# makeVowelsTable.praat

# Start by specifying who the speaker is and making a table.  Here, 
# for example, the speaker is Alexa.  
speaker$="Alexa"
# This next line creates a Table object with the name specified. 
# The table has 10 rows and five columns for the speaker, the word 
# the vowel, and the first and second formant values.  
Create Table with column names... 'speaker$' 10  speaker word vowel F1 F2
# This loop specifies the speaker as 'speaker$' for each of the rows.
select Table 'speaker$'
for i from 1 to 10
	Set string value... i speaker 'speaker$'
endfor
# Specify the word and vowel for each row.  
Set string value... 1 word heed
Set string value... 1 vowel i
Set string value... 2 word hid
Set string value... 2 vowel I
Set string value... 3 word hayed
Set string value... 3 vowel e
Set string value... 4 word head
Set string value... 4 vowel E
Set string value... 5 word had
Set string value... 5 vowel a
Set string value... 6 word hod
Set string value... 6 vowel A
Set string value... 7 word HUD
Set string value... 7 vowel v
Set string value... 8 word hawed
Set string value... 8 vowel O
Set string value... 9 word hoed
Set string value... 9 vowel o
Set string value... 10 word whod
Set string value... 10 vowel u

# After running the commands above, you're ready to go through 
# the and set the values for the vowels formants.