This document explains how to import transcriptions of spoken language created with a text editor or a word processor into the Partitur-Editor using the “Simple EXMARaLDA” format. The Simple EXMARaLDA format is a format for plain text files that can handle transcriptions with some basic annotations, non-verbal behavior and overlapping speech.

Before you start reading this document, you should read: Understanding the basics of EXMARaLDA