textgrid.py

Python classes for Praat TextGrid and TextTier files (and HTK .mlf files)

Kyle Gorman [email protected] and contributors (see commit history).

How to cite:

While you don't have to, if you want to cite textgrid.py in a publication, include a footnote link to the source:

http://github.com/kylebgorman/textgrid/

How to install:

The code can be placed in your working directory or in your

$PYTHONPATH

pip

pip install textgrid

(if you're not working in a virtualenv, you may need to do this with

sudo

Synopsis:

See the docstrings in

textgrid.py

Example:

This is a simple example of reading a TextGrid file.

import textgrid

Read a TextGrid object from a file.
tg = textgrid.TextGrid.fromFile('test.TextGrid')
Read a IntervalTier object.
print("------- IntervalTier Example -------")
print(tg[0])
print(tg[0][0])
print(tg[0][0].minTime)
print(tg[0][0].maxTime)
print(tg[0][0].mark)
Read a PointTier object.
print("------- PointTier Example -------")
print(tg[1])
print(tg[1][0])
print(tg[1][0].time)
print(tg[1][0].mark)

The content of the file

test.TextGrid

xmin = 0 xmax = 1 tiers? size = 2 item []: item [1]: class = "IntervalTier" name = "words" xmin = 0 xmax = 1 intervals: size = 2 intervals [1]: xmin = 0 xmax = 0.5 text = """Is anyone home?""" intervals [2]: xmin = 0.5 xmax = 1 text = "asked ""Pat""" item [2]: class = "TextTier" name = "points" xmin = 0 xmax = 1 points: size = 2 points [1]: number = 0.25 mark = """event""" points [2]: number = 0.75 mark = """event"" with quotes again" ```

The following is the output of the above snippet:

------- IntervalTier Example -------

Interval(0.0, 0.5, "Is anyone home?")
0.0
0.5
"Is anyone home?"
------- PointTier Example -------

Point(0.25, "event")
0.25
"event"