Script that helps with annotating audio files for training HMM Model for pyAudioAnalysis Segmentation

annotateHelper.py

import time, sys

PATH_TO_FILE = sys.argv[1]

DICT = {"1": "speech",
        "2": "laugther",
        "3": "applause"}

quit = False

lCurrent = raw_input("Enter literal to start: ")
absolutStartTime = time.time()
startTime = absolutStartTime

while True:
    lNext = raw_input("")
    if lNext == "":
        quit = True
    endTime = time.time()
    relativeEndTime = endTime - absolutStartTime
    relativeStartTime = startTime - absolutStartTime
    with open(PATH_TO_FILE, "a") as f:
        f.write(str("%.2f" % relativeStartTime) + "," + str("%.2f" % relativeEndTime) + "," + DICT[lCurrent] + "\n")
    f.close()

    if quit == True:
        break

    startTime = time.time()
    lCurrent = lNext