(self, non_speech_char=".")
return total
@return: Utterance time of a given tier.
        Screens out entries that begin with a non-speech marker.
def time(self, non_speech_char="."):
    """
        @return: Utterance time of a given tier.
        Screens out entries that begin with a non-speech marker.        
        """

    total = 0.0
    if self.classid != TEXTTIER:
      for (time1, time2, utt) in self.simple_transcript:
        utt = utt.strip()
        if utt and not utt[0] == ".":
          total += (float(time2) - float(time1))
    return total
def time ( self , non_speech_char = "." ) : total = 0.0 if self . classid != TEXTTIER : for ( time1 , time2 , utt ) in self . simple_transcript : utt = utt . strip ( ) if utt and not utt [ 0 ] == "." : total += ( float ( time2 ) - float ( time1 ) ) return total