... I agree that the userfriendliness of this command is awkward, so here is an explanation. To keep the Mickey Mouse effect within bounds, use a formant shift...
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m_tooher
Aug 17, 2004 11:33 am
Hello Does anyone know why Read from file... 'string$' does not work when i = 2 in the script detailed below. The file does exist, but I get the following...
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Holger Mitterer
holgermitterer
Aug 17, 2004 11:53 am
"Get string..." only works if a strings object is selected. So you have to add the command "Select Strings male_stems" in the for loop right in front of the...
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Hossein Mobahi
hmobahi
Aug 17, 2004 12:15 pm
Hello I wanted to ask the meaning of "Starting/Ending volume (in liters!)" which is printed by Artword_Speaker_to_Sound() in PRAAT. What's the meaning of these...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Aug 17, 2004 5:08 pm
... that's the volume of the whole vocal apparatus from the bottom of the lungs to the lips, in liters, before the simulation starts and after the simulation...
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david_reby
Aug 17, 2004 5:44 pm
Dear all, We're conducting a study on formants and fundamental frequency variation in children's speech and are wondering if anybody has come across a script...
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makashay
Aug 18, 2004 8:22 am
Hi, Can spectrum slices be given 6 dB/oct preemphasis? I'm comparing the spectral moments in Praat with those obtained from CSpeech, and to get similar values...
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Mohamed Al-Khairy
jandouh
Aug 18, 2004 8:35 am
You can apply a pre-emphasis filter on the extracted sound. In Praat there are at least two ways of doing so, Pre-emphasize (in-line)... 50 OR Filter...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Aug 18, 2004 1:51 pm
... Hmm, interesting idea, spectral moments after pre-emphasis. You could pre-emphasize the sound (not nice), or multiply the Spectrum by frequency. The latter...
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Ricardo Bion
ricardobion
Aug 18, 2004 7:48 pm
Has anyone used Akustyk for Praat for vowel analysis? Is there any (dis)advantage in using this software? http://bartus.org/akustyk/ Thanks, Ricardo NUPFFALE -...
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elliot16b
Aug 18, 2004 11:45 pm
I'm studing how to estimate the vocal tract length from formants. Is there any research about this available? If not, any suggestions? Thanks....
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Hossein Mobahi
hmobahi
Aug 19, 2004 6:12 pm
praat-users@... Articulatory Synthesis of Vowels? Hello I am using PRAAT within an articulatory speech synthesis project. Although my questions...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Aug 20, 2004 9:39 am
... Well, that works around the problem. What solves the problem is that if you do "Write to fontless EPS file..." in Praat for Windows from version 4.2.14 on,...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Aug 20, 2004 12:56 pm
... The manual gives an example of [apa], and you can simplify that to a stationary [a]. The relevant articulatory contours are also in chapter 5 of my...
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eeyore4771
Aug 20, 2004 5:13 pm
Hello. I'm new to the auditory stimulus world and I'm trying to create a tone and save it as a WAV file. I just downloaded PRAAT, but unfortunately I'm not...
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1121
nf1121
Aug 26, 2004 3:32 am
hi after adding a button to editor, i want to associate a shortcut kay to it. it has been added in the file menu, now a shortcut key to the command is...
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hyang52002
Aug 26, 2004 5:43 am
hi, i'm a new praat user. with praat, i can analyze the acoustic properties of a vowel, but i was wondering if i could use praate to generate a vowel chart....
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hyang52002
Aug 26, 2004 5:44 am
hi, i have another question. is it possible that i can praate to play sounds at a slower speed. james...
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jeremy c munson
jmunson@...
Aug 26, 2004 12:33 pm
Hello, When I insert an EPS file of a waveform into MSWord 2003, I notice that the negative (i.e. minus) sign on the amplitude axis looks like a capital "D"...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Aug 26, 2004 1:33 pm
... this is only possible at the moment for some combinations with the F12 key, see the Query menu (Log script 3 and 4). -- Paul Boersma Institute of Phonetic...
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nickmazure
Aug 26, 2004 2:36 pm
Hi, This problem is specific only to the screen preview of EPS graphics in Word. In fact, the MS Word EPS import filter is very good. It works great both with...
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jeremy c munson
jmunson@...
Aug 26, 2004 4:26 pm
Thanks so much Nick (and to Paul who was troubleshooting this with me too). Your advice was right on. It was a visual rendering of the EPS in MsWord. Although...
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nickmazure
Aug 31, 2004 10:08 pm
Dear Praat Users, I have two plotting questions. I would really appreciate your help. 1. How do you plot mathematical functions with Praat? Say, I want to ...
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jeremy c munson
jmunson@...
Sep 2, 2004 6:47 pm
Hello, I have two (hopefully quick) questions regarding the picture window. 1) Is there an easy way (without post editing in something like photoshop) to draw...
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jeremy c munson
jmunson@...
Sep 2, 2004 8:22 pm
Hello, It appears as though I might have answered my own questions by forcing myself to create a script. Despite my original hasty posting, any additional...
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maartje_schreuder
maartje_schr...
Sep 6, 2004 7:03 pm
we want to manipulate and sylize pitch contours such that the pitch points are rounded off to the nearest semitone value. Does anyone know how to do this, or...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Sep 6, 2004 10:55 pm
... A. THEORY You want to start with a reference frequency, which is a frequency that has already been rounded to a semitone. A natural choice for music is 440...
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Paul Boersma
paulboersma
Sep 7, 2004 1:07 pm
... yes, from version 4.2.16 there is. In the Select menu in the Picture window, you can now choose "Mouse selects inner viewport". Try it. This allows you to...
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nickmazure
Sep 7, 2004 2:35 pm
Hi, Thanks Paul and David for adding the new drawing selection features. I also noticed that Praat for Windows now correctly identifies Windows directory...
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jeremy c munson
jmunson@...
Sep 8, 2004 12:19 am
Thanks Paul. Yes, the new inner viewport makes for easier placement w/out a script and the larger picture window is great. Ideally, I think it would be very...
