Hello,
I am using ELAN with conversation video so that each video has 2-3 different participants. I had every tier duplicated with the participant’s id letter differentiating them (eg. Free Translation A, Free Translation B). However, when I export multiple files to a .csv file, I end up with separate columns for each participant (leaving me with 8+ columns containing similar information).
I would like to change my work flow so that there are only 2 tier names across all the files (eg. Free Translation Memorizer, Free Translation Checker) with the participant IDs given in a separate column. I tested this across two files and it combined the same tier names across both files into one column (yay), but there is no way to see which participant made which contribution.
I have the participant letters assigned to all the tiers, but I can’t find a way to export multiple files into a CSV file that includes the participant information for each line. Is there a way to do this in ELAN?
Hi Tamara,
Apologies for the delayed response.
If the option “Exclude participant names from output” is unchecked, the participants names will appear next to tier names. Maybe I am not fully understanding the situation you are describing. It would be helpful if you could share a screenshot of the export settings and the .csv output with me. Please send them to my email at ( Divya.Kanekal AT mpi.nl ), and I’ll be able to assist you further.
Hi thank you for the response. I have attached a screenshot of the settings I used to create the csv file as well as the csv file screenshot. I didn’t check exclude participants, but it is also not an option with the settings I chose.
Hi Tamara,
When using “separate column for each tier” the participant labels are not exported.
If you want to export the participants maybe you can use the alternative export mode ( such as exporting all annotations with a long format where participant name, tier and annotations are all columns) . Example below ( the first column is tier name , second participant and third annotation)
When I uncheck include each tier separately, I end up with different tiers on the same column. That won’t work for me at all because I’m trying to turn these CSV files into dataframes in R. I think I will need to keep doing what I was doing and adjust everything within R. Thanks for talking through solutions with me!
