Report Format
You must submit a single document in PDF format. When submitting to Learn, the name of the file you upload and the electronic submission title must be in the format “{exam number}_{lab report word count}” and nothing else (e.g., “B012345_1459.pdf”)
At the beginning of the document, you must include:
- The title of your report
- Your exam id (i.e., the id that starts with a “B”, NOT your student id)
- The word count for your report
Please put your exam id at the top of every page (as a header)
Marking is strictly anonymous. Do not include your name or your student number – only provide your exam id!
Sections
For the rest of the report please use the section headings as follows (and as discussed in report write-up guidance)
- Text Normalization
- POS tagging/Homographs
- Pronunciation
- Phrase break detection
- Waveform generation
- TTS pipeline discussion
Fonts and spacing
Please use a line spacing of 1.5 and a minimum font size of 11pt (and that applies to all text, including within figures, tables, and captions)
Word limit
The word limit for this assignment is is 1500 words. This includes:
- the main body text
- Footnotes.
This excludes:
- Section headings
- Text in figures and tables, such as numerical data and phonetic transcriptions
- The bibliography
The +/- 10% rule applies to this word limit, but if you go over 1500 words, consider whether the extra words are really enhancing your report (otherwise your markers may not thank you for the extra reading time – it adds up!).
Markers reserve the right to enact a penalty for going more than 10% over the word limit or to simply not read anything over the 10% limit. If applied, the mark penalty will be 1 point per 100 words.
Each section of the report is worth the same amount, so you should aim to write around the same amount for each section (i.e., around 250 words). However, there is no specific word limit per section (just the overall 1500 word limit for the whole report)
Note: we are aware that Turnitin generally produces inflated word counts. Thus, it is important that you report your word count at the beginning of your report. If you use the Overleaf Template, you should be fine using the word count provided there.
While there is a word limit, there is no page limit. Large margins are fine but avoid blank pages
Figure, graphs and tables
You should ensure that figures and graphs are large enough to read easily and are of high-quality (with a very strong preference for vector graphics, and failing that high-resolution images). There is no page limit, so therefore there is no reason to have very small figures!
Your work may be marked electronically or we may print hardcopies on A4 paper, so it must be legible in both formats. In particular, do not assume the markers can “zoom in” to make the figures larger.
You are strongly advised to draw your own figures which will generally attract a higher mark than a figure quoted from another source. Figures which are clearly just screenshots or copies of other papers/textbooks won’t get you any extra marks.
Tables must have column or row headers, as appropriate.
There is no limit on the number of figures, graphs, and tables you can include. However, any figures/graphs/tables you do include should be properly referred to and discussed in the main text. All of these should have proper captions.
References
We generally prefer APA style references (i.e. Author, Year). Other citation styles are also ok as long as they are implemented correctly and consistently.