2. Clipping process





Steps

Process

To Do


1

Look for the assigned Patient

Access the Spanish CS Speech Data Analysis, Catalan CS Speech Data Analysis, or English CS Speech Data Analysis Smartsheet

  1. Make sure the clinician associated with the patient has uploaded the audio to box; this can be found under the column "Audios uploaded and copied to box" and that your name appears in the "RA student" column
  2. Under the column "Enrolled in Study," check type of study

1.1

Access the Transcription Folder that Corresponds with the Patient's Enrollment in the Study

  1. Select the appropriate Transcription Folder based on the patient's enrollment:
    1. Therapy trial or Observational trial

    2. Spanish, Catalan, or English


      (This can be found highlighted in yellow under the "Transcriptions" column)


      Here you will find the audios:

1.2

Download the audio file (or files)

  1. Download the audio file associated with the patient.
  2. The patient code will be the first part of the title (ex: BISE004_BACC003_CS1_Cat_Obs1part1_20230515.wav)

2

Open Audacity

Open Audacity Version 3.4.2

*If audacity is showing an error page when trying to import audio files, follow the instructions using the following link to install the FFmpeg plug-in: https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/installing-ffmpeg


2.1

Open the patient audio file

  1. On audacity, look for the tab "File/Activo," then select "open/abrir" from the drop-down menu


    1. Choose the patient audio file you wish to clip from your downloads
  2. Once you've located the patient audio in Audacity, click "open/abrir"


3

Clipping audio files in Audacity:
Listen to the audio file

  1. Listen to the audio sample by pressing on the top left-hand corner.
    1. Listen until you've reached the beginning of a task, then press "Control +B" to clip the audio (Make sure to press both buttons at the same time)
    2. Make sure to check that there is no clinician speech!



3.1

Name the task

1. Use the Naming Convention associated with the task and enter it into the purple box:


***Note that all Non-R01 and R01 patients will have set 3 in addition to Set 1 or Set 2, and Pre-R01s will only have set 3***


3.2

Listen to the audio until the patient has finished the task

  1. After the patient has finished the task, press "Control + B" and enter "ZZZ" into the purple box.


  2. **Note for the "KINDNESS" and "BRIDGE" tasks, you will need to clip each individual question associated with the task (ie: there should be 9 total clippings for the one task)
    1. You can find the specific questions that accompany these tasks under the Naming Convention page

3.4

Clip the remaining tasks

  1. Repeat steps 3 -3.2
  2. At this point, you can simply copy and paste the naming convention from step 3.2 and change the task name.
  3. To know which tasks come next, use the corresponding report on Smartsheet and follow the tasks under the appropriate set:
    1. Spanish Set 1 and 3 / Spanish Set 2 and 3 / Pre-R01 Spanish
    2. Catalan Set 1 and 3/ Catalan Set 2 and 3/ Pre-R01 Catalan
    3. English Set 1 and 3/English Set 2 and 3/ Pre-R01 English


  4. Once you have finished listening to the last task, make sure you enter "ZZZ" in the purple box to ensure non-task-related speech is excluded from the audio clipping!!!

4

Export the Audio Clippings

  1. After all audios have been clipped and clinician speech has been deleted, click "File/Activo" on the top left-hand corner of audacity and then click "Export audio/Exportar audio" from the drop-down menu.


    1. Click on the circle for "Multiple files/Múltiples archivos" next to the option "Export Range/Rango de exportación"
    2. Under "Dividir archivo basados en" click the circle for "Etiquetas"
    3. Make sure you note where the clipped audio files will be saved on the desktop — Recommendation: Create a folder called "Audacity"

  2. Next, click "Export/exportar" (it may take a few seconds for all the audios to be exported)

6

Saving the Audacity Project

  1. After the audios have been exported, select "Upload/Activo" again, then select "Save project/Guardar proyecto"


    1. Make sure to add the word "CLIPPED" to the project name before saving


7

Upload the clipped audios and saved project to box

  1. Go back to where you downloaded the original audio file, click the folder "1. Clipped audios of tasks," then upload the audios to their respective task folders (ex: S1_CatRescue_PictureStoryDescription)





  2. Go back to where you downloaded the original file, click the folder "Z. Clipped audacity projects," then upload the clipped audacity project






    1. **Make sure they are uploaded as .wav files

8

Update the Smartsheet and Report sheet

  1. Go back to the appropriate Smartsheet from step 1; Use the drop-down option under "Audio clipped for all tasks" and select completed.

  2. Lastly, go to the appropriate CS report from step 3.4 and select "Completed" for each task clipped.
    1. Find the column entitled "Audios Clipped for All Tasks," then click the drop-down menu associated with the patient and select complete.




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