| Date: | Sunday, February 19th, 2017 (9:30am-4:30pm) | 
| Topic: | Introduction to Segmentation and Labeling | 
| Lecturer: | Kyoko Takeuchi (Japan Welfare Education College, Kokugakuin Univerisity) | 
| Venue: | Japan Welfare Education College, Main Building, 6th floor 2-16-3 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (1 minute walk from Takadanobaba station)
 http://www.nippku.ac.jp/access/
 
 (Please refrain from contacting the venue. All inquiry should be addressed to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp)
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| Host: | Planning Committee, The Phonetic Society of Japan | 
| Admission: | 2000 yen for members (including student members), 3000 yen for non-members | 
| Capacity: | 30 | 
| Registration: | Please send an e-mail to: psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp
 
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| What to prepare: | 
Writing utensils (We will first practice labeling by hand. Recommended: pencils, eraser, red pen for correction, ruler)
Headset (headphones and microphone on the same device)Please see the following website for reference
 http://www2.elecom.co.jp/products/HS-HP22SV.html
We will use a Windows computer and Wavesurfer (free software for acoustical analysis) We will prepare the computers, but you may bring you own if you wish.
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| Overview: | 9:30-12:30 
1:30-4:30pmHow to use WaveSurfer (software for acoustical analysis)(recording, saving, how to open files, how to print out), create a template for segmentation and labeling
Measure frequencies/fundamental frequencies of vowels from waveforms
Measure formant frequencies from sound spectrograms
Understand the relationship of pitch contour, fundamental frequency, and vocal fold vibration
 
Review of phonetics (vowels, plosives, fricatives, nasals, approximants, etc.) and practice segmentation and labeling
Segmentation and labeling (short and long sentences)
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