I’m triying to import a Transcriber file (.trs) following the
instructions given
, but unfortunately I can’t seem to make it work.
I
locate the .trs file via the relevant import menu in Elan, choose the
first import option “create a separate tier for each speaker”, and then
click OK. Elan responds by “initializing” for a few seconds and then
nothing happens. The process of ‘initializing’ apparently stops but no
text seems to have been imported from the .trs file, and I’m not asked
to locate the associated sound file. What am I doing wrong?
I’m running v 3.4.0 (Win)
It might well be that the importer encounters something unexpected. There maybe some error message in the log file. (After trying to import, quit ELAN and inspect
The .trs file might be helpful anyway in case we need to fix the import function.
Han
Hi Han
Thanks for your quick response. Luckily, the problem is solved!
After I posted my question, I noticed that Elan gave the full path of the .trs file in the upper left corner, and looking at that path suddenly made me realize that my way of organizing files in folders named after the number of the recording session, i.e. #001, #002 etc., was probably not a very good idea. And indeed it wasn’t: the hash in the folder name was the culprit! When copied to a new folder the .trs file loaded in Elan without any further ado…
Thanks for a great tool - and very efficient support!
/jamo