TextGrid

One of the types of objects in Praat, used for annotation (segmentation and labelling). For tutorial information, see Intro 7. Annotation.

## Description

A TextGrid object consists of a number of tiers. There are two kinds of tiers: an interval tier is a connected sequence of labelled intervals, with boundaries in between. A point tier is a sequence of labelled points.

## How to create a TextGrid

From scratch:
  Sound: To TextGrid... (takes the time domain from the Sound)
  LongSound: To TextGrid... (takes the time domain from the LongSound)
  PointProcess: To TextGrid... (takes the time domain from the PointProcess)
  PointProcess: To TextGrid (vuv)... (labels voiced and unvoiced intervals)
  Create TextGrid...
From merging existing TextGrids with each other:
  TextGrids: Merge...

## How to edit a TextGrid

You select a TextGrid alone or together with a Sound or LongSound, and click View & Edit. A TextGridEditor will appear on your screen, containing the TextGrid and an optional copy of the Sound or LongSound.

## How to draw a TextGrid

You can draw a TextGrid to the Picture window with:
  TextGrid: Draw...
  TextGrid & Sound: Draw...
  TextGrid & Pitch: Draw...
  TextGrid & Pitch: Draw separately...

### Links to this page

- DTW & TextGrid: To TextGrid (warp times)
- FormantPathEditor
- Intensity: To TextGrid (silences)...
- NavigationContext
- PointProcess: Up to TextGrid...
- Sound: To TextGrid (silences)...
- Sound: To TextGrid (speech activity)...
- SpeechSynthesizer: To Sound...
- SpellingChecker
- TextGrid & DurationTier: To TextGrid (scale times)
- TextGrid: Count labels...
- TextGrid: Extend time...
- TextGrid: To DurationTier...
- TextGrid: To TextGridNavigator...
- TextGridNavigator & TextGrid: Add search tier...
- TextGridNavigator & TextGrid: Replace search tiers
- TextGrids: Merge
- time domain
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