Thank you Jule Ann and David for your descriptions of Intonation works. They were both helpful.
Daniel On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:18, Jule Ann M Lieberman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
