LIN 351 Week 12 HW: Transcribing your Short Interview

This was originally Part 3 of the Week 11 Homework!

You may do all of this in Week 11, as originally planned for the course. OR, you may submit Part 3 in Week 12.
  1. Your third part of the assignment is to transcribe the recording, in ELAN.
  2. Set up a new .eaf and save it.
  3. Link the .wav or .mp4 file containing your recording. (ELAN will prompt you at the beginning , or you can do it by picking "Linked files" in the Edit menu.) First segment the recording into breath groups (or short utterances). Use Segmentation mode for this.
  4. Then return to Annotation mode.
  5. Create a tier named "Main Speaker" and a tier named "Interviewer." (Remember about daughter tiers and first creating a type for each Tier.)
  6. Using standard spelling, and as little punctuation as possible, transcribe what each of you said, making sure each utterance goes in the appropriate time-aligned tier. Don't transcribe anyone else that may have spoken during the recording, if they didn't consent to participate.

Look back to the notes/handouts from the Celeste exercise at the very start of the semester!
You may also want to look for help in Extending ELAN or check the ELAN manual.

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Updated March 13, 2025