create_empty_textgrid {phonfieldwork}

Create an empty TextGrid

Description

Creates an empty Praat TextGrid in the same folder as a reference sound file. It is possible to manage with predefined number of tiers, their names and their types.

Usage

create_empty_textgrid(
  duration,
  tier_name = NULL,
  point_tier = NULL,
  path,
  result_file_name = "new_textgrid"
)

Arguments

duration

integer. Duration of the textgrid. If you do not know the duration of your audio file use the get_sound_duration() function.

tier_name

a vector that contain tier names.

point_tier

a vector that defines which tiers should be made point tiers. This argument excepts numeric values (e. g. c(2, 4) means second and forth tiers) or character (e. g. c("a", "b") means tiers with names "a" and "b")

path

path to the directory with soundfiles.

result_file_name

name of the result and annotation files.

Value

The function returns no output, just creates a Praat TextGrid in the same folder as a reference sound file.

Author(s)

George Moroz <[e-mail]>

Examples

tmp <- tempfile(fileext = ".TextGrid")
create_empty_textgrid(1, path = dirname(tmp), result_file_name = basename(tmp))