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WebTranscribe – An Extensible Web-Based Speech Annotation Framework

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Text, Speech and Dialogue (TSD 2005)

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WebTranscribe is a platform independent and extensible web-based annotation framework for speech research and spoken language technology. The framework consists of an annotation editor front-end running as a Java Web Start application on a client computer, and a DBMS on a server. The framework implements a “select – annotate – save” annotation workflow.

The annotation capabilities are determined by annotation editors, implemented as plug-ins to the general framework. An annotation configuration generally consists of an editor, editing buttons, a signal display and a quality assessment panel. A configuration file determines which plug-ins to use for a given annotation project.

WebTranscribe has been used in numerous projects at BAS and has reached a mature state now. The software is freely available [19].

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Draxler, C. (2005). WebTranscribe – An Extensible Web-Based Speech Annotation Framework. In: Matoušek, V., Mautner, P., Pavelka, T. (eds) Text, Speech and Dialogue. TSD 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3658. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11551874_8

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