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Format

Praat TextGrid

Summary

Name
Praat TextGrid
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/1801
  • MIME: text/praat-textgrid
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
The Praat TextGrid format is generated by the speech analysis tool Praat. It is used for the annotation of speech sounds in the field of linguistics.
File extensions
textgrid
Submitted by
Preservica / Preservica

Internal signatures

Praat TextGrid

Description
BOF, max offset 3 to allow for potential for Byte Order Mark: ‘File type = "ooTextFile" <newline> ‘Object class = "TextGrid"’ – see https://github.com/praat/praat/blob/master/fon/manual_programming.cpp

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
3
Byte Sequence
46696C652074797065203D20226F6F5465787446696C6522{1-3}4F626A65637420636C617373203D2022546578744772696422
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V110

    Release date
    14 March 2023
    • Added format

      Praat TextGrid: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.

    • Added signature

      Praat TextGrid: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.