Rater

class audformat.Rater(type='human', *, description=None, meta=None)

A rater is the author of an annotation.

Parameters

• type (str) – rater type, see audformat.define.RaterType for available rater types

• description (Optional[str]) – rater description

• meta (Optional[dict]) – additional meta fields

Raises

BadValueError – if an invalid type is passed

Examples

>>> Rater(define.RaterType.HUMAN)
{type: human}

__eq__()

Rater.__eq__(other)

Return self==value.

Return type

bool

description

Rater.description

Description

dump()

Rater.dump(stream=None, indent=2)

Serialize object to YAML.

Parameters

• stream – file-like object. If None serializes to string

• indent (int) – indent

Return type

str

Returns

YAML string

from_dict()

Rater.from_dict(d, ignore_keys=None)

Deserialize object from dictionary.

Parameters

• d (dict) – dictionary of class variables to assign

• ignore_keys (Optional[Sequence[str]]) – variables listed here will be ignored

meta

Rater.meta

Dictionary with meta fields

to_dict()

Rater.to_dict()

Serialize object to dictionary.

Return type

dict

Returns

dictionary with attributes

type

Rater.type

Rater type