Coding Overheard Speech (OvS) Files

This page contains instructions for annotating the overheard speech files. Any questions, email Jasenia Hartman at [email protected]

General Naming system

OvS files are named the following format: OvS_subID_subMo

• The first code stands for Overheard Speech

• The second code refers to the subject’s seedlings subject ID

• The third code refers to the infant’s age at which recording occurred

Ex 1: OvS_17_07 refers to SEEDLinG subject 17 at 07 months

Ex 2: OvS_17_SF5 refers to SEEDLinG subject 17 is Second Follow-up (SF) clips when they are 5 years of age

Paths and Folders

The path to overheard speech directory is /Volumes/Fas-Phyc-PEB-Lab/OvSpeech/SubjectFiles/Seedlings/overheard_speech. Here, you will find several relevant subfolders:

• eafs

• annotations-in-progress

• annotations-to-be-superchecked

• annotations-complete

Getting Started

1. Go to the eafs folder

2. Find the folder that corresponds to the file you were assigned to annotate on ClickUp

3. Copy the assigned file folder into annotations-in-progress folder

4. In the annotations-in-progress folder, rename the copied folder and eaf file by adding your initials to the end of the folder name (e.g. OvS_45_07 >> OvS_45_07_JH)

5. Link audio file:

   1. In ELAN, open the eaf file >> "Edit" >> "Linked Files…"

   2. Click "Add..."

   3. For SF5 files, go to: Seedlings/Subject_Files/SubID/subID_subMo/audio_recordings/subID_subMo.wav

      1. Note: SubID refers to second code of the OvS file, subMo refers to the third code of the OvS file (e.g. OvS_17_SF5 path = Seedlings/Subject_Files/17/17_SF5/Home_Visit/Processing/Audio_Files/17_SF5.wav)

   4. For files other than SF5, go to: Seedlings/Subject_Files/SubID/subID_subMo/Home_Visit/Processing/Audio_Files/subID_subMo.wav

      1. Note: SubID refers to second code of the OvS file, subMo refers to the third code of the OvS file (e.g. OvS_17_07 path = Seedlings/Subject_Files/17/17_07/Home_Visit/Processing/Audio_Files/17_07.wav)

   5. After adding in the audio, go to Clickup:

      1. Make a subtask and denote whether the clip has "speech" or "silence" for each of the 15 clips

6. Add CDS tier type:

   1. In ELAN, go to "Edit" >> "Edit Control Vocabularies..."

   2. Click "External CV"

   3. Enter this URL link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BergelsonLab/public-files/main/ACLEW-blab-vocabularies.ecv

   4. Click "Ok " >> "Close"

   5. Go to "Type" >> "Add New Tier Type..."

   6. Enter the following for CDS (see picture below)

   7. Click "Add" >> "Close"

1. Add CDS tier = refer to the this page under "Training" >> bullet #4

After completing the above steps, you can now begin annotating. Annotate the .eaf file, one clip at a time, following ACLEW standards, in the version of your folder in annotations-in-progress.

During OvS Annotation:

• Frequently stop to click "Save" (better be safe than sorry!)

• Clickup -

  • Be sure to mark the clip number you are currently working on (e.g. clip 15) by moving the task from with the "in progress" tag. If you run into specific questions, you can either (1) come talk to LMs or (2) leave a comment under the associated clip number

  • After you complete each clip, please change the subtask progress from "in progress" to "complete."

After OvS Annotation:

• Clickup - please change the task progress from "in progress" to "ready for superchecker" + let a LM know, so they can assign you a new file