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Re: [Emacspeak] Question: what voice do you use on MacOS to be able to tell differences in pitch?



Hey Robert,
Yes, I do, although this is partly to the pause that the Mac speech server inserts when processing these commands.
I’ve attached a recording to this email of the differences in case that helps.

Attachment: 20240229 1605 Recording.mp3
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> On 29 Feb 2024, at 13:37, Robert Melton <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Parham--
> 
> At the same speed with the mac server do you hear the pitch shift more? 
> 
>> On Feb 29, 2024, at 05:59, Parham Doustdar (via emacspeak Mailing List) <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I’m using the Alex voice with Emacspeak. However, I notice that I can’t tell differences in pitch since using Swiftmac because there is no pause in between chunks with different pitches.
>> As an example, try this text in an org-mode buffer with the rate set to 250:
>> *** TODO Book a time on their [[https://www.dinerspel.nl/beschikbaarheid_in_stappen][calendar]] :week:
>> You’ll probably not hear much of a difference in pitch. In fact, the only reason I figured this out was looking at the swiftmac log. Now, if you slow the speech server down a lot, for example to 180 or even 150, you will hear a barely perceptible pitch change, but not large enough to be noticeable.
>> I’ve noticed that if the text is multiple words, it’s easier for me to notice the change in pitch, but if it’s just one word like “TODO” or “calendar” above, I easily miss it.
>> Do others have this issue as well, or am I losing my hearing? 😭
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> Robert "robertmeta" Melton
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