Hello Daniel, You may want to change the intonation to a lower setting. Basically this "flattens" the emphasis associated with things such as questions. For example when a question mark appears in the text typically the screen reader will raise the pitch accordingly as human speech does when expressing a question. Think what is termed monotone, no changes in pitch or tone that reflects expression. Hope this helps. Jule Ann
Jule Ann Lieberman MS CLVT Assistive Technology Specialist Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT) Institute on Disabilities at Temple University College of Education 1755 N. 13th Street , 411S Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-2933 Direct 800-204-7428 www.disabilities.temple.edu [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel McGee Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Making Alex sound a bit more robotic Hi all, sometimes when I'm listening to podcasts where people demonstrate something on the Mac and are using the Alex voice, I don't know if it is me but he seems a little deeper so to speak and maybe a touch of less natural sounding. Basically, I want to kind of have him sound a bit more robotic and less natural sounding as already mentioned. The reason for this is because I where hearing aids and at times I noticed he may raise slightly in pitch depending on what he is reading. So with a combination of adjusting the pitch and intonation, what would you recommend for getting him to such a state. lol Pitch is 45% Intonation is 40% Question: what is Intonation anyway? I understand what pitch is but don't have a clue on the concept of Intonation. If that could be answered, well then I've learned something new today. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
