CSYE scripts

This repository contains Python scripts to facilitate projects using data from the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe (CSYE).

Contents

1. download_csye_for_mfa.py: Creates a local copy of the latest version of the CSYE (both the transcripts and audio files) in the format required by the Montreal Forced Aligner. This script also generates a basic pronunciation dictionary and configuation file for use with MFA commands.

Usage

For detailed usage instructions for each script, please refer to the comments at the top of each file or run the script with the -h or --help flag.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Additional Python libraries (listed in each script)
• External command line tools: ffmpeg

License

This repository is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).