Use Manual Segmentation Tool
On the Start Annotating tab, a segmentation method you can select is Use Manual Segmentation Tool. It opens the file in the Manual Segmenter dialog box. You can zoom in and out with the Zoom control or with shortcut keys.
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Click
Listen, or press the SPACEBAR key, to start listening to the file.
Watch the green line move through the waveform, or watch the duration values (lower right corner) to determine where to add segment boundaries:
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At the location where you want a segment boundary, or after a desired duration has played, click
Add Segment Boundary or press the ENTER key. -
The file playback continues, so you can click
Add Segment Boundary, or press the ENTER key, at each location where you want a segment break.
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To choose a particular location in the file to begin the playback, click the desired area in the waveform. This moves the green line. Then, click
Listen, or press the SPACEBAR key. -
To stop the playback, click
Stop or press the SPACEBAR key. -
To listen to a particular segment, move your mouse over that segment and then click the
button (play segment) that appears. -
Listen carefully to the playback again and carefully observe the positions of the segment boundaries.
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Move a boundary: click (example) and drag it.
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Ignore a segment you do not want to use: click
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Clear an Ignore: click
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Remove a boundary: click it, and then click
Delete Selected boundary or press the DELETE key.
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Click OK.
Important
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The wave file appears in the upper portion of the dialog box. Below it on the right is a Segments count. To the right of that count are file duration values: the duration of the file that is to the left of the green line (has been played, typically) / the total duration of the file.
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If segment is too short, the Add Segment Boundary button label changes to inform you.
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After you have set segment boundaries and closed this dialog box again, the Start Annotating tab no longer appears.
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From an Annotations tab, click
Segment to open the Manual Segmenter dialog box.