Example #1
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/* insert boundary at time t and merge/delete intervals after this time */
static void IntervalTier_insertBoundaryAndMergeIntervalsAfter (IntervalTier me, double t) {
	if (t <= my xmin || t >= my xmax) {
		return;
	}
	
	long intervalNumber = IntervalTier_timeToLowIndex (me, t);
	while (my intervals.size > intervalNumber + 1) {
		my intervals. removeItem (my intervals.size);
	}
	// there can be maximally one interval left to the right of intervalNumber
	TextInterval ti = my intervals.at [intervalNumber];
	if (ti -> xmin == t) {   // if t happens to be on a boundary: remove the next interval if it exists
		if (my intervals.size > intervalNumber) {
			my intervals. removeItem (my intervals .size);
		}
		ti -> xmax = my xmax;
		TextInterval_setText (ti, U"");
	} else {
		ti -> xmax = t;
		TextInterval last = my intervals.at [my intervals.size];
		last -> xmin = t;
		last -> xmax = my xmax;
		TextInterval_setText (last, U"");
	}
}
Example #2
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static void IntervalTier_insertIntervalDestructively (IntervalTier me, double tmin, double tmax) {
	Melder_assert (tmin < tmax);
	Melder_assert (tmin >= my xmin);
	Melder_assert (tmax <= my xmax);
	/*
	 * Make sure that the tier has boundaries at the edges of the interval.
	 */
	long firstIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (me, tmin);
	if (! firstIntervalNumber) {
		long intervalNumber = IntervalTier_timeToIndex (me, tmin);
		if (intervalNumber == 0)
			Melder_throw (U"Cannot add a boundary at ", Melder_fixed (tmin, 6), U" seconds, because this is outside the time domain of the intervals.");
		TextInterval interval = my intervals.at [intervalNumber];
		/*
		 * Move the text to the left of the boundary.
		 */
		autoTextInterval newInterval = TextInterval_create (tmin, interval -> xmax, U"");
		interval -> xmax = tmin;
		my intervals. addItem_move (newInterval.move());
		firstIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (me, interval -> xmin);
	}
	Melder_assert (firstIntervalNumber >= 1 && firstIntervalNumber <= my intervals.size);
	long lastIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (me, tmax);
	if (! lastIntervalNumber) {
		long intervalNumber = IntervalTier_timeToIndex (me, tmax);
		if (intervalNumber == 0)
			Melder_throw (U"Cannot add a boundary at ", Melder_fixed (tmin, 6), U" seconds, because this is outside the time domain of the intervals.");
		TextInterval interval = my intervals.at [intervalNumber];
		/*
		 * Move the text to the right of the boundary.
		 */
		autoTextInterval newInterval = TextInterval_create (interval -> xmin, tmax, U"");
		interval -> xmin = tmax;
		my intervals. addItem_move (newInterval.move());
		lastIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (me, interval -> xmax);
	}
	Melder_assert (lastIntervalNumber >= 1 && lastIntervalNumber <= my intervals.size);
	/*
	 * Empty the interval in the word tier.
	 */
	trace (U"Empty interval %ld down to ", lastIntervalNumber, U".", firstIntervalNumber);
	for (long iinterval = lastIntervalNumber; iinterval >= firstIntervalNumber; iinterval --) {
		TextInterval interval = my intervals.at [iinterval];
		if (interval -> xmin > tmin && interval -> xmin < tmax) {
			Melder_assert (iinterval > 1);
			TextInterval previous = my intervals.at [iinterval - 1];
			previous -> xmax = tmax;   // collapse left and right intervals into left interval
			TextInterval_setText (previous, U"");
			my intervals. removeItem (iinterval);   // remove right interval
		}
		if (interval -> xmax == tmax) {
			TextInterval_setText (interval, U"");
		}
	}
}
static void IntervalTier_add (IntervalTier me, double xmin, double xmax, const char32 *label) {
	long i = IntervalTier_timeToIndex (me, xmin); // xmin is in interval i
	if (i < 1) {
		Melder_throw (U"Index too low.");
	}

	autoTextInterval newti = TextInterval_create (xmin, xmax, label);
	TextInterval interval = (TextInterval) my intervals -> item[i];
	double xmaxi = interval -> xmax;
	if (xmax > xmaxi) {
		Melder_throw (U"Don't know what to do");    // Don't know what to do
	}
	if (xmin == interval -> xmin) {
		if (xmax == interval -> xmax) { // interval already present
			TextInterval_setText (interval, label);
			return;
		}
		// split interval
		interval -> xmin = xmax;
		Collection_addItem (my intervals, newti.transfer());
		return;
	}
	interval -> xmax = xmin;
	Collection_addItem (my intervals, newti.transfer());
	// extra interval when xmax's are not the same
	if (xmax < xmaxi) {
		autoTextInterval newti2 = TextInterval_create (xmax, xmaxi, interval -> text);
		Collection_addItem (my intervals, newti2.transfer());
	}
}
Example #4
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static void IntervalTier_addBoundaryUnsorted (IntervalTier me, long iinterval, double time, const char32 *leftLabel) {
	if (time <= my xmin || time >= my xmax) {
		Melder_throw (U"Time is outside interval.");
	}

	// Find interval to split
	if (iinterval <= 0) {
		iinterval = IntervalTier_timeToLowIndex (me, time);
	}

	// Modify end time of left label
	TextInterval ti = (TextInterval) my intervals -> item[iinterval];
	ti -> xmax = time;
	TextInterval_setText (ti, leftLabel);

	autoTextInterval ti_new = TextInterval_create (time, my xmax, U"");
	Sorted_addItem_unsorted (my intervals, ti_new.transfer());
}
Example #5
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static void IntervalTier_addBoundaryUnsorted (IntervalTier me, long iinterval, double time, const char32 *newLabel, bool isNewleftLabel) {
	if (time <= my xmin || time >= my xmax) {
		Melder_throw (U"Time is outside interval domains.");
	}

	// Find interval to split
	if (iinterval <= 0) {
		iinterval = IntervalTier_timeToLowIndex (me, time);
	}

	// Modify end time of left label
	TextInterval ti = my intervals.at [iinterval];
	ti -> xmax = time;
	if (isNewleftLabel) TextInterval_setText (ti, newLabel);

	autoTextInterval ti_new = TextInterval_create (time, my xmax, (! isNewleftLabel ? newLabel : U"" ));
	my intervals. addItem_unsorted_move (ti_new.move());
}
Example #6
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static void IntervalTier_mergeSpecialIntervals (IntervalTier me) {
	long intervalIndex = my intervals.size;
	TextInterval right = my intervals.at [intervalIndex];
	long labelLength_right = TextInterval_labelLength (right);
	bool isEmptyInterval_right = labelLength_right == 0 || (labelLength_right == 1 && Melder_equ (right -> text, U"\001"));
	while (intervalIndex > 1) {
		TextInterval left = my intervals.at [intervalIndex - 1];
		long labelLength_left = TextInterval_labelLength (left);
		bool isEmptyInterval_left = labelLength_left == 0 || (labelLength_left == 1 && Melder_equ (left -> text, U"\001"));
		if (isEmptyInterval_right && isEmptyInterval_left) {
			// remove right interval and empty left interval
			left -> xmax = right -> xmax;
			TextInterval_setText (left, U""); 
			my intervals. removeItem (intervalIndex);
		}
		right = left; 
		isEmptyInterval_right = isEmptyInterval_left;
		intervalIndex --;
	}
}
TextGrid TextGrid_readFromTIMITLabelFile (MelderFile file, int phnFile) {
	try {
		double dt = 1.0 / 16000; /* 1 / (TIMIT samplingFrequency) */
		double xmax = dt;
		autofile f = Melder_fopen (file, "r");

		// Ending time will only be known after all labels have been read.
		// We start with a sufficiently long duration (one hour) and correct this later.

		autoTextGrid me = TextGrid_create (0, 3600, U"wrd", 0);
		IntervalTier timit = (IntervalTier) my tiers -> item[1];
		long linesRead = 0;
		char line[200], label[200];
		while (fgets (line, 199, f)) {
			long it1, it2;
			linesRead++;
			if (sscanf (line, "%ld%ld%s", &it1, &it2, label) != 3) {
				Melder_throw (U"Incorrect number of items.");
			}
			if (it1 < 0 || it2 <= it1) {
				Melder_throw (U"Incorrect time at line ", linesRead);
			}
			xmax = it2 * dt;
			double xmin = it1 * dt;
			long ni = timit -> intervals -> size - 1;
			if (ni < 1) {
				ni = 1;
				// Some files do not start with a first line "0 <number2> h#".
				// Instead they start with "<number1> <number2> h#", where number1 > 0.
				// We override number1 with 0. */

				if (xmin > 0 && phnFile) {
					xmin = 0;
				}
			}
			TextInterval interval = (TextInterval) timit -> intervals -> item[ni];
			if (xmin < interval -> xmax && linesRead > 1) {
				xmin = interval -> xmax;
				Melder_warning (U"File \"", MelderFile_messageName (file), U"\": Start time set to previous end "
				                 U"time for label at line ", linesRead, U".");
			}
			// standard: new TextInterval
			const char *labelstring = (strncmp (label, "h#", 2) ? label : TIMIT_DELIMITER);
			IntervalTier_add (timit, xmin, xmax, Melder_peek8to32 (labelstring));
		}

		// Now correct the end times, based on last read interval.
		// (end time was set to large value!)

		if (timit -> intervals -> size < 2) {
			Melder_throw (U"Empty TextGrid");
		}
		Collection_removeItem (timit -> intervals, timit -> intervals -> size);
		TextInterval interval = (TextInterval) timit -> intervals -> item[timit -> intervals -> size];
		timit -> xmax = interval -> xmax;
		my xmax = xmax;
		if (phnFile) { // Create tier 2 with IPA symbols
			autoIntervalTier ipa = Data_copy (timit);
			Thing_setName (ipa.peek(), U"ipa");
			// First change the data in ipa
			for (long i = 1; i <= ipa -> intervals -> size; i++) {
				interval = (TextInterval) timit -> intervals -> item[i];

				TextInterval_setText ( (TextInterval) ipa -> intervals -> item[i],
				                       Melder_peek8to32 (timitLabelToIpaLabel (Melder_peek32to8 (interval -> text))));
			}
			Collection_addItem (my tiers, ipa.transfer()); // Then: add to collection
			Thing_setName (timit, U"phn");  // rename wrd
		}
		f.close (file);
		return me.transfer();
	} catch (MelderError) {
		Melder_throw (U"TextGrid not read from file ", file, U".");
	}
}
Example #8
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TextGrid Intensity_to_TextGrid_detectSilences (Intensity me, double silenceThreshold_dB,
		double minSilenceDuration, double minSoundingDuration, const char32 *silenceLabel, const char32 *soundingLabel) {
	try {
		double duration = my xmax - my xmin, time;

		if (silenceThreshold_dB >= 0) {
			Melder_throw (U"The silence threshold w.r.t. the maximum intensity should be a negative number.");
		}

		autoTextGrid thee = TextGrid_create (my xmin, my xmax, U"silences", U"");
		IntervalTier it = (IntervalTier) thy tiers -> item[1];
		TextInterval_setText ( (TextInterval) it -> intervals -> item[1], soundingLabel);
		if (minSilenceDuration > duration) {
			return thee.transfer();
		}

		double intensity_max_db, intensity_min_db, xOfMaximum, xOfMinimum;
		Vector_getMaximumAndX (me, 0, 0, 1, NUM_PEAK_INTERPOLATE_PARABOLIC, &intensity_max_db, &xOfMaximum);
		Vector_getMinimumAndX (me, 0, 0, 1, NUM_PEAK_INTERPOLATE_PARABOLIC, &intensity_min_db, &xOfMinimum);
		double intensity_dbRange = intensity_max_db - intensity_min_db;

		if (intensity_dbRange < 10) Melder_warning (U"The loudest and softest part in your sound only differ by ",
			        intensity_dbRange, U" dB.");

		double intensityThreshold = intensity_max_db - fabs (silenceThreshold_dB);

		if (minSilenceDuration > duration || intensityThreshold < intensity_min_db) {
			return thee.transfer();
		}

		int inSilenceInterval = my z[1][1] < intensityThreshold;
		long iinterval = 1;
		const char32 *label;
		for (long i = 2; i <= my nx; i++) {
			int addBoundary = 0;
			if (my z[1][i] < intensityThreshold) {
				if (!inSilenceInterval) { // Start of silence
					addBoundary = 1;
					inSilenceInterval = 1;
					label = soundingLabel;
				}
			} else {
				if (inSilenceInterval) { // End of silence
					addBoundary = 1;
					inSilenceInterval = 0;
					label = silenceLabel;
				}
			}

			if (addBoundary) {
				time = my x1 + (i - 1) * my dx;
				IntervalTier_addBoundaryUnsorted (it, iinterval, time, label);
				iinterval++;
			}
		}

		// (re)label last interval */

		label = inSilenceInterval ? silenceLabel : soundingLabel;
		TextInterval_setText ( (TextInterval) it -> intervals -> item[iinterval], label);
		Sorted_sort (it -> intervals);

		// First remove short non-silence intervals in-between silence intervals and
		// then remove the remaining short silence intervals.
		// This works much better than first removing short silence intervals and
		// then short non-silence intervals.

		IntervalTier_cutIntervals_minimumDuration (it, soundingLabel, minSoundingDuration);
		IntervalTier_cutIntervalsOnLabelMatch (it, silenceLabel);
		IntervalTier_cutIntervals_minimumDuration (it, silenceLabel, minSilenceDuration);
		IntervalTier_cutIntervalsOnLabelMatch (it, soundingLabel);

		return thee.transfer();
	} catch (MelderError) {
		Melder_throw (me, U": TextGrid not created.");
	}
}
Example #9
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void TextGrid_anySound_alignInterval (TextGrid me, Function anySound, long tierNumber, long intervalNumber, const char32 *languageName, bool includeWords, bool includePhonemes) {
	try {
		IntervalTier headTier = TextGrid_checkSpecifiedTierIsIntervalTier (me, tierNumber);
		if (intervalNumber < 1 || intervalNumber > headTier -> intervals.size)
			Melder_throw (U"Interval ", intervalNumber, U" does not exist.");
		TextInterval interval = headTier -> intervals.at [intervalNumber];
		if (! includeWords && ! includePhonemes)
			Melder_throw (U"Nothing to be done, because you asked neither for word alignment nor for phoneme alignment.");
		if (str32str (headTier -> name, U"/") )
			Melder_throw (U"The current tier already has a slash (\"/\") in its name. Cannot create a word or phoneme tier from it.");
		autoSound part =
			anySound -> classInfo == classLongSound ? 
				LongSound_extractPart (static_cast <LongSound> (anySound), interval -> xmin, interval -> xmax, true) :
				Sound_extractPart (static_cast <Sound> (anySound), interval -> xmin, interval -> xmax, kSound_windowShape_RECTANGULAR, 1.0, true);
		autoSpeechSynthesizer synthesizer = SpeechSynthesizer_create (languageName, U"default");
		double silenceThreshold = -35, minSilenceDuration = 0.1, minSoundingDuration = 0.1;
		autoTextGrid analysis;
		if (! Melder_equ (interval -> text, U"")) {
			try {
				analysis = SpeechSynthesizer_and_Sound_and_TextInterval_align
					(synthesizer.get(), part.get(), interval, silenceThreshold, minSilenceDuration, minSoundingDuration);
			} catch (MelderError) {
				Melder_clearError ();   // ignore all error messages from DTW and the like
			}
		}
		if (analysis) {
			/*
			 * Clean up the analysis.
			 */
			Melder_assert (analysis -> xmin == interval -> xmin);
			Melder_assert (analysis -> xmax == interval -> xmax);
			Melder_assert (analysis -> tiers->size == 4);
			Thing_cast (IntervalTier, analysisWordTier, analysis -> tiers->at [3]);
			if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisWordTier))
				Melder_throw (U"Analysis word tier out of order.");
			IntervalTier_removeEmptyIntervals (analysisWordTier, nullptr);
			Melder_assert (analysisWordTier -> xmax == analysis -> xmax);
			Melder_assert (analysisWordTier -> intervals.size >= 1);
			TextInterval firstInterval = analysisWordTier -> intervals.at [1];
			TextInterval lastInterval = analysisWordTier -> intervals.at [analysisWordTier -> intervals.size];
			firstInterval -> xmin = analysis -> xmin;
			lastInterval  -> xmax = analysis -> xmax;
			if (lastInterval -> xmax != analysis -> xmax)
				Melder_fatal (U"analysis ends at ", analysis -> xmax, U", but last interval at ", lastInterval -> xmax, U" seconds");
			if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisWordTier))
				Melder_throw (U"Analysis word tier out of order (2).");
			Thing_cast (IntervalTier, analysisPhonemeTier, analysis -> tiers->at [4]);
			if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisPhonemeTier))
				Melder_throw (U"Analysis phoneme tier out of order.");
			IntervalTier_removeEmptyIntervals (analysisPhonemeTier, analysisWordTier);
			Melder_assert (analysisPhonemeTier -> xmax == analysis -> xmax);
			Melder_assert (analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.size >= 1);
			firstInterval = analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.at [1];
			lastInterval  = analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.at [analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.size];
			firstInterval -> xmin = analysis -> xmin;
			lastInterval  -> xmax = analysis -> xmax;
			Melder_assert (lastInterval -> xmax == analysis -> xmax);
			if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisPhonemeTier))
				Melder_throw (U"Analysis phoneme tier out of order (2).");
		}
		long wordTierNumber = 0, phonemeTierNumber = 0;
		IntervalTier wordTier = nullptr, phonemeTier = nullptr;
		/*
		 * Include a word tier.
		 */
		if (includeWords) {
			/*
			 * Make sure that the word tier exists.
			 */
			autoMelderString newWordTierName;
			MelderString_copy (& newWordTierName, headTier -> name, U"/word");
			for (long itier = 1; itier <= my tiers->size; itier ++) {
				IntervalTier tier = static_cast <IntervalTier> (my tiers->at [itier]);
				if (Melder_equ (newWordTierName.string, tier -> name)) {
					if (tier -> classInfo != classIntervalTier)
						Melder_throw (U"A tier with the prospective word tier name (", tier -> name, U") already exists, but it is not an interval tier."
							U"\nPlease change its name or remove it.");
					wordTierNumber = itier;
					break;
				}
			}
			if (! wordTierNumber) {
				autoIntervalTier newWordTier = IntervalTier_create (my xmin, my xmax);
				Thing_setName (newWordTier.get(), newWordTierName.string);
				my tiers -> addItemAtPosition_move (newWordTier.move(), wordTierNumber = tierNumber + 1);
			}
			Melder_assert (wordTierNumber >= 1 && wordTierNumber <= my tiers->size);
			wordTier = static_cast <IntervalTier> (my tiers->at [wordTierNumber]);
			/*
			 * Make sure that the word tier has boundaries at the edges of the interval.
			 */
			IntervalTier_insertIntervalDestructively (wordTier, interval -> xmin, interval -> xmax);
			/*
			 * Copy the contents of the word analysis into the interval in the word tier.
			 */
			long wordIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (wordTier, interval -> xmin);
			Melder_assert (wordIntervalNumber != 0);
			if (analysis) {
				Thing_cast (IntervalTier, analysisWordTier, analysis -> tiers->at [3]);
				if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisWordTier))
					Melder_throw (U"Analysis word tier out of order (3).");
				if (! IntervalTier_check (wordTier))
					Melder_throw (U"Word tier out of order (3).");
				for (long ianalysisInterval = 1; ianalysisInterval <= analysisWordTier -> intervals.size; ianalysisInterval ++) {
					TextInterval analysisInterval = analysisWordTier -> intervals.at [ianalysisInterval];
					TextInterval wordInterval = nullptr;
					double tmin = analysisInterval -> xmin, tmax = analysisInterval -> xmax;
					if (tmax == analysis -> xmax) {
						wordInterval = wordTier -> intervals.at [wordIntervalNumber];
						TextInterval_setText (wordInterval, analysisInterval -> text);
					} else {
						wordInterval = wordTier -> intervals.at [wordIntervalNumber];
						autoTextInterval newInterval = TextInterval_create (tmin, tmax, analysisInterval -> text);
						wordInterval -> xmin = tmax;
						wordTier -> intervals. addItem_move (newInterval.move());
						wordIntervalNumber ++;
					}
				}
				if (! IntervalTier_check (analysisWordTier))
					Melder_throw (U"Analysis word tier out of order (4).");
				if (! IntervalTier_check (wordTier))
					Melder_throw (U"Word tier out of order (4).");
			}
		}
		/*
		 * Include a phoneme tier.
		 */
		if (includePhonemes) {
			/*
			 * Make sure that the phoneme tier exists.
			 */
			autoMelderString newPhonemeTierName;
			MelderString_copy (& newPhonemeTierName, headTier -> name, U"/phon");
			for (long itier = 1; itier <= my tiers->size; itier ++) {
				IntervalTier tier = (IntervalTier) my tiers->at [itier];
				if (Melder_equ (newPhonemeTierName.string, tier -> name)) {
					if (tier -> classInfo != classIntervalTier)
						Melder_throw (U"A tier with the prospective phoneme tier name (", tier -> name, U") already exists, but it is not an interval tier."
							U"\nPlease change its name or remove it.");
					phonemeTierNumber = itier;
					break;
				}
			}
			if (! phonemeTierNumber) {
				autoIntervalTier newPhonemeTier = IntervalTier_create (my xmin, my xmax);
				Thing_setName (newPhonemeTier.get(), newPhonemeTierName.string);
				my tiers -> addItemAtPosition_move (newPhonemeTier.move(),
					phonemeTierNumber = wordTierNumber ? wordTierNumber + 1 : tierNumber + 1);
			}
			Melder_assert (phonemeTierNumber >= 1 && phonemeTierNumber <= my tiers->size);
			phonemeTier = static_cast <IntervalTier> (my tiers->at [phonemeTierNumber]);
			/*
			 * Make sure that the phoneme tier has boundaries at the edges of the interval.
			 */
			IntervalTier_insertIntervalDestructively (phonemeTier, interval -> xmin, interval -> xmax);
			/*
			 * Copy the contents of the phoneme analysis into the interval in the phoneme tier.
			 */
			long phonemeIntervalNumber = IntervalTier_hasTime (phonemeTier, interval -> xmin);
			Melder_assert (phonemeIntervalNumber != 0);
			if (analysis.get()) {
				Thing_cast (IntervalTier, analysisPhonemeTier, analysis -> tiers->at [4]);
				for (long ianalysisInterval = 1; ianalysisInterval <= analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.size; ianalysisInterval ++) {
					TextInterval analysisInterval = analysisPhonemeTier -> intervals.at [ianalysisInterval];
					TextInterval phonemeInterval = nullptr;
					double tmin = analysisInterval -> xmin, tmax = analysisInterval -> xmax;
					if (tmax == analysis -> xmax) {
						phonemeInterval = phonemeTier -> intervals.at [phonemeIntervalNumber];
						TextInterval_setText (phonemeInterval, analysisInterval -> text);
					} else {
						phonemeInterval = phonemeTier -> intervals.at [phonemeIntervalNumber];
						autoTextInterval newInterval = TextInterval_create (tmin, tmax, analysisInterval -> text);
						phonemeInterval -> xmin = tmax;
						phonemeTier -> intervals. addItem_move (newInterval.move());
						phonemeIntervalNumber ++;
					}
				}
			}
			if (includeWords) {
				/*
				 * Synchronize the boundaries between the word tier and the phoneme tier.
				 */
				//for (long iinterval = 1; iinterval <=
			}
		}
	} catch (MelderError) {
		Melder_throw (me, U" & ", anySound, U": interval not aligned.");
	}
}
// Cut parts from me marked by labels in thee
autoIntervalTier IntervalTier_and_IntervalTier_cutPartsMatchingLabel (IntervalTier me, IntervalTier thee, const char32 *label, double precision) {
    try {
        if (my xmin != thy xmin || my xmax != thy xmax) {
            Melder_throw (U"Domains must be equal.");
        }
        autoNUMvector<double> durations (1, my intervals.size);
        for (long i = 1; i <= my intervals.size; i ++) {
            TextInterval ti = my intervals.at [i];
            durations[i] = ti -> xmax - ti -> xmin;
        }
        long myInterval = 1;
        for (long j = 1; j <= thy intervals.size; j ++) {
            TextInterval cut = thy intervals.at [j];
            if (Melder_equ (cut -> text, label)) { // trim
                while (myInterval <= my intervals.size) {
                    TextInterval ti = my intervals.at [myInterval];
                    if (ti -> xmin > cut -> xmin - precision && ti -> xmax < cut -> xmax + precision) {
                        // 1. interval completely within cut
                        durations[myInterval] = 0;
                        myInterval++;
                    } else if (ti -> xmin < cut -> xmin + precision && cut -> xmin < ti -> xmax + precision) {
                        // 2. cut start is within interval
                        if (cut -> xmax > ti -> xmax - precision) {
                            // interval end is in cut, interval start before
                            durations[myInterval] -= ti -> xmax - cut -> xmin;
                            myInterval++;
                        } else {
                            // 3. cut completely within interval
                            durations[myInterval] -= cut -> xmax - cut -> xmin;
                            break;
                        }
                    } else if (cut -> xmax > ti -> xmin - precision && cut -> xmin < ti -> xmax + precision) {
                        // +1+2 : cut end is within interval, cut start before
                        durations[myInterval] -= cut -> xmax - ti -> xmin;
                        break;
                    } else if (ti -> xmax < cut -> xmin + precision) {
                        myInterval++;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        double totalDuration = 0;
        for (long i = 1; i <= my intervals.size; i ++) {
            if (durations[i] < precision) {
                durations[i] = 0;
            }
            totalDuration += durations[i];
        }
        autoIntervalTier him = IntervalTier_create (0, totalDuration);
        double time = 0; long hisInterval = 1;
        for (long i = 1; i <= my intervals.size; i ++) {
            if (durations[i] <= 0) continue;
            TextInterval ti = my intervals.at [i];
            time += durations[i];
            if (fabs (time - totalDuration) > precision) {
                IntervalTier_splitInterval (him.peek(), time, ti -> text, hisInterval, precision);
                hisInterval++;
            } else { // last interval
                TextInterval histi = his intervals.at [hisInterval];
                TextInterval_setText (histi, ti -> text);
            }
        }
        return him;
    } catch (MelderError) {
        Melder_throw (me, U": parts not cut.");
    }
}