Creating Animations from Recorded Speech






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It is assumed that you begin with an audio file already recorded in the .d format.
We will refer to this as sample.d


Step 1: Convert the audio file into one with a higher sample rate
  • Use the unix command sfconvert -s 16000 sample.d sample.sd to do this

Step 2: Transcribe audio file into sample.txt
Step 3: Align text and audio files
  • Use the unix command BAlign sample to do this
  • This will create the files sample.words and sample.phones

Step 4: Check alignment in waves
  • open waves using the command xwaves sample.sd
  • click the Attach: xlabel button and attach sample.words and sample.phones
  • check and record the start-time of the file

Step 5: Create Animation
  • Use the unix command /farm/village/data/BROWS/judyfortin/convert.perl <file start-time> sample

Step 6: Check Animation
  • Use the unix command /farm/village/install/ruth/ruth/app/ruth ruth.conf -pipe to open RUTH
  • Back in the terminal window, enter canned
  • On the next line, enter the location of your files minus the extension (i.e. <directory>/sample)

--Dan Keil, April 2002