phonfieldwork (version 0.0.17)

df_to_exb: Dataframe to EXMARaLDA's .exb

Description

Convert a dataframe to EXMARaLDA's .exb

Usage

df_to_exb(
  df,
  name,
  output_file,
  output_dir = "",
  referenced_file = "",
  ud_meta = NULL,
  speaker_table = NULL
)

Value

.xml file

Arguments

df

an R dataframe object that contains columns named 'tier', 'tier_name', 'content', 'time_start', 'time_end' and 'id'

name

transcription name

output_file

the name of the result .html file

output_dir

the output directory for the rendered file

referenced_file

a filepath for .wav

ud_meta

a vector ('key':'value') of meta information (not obligatory)

speaker_table

a table with speaker information; must include columns 'id', 'abbreviation', 'sex' (not obligatory)

Author

Valeria Buntiakova <[e-mail]>

Examples

meta <- c('Type of communication' = 'Fernsehinterview',
          'Source' = 'Parkinson Talkshow auf BBC',
          'Background information' = 'Interview mit den Beckhams',
          'Code' = 'Beckhams')

speaker_data <- data.frame('id' = c('SPK0', 'SPK1', 'SPK2'),
                           'abbreviation' = c('PAR', 'VIC', 'DAV'),
                           'sex' = c('m', 'f', 'm'),
                           'Family: Marital status' = c('Verheiratet',
                                                        'Verheiratet',
                                                        'Verheiratet'),
                           'Birth' = c('28. März 1935 in Cudworth',
                                       '14. April 1974 in Hertfordshire',
                                       '2. Mail 1975 in London'),
                           'Occupation' = c('Fernsehmoderator, Journalist, Autor',
                                            'Sängerin',
                                            'Professioneller Fußballspieler'),
                           'Family: Children' = c(3, '3 Söhn, 1 Tochter', '3 Söhne, 1 Tochter'),
                           'Name' = c('Michael Parkinson', 'Victoria Beckham', 'David Beckham'))

df <- exb_to_df(system.file("extdata", "demo_Beckhams.exb", package = "phonfieldwork"))

df_to_exb(df = df,
          name = 'Beckhams',
          output_file = 'beck.xml',
          referenced_file = 'beck.wav',
          ud_meta = meta,
          speaker_table = speaker_data)

# Remove file in order to pass checks

file.remove("beck.xml")