TestBuilder

TestBuilder is an online utility app that packages your test materials into the SpeechCatcher format and delivers it directly to your user account.

The interface is designed to allow you to build your test either at once or through successive rounds of imports, with each step bringing your test closer to its final format.

All test data used through TestBuilder belong exclusively to the user; we retain no copies of your test materials on our servers.

We designed TestBuilder as a simple utility app to support the formatting of your test data into SpeechCatcher. Before you start using TestBuilder, you need to be a registered user for SpeechCatcher and have on hand the basic materials you want to utilize as part of your test.

Interfaces and workflows

In its most basic form, a test consists of a series of images and corresponding words in both orthographic and phonetic forms. These images and words are referencing each each other within a CSV file organized into separate columns:

  • Index: Image number

  • Image: Name of image file (e.g. “duck.png”)

  • Target: Portion of the image the identifies a speech target

  • Orthography: Target form written in the orthography of the language

  • IPA: Target form transcribed phonetically

  • Language: Language of the target

  • Dialect (optional): Dialect of the target

  • Prompt 1 (optional): First prompt suggestion

  • Prompt 2 (optional): Second prompt suggestion

  • Prompt 3 (optional): Third prompt suggestion

The file must be named “test.csv” and be located within the same folder as the images it references

Images may contain a single or multiple speech targets.

All common formats for digital imagesare supported (e.g. jpg, png, …)

Prepare your materials folder for import within TestBuilder

  • Series of images containing the speech targets you want to elicitation in your test.

    Images may contain a single or multiple speech targets.

    All common formats for digital imagesare supported (e.g. jpg, png, …)

Import and complete formatting within TestBuilder

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Export to SpeechCatcher and/or back to your computer

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