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	Importing a Delimited Phrase Data Text File

The Import Phrase Data option allows you to import phrase data from a delimited text file to update existing phrase data, and/or add new phrase data, to the phraseset within your speech application project.

Before importing a phrase data file, you need to first create one-a delimited phrase data text file. The column layout of the fields in the text file is configurable during the import. The rows, however, must have a consistent number of columns, whether each column in a row is defined data or left blank.

The delimiter used in the text file can be a Tab, or another consistently used character in your file that does not conflict with the data content; for example, a pipe symbol (" | ") or comma.

The delimited phrase data text file can contain some or all of the following accepted data content within its columns, on a row by row basis:

• Audio file name

• Phrase name

• Phrase text

• Comments

• Voice talent

• Base language text

• Search keywords

Following is an example of a short delimited phrase file:

With this example delimited phrase file, the columns are configured as follows within the Import Phrase Data page. The remaining data content types are not used:

New phrases included in the text file can also be added, or ignored, as specified in the Import Phrase Data page. Also, a data index area on the page allows a controlled and configurable import with options to specify what text row from the file to begin importing data from, as well as a place to define a zero-based index of the columns.

To import a delimited phrase data file:

1. Create a delimited phrase data file, as described in the previous discussion.

2. Within the Dialog Designer Navigator panel, select the speech application project to import the phrase data to.

3. From the Main Menu bar, select File > Import. The Import selection dialog box is shown.

4. Select Avaya Speech Development > Phrase Data, then click Next.

5. The Import Phrase Data dialog is displayed. Click Browse to navigate to your delimited phrase data file to be imported.

6. In the Target Phraseset panel, select a Project, Language, and Phraseset which will be updated based on the data within the phrase data file.

7. In the Options panel, determine the following options:

• New phrases - Select either Ignore or Add to indicate whether new phrase data should be ignored or added to the phraseset, respectively.

• Delimiter - Depending on the delimiter used in your phrase data file, select either the Tab option, or Other and indicate the delimiter character.

8. Click the Advanced Options label, and options to configure the column layout of the delimited phrase data file are provided (if required). Using these options, configure the import based on the defined phrase data file, as follows:

• If appropriate, define the Start import at row option. This option allows you to define either 0, for the import to start at the beginning of the phrase data file, or another number, to start at a row later within the file.

• This feature is especially useful if you use the same delimited phrase file again and again over time and you only want to bring in new data, not overwrite existing data.

• Define values to the available data content fields, based on the data defined in the columns of the delimited phrase data file. The index to be defined is a zero-based (zero being the first column) index, and counts up for the column order for data included in the text file. If a particular type of data is not included or should not be imported, use a value of -1.

9. After completing the step, click Finish.

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