Scription v0.7.0

Version 0.7.0 of the scription data format is released! This release has the following notable changes:

• NEW: add support for a source line (\s), for indicating the source (speaker) of an utterance
• NEW: add support for “bolding” / emphasis using asterisks
• NEW: add support for a time durations line (\t), which indicates the start and end times of an utterance in the format SS.MMM-SS.MMM (seconds and milliseconds)
• CHANGE: The note line (\n) may now be preceded by the backslash code \n even if other lines in the utterance are not preceded by backslash codes.

An example scription text

Scription is a simple text format for linguistic texts that is designed to be computationally parseable while still following the standard conventions that linguists already use in their interlinear examples. Read more about the scription format here.