PLIN011 Transcription of Spoken Czech

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dana Hlaváčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lucie Brychtová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 9:10–10:45 G13
Prerequisites
Previous experience with transcriptions is an advantage, but they are not necessary.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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Course objectives
The course will be conducted in cooperation with Phonexia, s. r. o. (https://www.phonexia.com). The students will experience how to acquire and annotate language data for speech analysis (speech recognition and speaker recognition). Each student will be tasked with providing three recordings of spontaneous speech in Czech (monologue or dialogue) and transcribing the recordings according to the transcription rules that are used in company practice. Three types of recordings will be processed - a phone call from a mobile phone, a phone call via Skype, a recording of the conversation on the recorder. When selecting speakers, the variety is required in terms of sociolinguistic categories - age, education, gender and dialect. The freely available Transcriber app (http://trans.sourceforge.net) will be used for transcription. Every student will provide at least 3 recordings in which the same speaker will perform using different types of devices (mobile phone, Skype, recorder). Required length of one recording is about 3 minutes. If interested, students can continue to work in Phonexia as interns.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- understand the issues of acquiring and annotating spoken data;
- understand phonetics of the Czech language;
- provide transcriptions according to prescribed rules;
- work with Transcriber app.
Syllabus
  • 1. Familiarizing students with the issue, guest from Phonexia, s. r. o.
  • 2. Assigning the rules for uploading and transcribing the data, getting familiar with Transcriber app.
  • 3. Sample transcriptions, practice transcription
  • 4. Recording and consultation space
  • 5. Editing and transcribing the recording
  • 6. Transcription of the second recording
  • 7. Transcription of the third recording
  • 8. Final consultations with Phonexia representatives
Literature
  • Kuebler, Sandra, Zinsmeister Heike. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistically Annotated Corpora. Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Teaching methods
- Workshop (transcripts)
- Independent work (recordings)
- Discussion and consultation
- Cooperation with practitioners
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars, providing three recordings in good quality and their transcription according to given annotation rules.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2025.
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