TEVA can be used to record a list of tasks initiated by pompts. Such prompts can be simple, like [a as in hat], as well as page sequences with formatted text. A recording task is defined by setting the Task field in the Recording window of the Configuration page. The recording sessions is started by clicking the Record button on the Main page.

•  Each recording session starts with a window that asks for the ID or name of the speaker
•  After an ID or name is entered, the first prompt is displayed. While you are not satisfied with a recording, you can re-record by clicking the Record button.
•  When satisfied with the recording, click the (blue) Nxt button for the next prompt.
•  When all the prompts have been displayed, an end of list message appears (only when there is more than one prompts). After you clicked anywhere in the window, you can start a new recording session.

  

Recording task window

When clicking Recording on the Configuration page a small window appears. This window asks for three pieces of information:

•  Recording: Default duration of recordings (4 s)
•  Task: The prompt, either in []-brackets for text, or a file with lines of text, or a Table with prompts
•  Store: The directory where the recordings will be stored

Recording

The number of seconds recorded. This is a default time that can be changed in a table with recording prompts. Defaults to 4 seconds.

Task

The prompt text in Praat Text styles format. Alternatively, a text or table file with prompts can be selected by pressing the Task button. Each line in a (ASCII|DOS) text file will be displayed as a single prompt screen. Each line will give rise to a numbered recording. If the Task file is a (tsv, or tab-separated values) table, the size and formating of the prompts can be controlled.

Store

The directory where the recordings are stored. Each recording is stored in a sub-directory with the ID or name of the Speaker. File names are constructed from the ID or name of the Speaker, the number of name of the prompt screen, and a time stamp.

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• Prompted speech recordings