NORM: Vowel Normalization Suite 1.1

1. Select the vowel data file:

Ensure that the file is in a tab-delimited text format and that it matches the format of the NORM Template; see How to Use NORM for help. Maximum file size is 10 MB and the secure processor accepts up to 20,000 data rows. UTF-8 and legacy NORM/Mac text files are accepted; line endings are normalized automatically.

2. Select result type:

3. Select normalization methods:

For information about each method, visit the Methods page.

Not all methods are equally appropriate for all vowel datasets. Although the primary proponent(s) for each method are listed, several methods are slightly modified from their original published versions. These modifications are described on the Methods page.

You can select multiple methods by holding the Ctrl or Shift keys while clicking.

4. Select options:

Web Page Layout: Only relevant if more than one method is selected.

Normalization & Processing:
Include F3 in Processing: Only relevant for Nearey and Labov methods. Bark difference requires F3 values. Lobanov and Watt & Fabricius are not implemented to use F3. Including F3 for Nearey and Labov methods changes the normalized F1 and F2 results as well.	Scale results: Only relevant for Lobanov, Nearey and Watt & Fabricius methods, which otherwise result in non-Hz or non-Barks values. Important: scaling is not recommended by default. See About Scaling.

Plotting:
Plot: Plot Standard Dev. : Plot Labels: Plot Legend: Plot Dot Shapes: Plot Dot Sizes: Inline Plot Size: This sets the size of plots shown inline on the results page.	Plot title: Plotting Colors: You can override NORM's plotting colors by entering a comma-separated list below. Use six-digit hex colors (for example #ffffff) or R color names (for example darkcyan). If this field is left blank, the traditional NORM default color list is used. See the local R colors list.

5. Click the button to upload your file for normalization: