Release notes

0.7.6 (18/05/2020)

  • properties are now displayed in a table in the information panel

  • better error reporting

  • bug fixes

0.7.5 (09/11/2019)

  • n-point average in formant analysis

  • ability to remove rows in query views

  • fix navigation with arrows in annotation views when some layers are hidden

  • return empty label instead of crashing in formant analysis when intervals are misaligned

  • get_selected_annotations() and get_selected_sounds() functions

0.7.4 (14/11/2019)

  • robust sandwich variance estimator for Poisson regression

  • fix project finalization when views are modified

  • covrc() was renamed to cov()

  • Run script... is now in the Tools menu

0.7.3 (10/11/2019)

  • poisson() function for Poisson regression

  • negative numbers are now parsed correctly in String to Number conversion

  • fix split() method in String type

0.7.2 (09/11/2019)

  • lm() function for linear regression

  • logit() function for logistic regression

  • read_matrix() and write_matrix() functions to read/write a numeric array to/from a text file

  • DFT now uses double precision

  • slice() method to obtain a slice of an Array

0.7.1 (07/11/2019)

  • license is now GPL 3

  • Gaussian window for spectrograms and LPC analysis

  • improved LPC analysis

  • experimental automatic formant selection using Weenink’s method in formant queries

0.7.0 (05/11/2019)

  • formant queries (Analysis > Analyze formants...)

  • fix formant bandwidth estimation

  • maximum bandwidth parameter in formant analysis

  • fix path compression in project files

0.6.3 (02/11/2019)

  • fix regression in report_formants() due to the new array indexing syntax

  • documentation for the List type

  • anchors are now only edited on the visible layers

  • new statistical functions: covrc() (covariance) and corr() (Pearson’s correlation coefficient)

0.6.2 (31/10/2019)

This release brings improvements to the scripting engine, statistical functions, and fixes a regression.

  • new concatenation operator &

  • improved Array type

  • the multiplication and division operators can now operate on two arrays, or on an array and a scalar value.

  • mathematical functions for numbers and arrays

  • statistical functions: sum, mean, variance, standard deviation and hypothesis testing (chi-squared test, F-test, one-sample t-test, two sample independent t-test with or without equal variance)

  • to_string() method for lists, arrays and objects

  • comment/uncomment selection in script views

  • bug fixes

0.6.1 (27/10/2019)

  • improved LPC analysis

  • scripting functions to convert between Hertz and bark, ERB units, mel and semitones (see Sounds). These functions accept a Number or an Array.

  • get_annotations() and get_sounds() now return a sorted list

  • automatic indentation in script views

0.6.0 (25/10/2019)

This release brings more sound visualization and analysis options, as well as a number of enhancements and bug fixes.

  • spectrogram in sound and annotation views

  • LPC-based formant tracking

  • waveform scaling using global, local or fixed magnitude

  • intensity settings

  • click on middle button (wheel) too zoom on the active selection

  • user dialogs

  • uninstall plugin (Tools > uninstall plugin)

  • new resampler

  • resample and/or convert sound to WAV, AIFF or FLAC

  • Sound objects are now accessible from the scripting engine

  • measure pitch, intensity and formants under the cursor

  • show/hide layers in annotation views

  • Export annotation(s) to plain text... (in File > Export)

  • updated documentation

0.5.2 (04/10/2019)

This version is mostly a bug fix release.

  • new import dialog for metadata

  • bug fixes

0.5.1 (29/09/2019)

  • new regular expression engine based on PCRE2

  • faster loading time for TextGrid annotations (~ 23%) thanks to the new regex engine

0.5.0 (27/09/2019)

  • new website at http://www.phonometrica-ling.org

  • create and edit annotations

  • scripting API to access the content of annotations

  • export metadata to CSV

  • bookmarks

  • fix initialization on Windows when the user’s directory contains non-ASCII characters

0.4.1 (21/09/2019)

This version brings the following fixes and enhancements:

  • fix communication with Praat on Windows when the user’s directory contains non-ASCII characters

  • better monospace font on Windows

  • improved preferences dialog

0.4.0 (20/09/2019)

This is the first functional version of Phonometrica. It brings the following features:

  • project management

  • native format for annotations based on annotation graphs

  • conversion between Praat TextGrids and Phonometrica annotations

  • typed properties (Boolean, numeric or textual)

  • query editor for single layer queries

  • query protocols

  • plugins

0.3.0 (30/08/2019)

  • initial implementation of annotation views

0.2.0 (17/03/2019)

  • project management, with support for metadata

  • script editor and scripting console

  • basic interaction with Praat

  • initial documentation

  • installers for Windows, macOS and Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

0.1.0 (26/02/2019)

  • Scripting engine based on MuJS 1.0.5.

Phonometrica is partly based on Dolmen, developed and maintained by Julien Eychenne from 2010 to 2018. A python proof-of-concept of Dolmen was sketched out in April/May 2010. Dolmen was a complete redesign of the PFC platform (2006/2008), a concordancer implemented in Python and specifically written for the PFC project (www.projet-pfc.net).