This paper introduces a new resource for building phonetically transcribed
corpora of signed languages. The free, open-source software tool,
SLPAnnotator, is designed to facilitate the transcription of hand configurations
using a slightly modified version of the Sign Language Phonetic Annotation
(SLPA) system ([1], [2], [3], [4]; see also [5]).
While the SLPA system
is extremely phonetically detailed, it can be seen as cumbersome and,
perhaps, harder for humans to use and interpret than other transcription
systems (e.g. Prosodic Model Handshape Coding, [6]). SLPAnnotator
is designed to bridge the gap between such systems by automating some
of the transcription process, providing users with informative references
about possible configurations as they are coding, giving continuously
updatable access to a visual model of the transcribed handshape, and
allowing users to verify that transcribed handshapes are both phonologically
and anatomically plausible. Finally, SLPAnnotator is designed to interface
with other analysis tools, such as Phonological CorpusTools ([7],
[8]), to allow for subsequent phonological analysis of the resulting
sign language corpora.
Cite as: Hall, K.C., Mackie, S., Fry, M., Tkachman, O. (2017) SLPAnnotator: Tools for Implementing Sign Language Phonetic Annotation. Proc. Interspeech 2017, 2083-2087, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2017-636
@inproceedings{hall17_interspeech,
author={Kathleen Currie Hall and Scott Mackie and Michael Fry and Oksana Tkachman},
title={{ SLPAnnotator: Tools for Implementing Sign Language Phonetic Annotation}},
year=2017,
booktitle={Proc. Interspeech 2017},
pages={2083--2087},
doi={10.21437/Interspeech.2017-636}
}