I have a textGrid file generated by Prosodylab-Aligner which I can open in Praat. Is there any possibility to get out of it a text file that looks like that:
Word in text | Pronounciation started at
Hello 0:0:0.000
my 0:0:1.125
friends 0:0:2.750
EDIT
Attached textGrid file:
File type = "ooTextFile"
Object class = "TextGrid"
xmin = 0.0
xmax = 2.53
tiers? <exists>
size = 2
item []:
item [1]:
class = "IntervalTier"
name = "phones"
xmin = 0.0
xmax = 2.53
intervals: size = 13
intervals [1]:
xmin = 0.0
xmax = 0.62
text = "sil"
intervals [2]:
xmin = 0.62
xmax = 0.78
text = "K"
intervals [3]:
xmin = 0.78
xmax = 0.81
text = "L"
intervals [4]:
xmin = 0.81
xmax = 0.92
text = "IH1"
intervals [5]:
xmin = 0.92
xmax = 1.02
text = "K"
intervals [6]:
xmin = 1.02
xmax = 1.07
text = ""
intervals [7]:
xmin = 1.07
xmax = 1.22
text = "T"
intervals [8]:
xmin = 1.22
xmax = 1.31
text = "UW1"
intervals [9]:
xmin = 1.31
xmax = 1.51
text = "S"
intervals [10]:
xmin = 1.51
xmax = 1.67
text = "T"
intervals [11]:
xmin = 1.67
xmax = 1.85
text = "AA1"
intervals [12]:
xmin = 1.85
xmax = 1.88
text = "P"
intervals [13]:
xmin = 1.88
xmax = 2.53
text = "sil"
item [2]:
class = "IntervalTier"
name = "words"
xmin = 0.0
xmax = 2.53
intervals: size = 6
intervals [1]:
xmin = 0.0
xmax = 0.62
text = "sil"
intervals [2]:
xmin = 0.62
xmax = 1.02
text = "CLICK"
intervals [3]:
xmin = 1.02
xmax = 1.07
text = "sp"
intervals [4]:
xmin = 1.07
xmax = 1.31
text = "TO"
intervals [5]:
xmin = 1.31
xmax = 1.88
text = "STOP"
intervals [6]:
xmin = 1.88
xmax = 2.53
text = "sil"
Since this is a Praat file, and you say you can open it in Praat, I thought a better solution would be to use Praat to solve it. A script like the following involves a lot fewer leaps of faith:
form Parse TextGrid...
sentence File /path/to/your.TextGrid
integer Tier 2
endform
Read from file: file$
intervals = Get number of intervals: tier
writeInfoLine: "Word in text", tab$, "Pronounciation started at"
for i to intervals
label$ = Get label of interval: tier, i
if label$ != ""
start = Get start point: tier, i
appendInfoLine: label$, tab$, string$(start)
endif
endfor
If you save that into a script somewhere, you could then call Praat from the command line like praat /path/to/your/script.praat "/path/to/your.TextGrid" 2 and get the desired output from stdout.
You could also run it manually, and maybe use this to write your file.