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Dialogue Speaker Label Normalizer

Trim and collapse whitespace in a script speaker label before Unicode default uppercasing; no identity or role inference.

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Description

Normalize a dialogue speaker label's spacing and capitalization.

Writing records can represent speakers, scenes, aliases, rhyme labels and revision spans. These representations preserve selected conventions: a character count needs an indexing unit, an alias can be active over an inclusive period, and a stage-direction wrapper is a string pattern rather than a grammar. Mechanical labels do not evaluate literary quality or establish authorship.

Normalize a dialogue speaker label's spacing and capitalization.

When to use this tool

Use Dialogue Speaker Label Normalizer when you already have speakerLabel and need to normalize a dialogue speaker label's spacing and capitalization.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter speakerLabel. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read normalized. Use the output convention below.

Apply JavaScript trim, collapse each whitespace run to one ASCII space, then apply toUpperCase.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
speakerLabelSpeaker LabelRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
normalizedTrimmed label with whitespace runs collapsed to an ASCII space and JavaScript uppercase applied; no Unicode normalization.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "speakerLabel": "  alex   river  "
  },
  "output": {
    "normalized": "ALEX RIVER"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Empty output is allowed. Uppercasing can expand characters; no locale-specific naming, Unicode normalization, speaker identity or screenplay convention is verified.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Inspect the full passage, draft history and editorial style when interpreting the result. Use complete text or narrative analysis for meaning and structure; local markers, offsets and supplied attribution records only organize the stated information.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: creative-writing/dialogue-speaker-label-normalizer — tool.io

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