vocal response s button press
Hello!
I already asked how to use a voice key, but I still have trouble with this because I was recommended not to use just a normal microphone but a cedrus VP-1 device. I found python library which I think kind of records the vocal response like a button press. But it should be adopted to OpenSesame I think and I have trouble with this. The code goes like this:
import pyxid2
import time
# get a list of all attached XID devices
devices = pyxid2.get_xid_devices()
dev = devices[0] # get the first device to use
print(dev)
dev.reset_base_timer()
dev.reset_rt_timer()
if dev.is_response_device():
print ("Press a key!")
while not dev.has_response():
dev.poll_for_response()
response = dev.get_next_response()
print(response)
dev.clear_response_queue()
dev.set_pulse_duration(300)
sleep_flash = .3
for bm in range(0, 16):
mask = 2 ** bm
print("activate_line bitmask: ", mask)
#dev.activate_line(lines=[1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15])
dev.activate_line(bitmask=mask)
time.sleep(sleep_flash)
The response is a python dict with the following keys:
port: Device port the response was from (typically 0) key: Response pad key pressed by the subject pressed: True if the key was pressed, False if it was released time: value of the Response Time timer when the key was pressed/released
Sending a TTL pulse signal via the library can be done via the following methods:
set_pulse_duration() activate_line() clear_line()
Can you help me to simplify the code for OpenSesame (backend with Expyrement)? Thousand thanks!
Comments
Hi Katharina,
I don't have this device myself, so I'm blind-coding this. But I think something like the following should work.
At the very start of the experiment, add the following code to the Prepare phase of an
inline_script:import pyxid2 devices = pyxid2.get_xid_devices() dev = devices[0] # if you get a TypeError, try device 1, 2, etc. if not dev.is_response_device(): raise TypeError('Device is not a response device') dev.reset_base_timer() dev.reset_rt_timer()Then, when you want to collect a response, add the following code to the Run phase of another
inline_script:# Wait until a response is available t0 = clock.time() while not dev.has_response(): dev.poll_for_response() t1 = clock.time() # Get the response and clear the queue response = dev.get_next_response() dev.clear_response_queue() # Tell OpenSesame about the response responses.add( response='voicekey', response_time=t1 - t0, item='custom_inline_script' )Something like this should do the trick, I think, but you may have to tweak the code a bit!
Cheers,
Sebastiaan
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Many thanks, I will try it out!
I also have a question: the voice_key script logically starts only AFTER the sound has played - but participants should be able to respond vocally from the sound onset on. How do I overcome this problem?
Thank you ever so much for your patience!
And I would also like to save the voice onset time (which is even more important for me as the RT because I want to response-lock the data. can I add this? var.voice_onset = t1
If you set the duration of the sound item to 0, then the sound will keep playing in the background while the experiment advances to the
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Thank you ever so much!
I am not sure about the timing, because we need to set it to a lower number (like 750 is 745)
In the sequence above, the sound should come every 2 seconds. So should I set blank and ITI to 995?
The sound is 0.05 ms
I now actually set sound duration to 945
and added an inline AFTER the voice key script
It's just intuition, but seems to work, the lap between sound_onset is about 2025, but never perfectly 2000. Is the perfect 2000 achiavable?
It's just intuition, but seems to work, the lap between sound_onset is about 2025, but never perfectly 2000. Is the perfect 2000 achiavable?
Yes that's possible, but it requires a little scripting to take into account the preparation time, which will vary slightly from trial to trial (as you noticed). See my reply here:
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Many thanks for this great suggestion.
I added
run_onset = clock.time() prepare_duration = run_onset - prepare_onset print('prepare duration: {}'.format(prepare_duration)) var.duration = prepare_durationand then
That improved the accuracy of the sound_onset but still with a few variations. I dont have a fixed ITI because they answer verbally and this also lasts.
Or is there a better way to fix it?
Hello me again.
I can't import pyxid2, I get an error no pyxid2 found
I have open sesame 3.1.9, python 2.7.12
Many thanks
Hi @Katharina ,
You can install
pyxid2through Anaconda in OpenSesame 3.3 by running the following in the console:I see in the screenshot that you're running 3.1.9. So this would be a good moment to upgrade :-)
Cheers,
Sebastiaan
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Thanks for your promt reply.
Unfortunately I have no rights (don't ask why :) to update this very OpenSesame PC. So I will have to work with 3.1.9. is there any way out to install pyxid2?
Hi Katharina,
If you have no admin rights, then you can download the 'no installation required' package. That you can simply unzip and run from any location without requiring admin privileges.
Cheers!
Sebastiaan
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Thanks, but I mean I am not allowed to update anything in any way :) it's not about admit right which I have :) I mus word only with this version
You can also try to install the
pyxid2package throughpipas described here for your version of OpenSesame:I'm not sure whether
pyxid2is compatible with Python 2, which is the version of Python that OpenSesame 3.1 uses by default. It may not be, in which case I would reconsider (or ask the powers that be to reconsider) updating to OpenSesame 3.3!Check out SigmundAI.eu for our OpenSesame AI assistant!