERTY tags, which are preserved by ELAN.

By default, inline annotations (mazes, codes, bound morphemes, etc.) are not interpreted. If you want them to be processed, use –parseInlineConventions

Deserializing from “SALT transcript” text/x-salt

Command-line configuration parameters for deserialization:
--cUnitLayer=Layer Layer for marking c-units
--targetParticipantLayer=Layer Layer for marking the target participant
--commentLayer=Layer Layer for comments
--parentheticalLayer=Layer Layer for marking parenthetical remarks by the speaker
--properNameLayer=Layer Layer for tagging proper names
--repetitionsLayer=Layer Layer for annotating repetitions
--rootLayer=Layer Layer for tagging words with their root form
--errorLayer=Layer Layer for marking errors
--soundEffectLayer=Layer Layer for marking non-word verbal sound effects
--pauseLayer=Layer Layer for marking pauses in speech
--boundMorphemeLayer=Layer Layer for marking bound morpheme annotations
--mazeLayer=Layer Layer for marking false starts, repetitions, and reformulations
--partialWordLayer=Layer Layer for marking stuttered or interrupted words
--omissionLayer=Layer Layer for marking missing words
--codeLayer=Layer Layer for non-error codes
--languageLayer=Layer Layer for recording the language of the speech
--participantIdLayer=Layer Layer for recording the target participant's ID
--genderLayer=Layer Layer for recording the gender of the target participant
--dobLayer=Layer Layer for recording the birth date of the target participant
--doeLayer=Layer Layer for recording the date the recording was elicited
--caLayer=Layer Layer for recording the target participant's age when recorded
--ethnicityLayer=Layer Layer for recording the ethnicity of the target participant
--contextLayer=Layer Layer for recording the sampling context
--subgroupLayer=Layer Layer for recording the sub-group/story
--collectLayer=Layer Layer for recording the collection point of the elicitation
--locationLayer=Layer Layer for recording the location of the elicitation
--dateFormat=String Format used in SALT files for dates (e.g. Dob, Doe) - either M/d/yyyy or d/M/yyyy. NB: the default date format is inferred from your locale settings
--parseInlineConventions=Boolean Whether to use SALT in-line conventions when deserializing. If false, then only meta-data headers, comment lines, and time stamps are parsed; all in-line annotation conventions are left as-is

Serializing to “ELAN EAF Transcript” text/x-eaf+xml

Command-line configuration parameters for serialization:
--commentLayer=Layer Commentary
--noiseLayer=Layer Noise annotations
--lexicalLayer=Layer Lexical tags
--pronounceLayer=Layer Manual pronunciation tags
--authorLayer=Layer Name of transcriber
--dateLayer=Layer Document date
--languageLayer=Layer The language of the whole transcript
--phraseLanguageLayer=Layer For tagging individual phrases with a language
--useConventions=Boolean Whether to use text conventions for comment, noise, lexical, and pronounce annotations
--ignoreBlankAnnotations=Boolean Whether to skip annotations with no label, or process them
--minimumTurnPauseLength=Double Minimum amount of time between two turns by the same speaker, with no intervening speaker, for which the inter-turn pause counts as a turn change boundary. If the pause is shorter than this, the turns are merged into one.