Hi Dave,
I didn't bother, in the current release, to make any changes to
numbers returned for the speech settings (i.e. rounding, etc.). It's
something I'll take care of in the near future. Some of the numbers
are large but you probably only want to listen to the number before
the decimal point. Following is some information on each of the
settings and typical ranges for each.
Pitch Rate: Use is self-explanatory. Typical range is 150 - 180.
Pitch Base is just what most refer to as just pitch - this is the
pitch setting you were asking for. We're using it to set the base
frequency of the voice. Typical range is 30 - 65.
Pitch Modulation: is a speech adjustment not often included but a
handy one to have. This is a one setting you might or might not want
to play around with - but you can really season a particular voice to
your own taste with this one. This setting changes the modulation
depth i.e. "the actual pitch of generated speech might vary from the
base pitch up or down as much as the modulation depth. Typical range
is 0 - 50.
Volume: Use is self-explanatory. 1 is the highest and default
setting. Typical range is 0.0 - 1.0. To lower the volume halfway, for
instance, you might set this to .5.
Ah, I'm guessing your System Beep is also set to Purr. I can change
the "file finished" alert sound to a distinctive sound built into the
app.
Yes, seems that VO will necessarily interrupt the speech if playing
(but it won't, of course, interrupt rendering to audio file) - don't
think there is a workaround for that one.
I hope the info helps!
Thanks,
Joe
On Mar 19, 2006, at 7:52 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
Hi Joe,
This is nice, simple and clean but a couple of things at least need
clarification.
The volume is listed as 1, I don't know what base pitch is (long
number) and what is pitch modulation which is set at 100.
I have a request if you can fill it. I'd either like to be abble
to set my finished signal or have it bbe something than purr since
for me at least, that seems to be the one I get when I've done
something rong so to speak.
Also an observation. Like other apps, vo interrupts play from the
window.
Thanks for a great interface though, it solves an issue of mine.
