I've been having a look at the label files for the database. I have a
couple of comments about the SAMPA transcriptions and a question about the
alignment with the waveforms.
Most of the occasions where I disagree with the transcriptions as they
stand are cases of unstressed i/I where the transcriptions generally have
I (hI, SI, DI, etc) but where I'd be inclined to write hi, Si, Di. The
vowels are of short duration, so I don't know whether marking quality (as
opposed to quantity) is important. There are other occasions which may
be of more consequence: should I mail them to you and / or alter the .lab
files?
I've started to look at the alignment of the labels with the waveforms
too. I expect precise alignment will be important for our durational work
here - should I just tweak the alignments and mail you the new .lab files?
Best wishes,
Paul
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