WebTranscribe – An Extensible Web-Based Speech Annotation Framework

摘要

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].