Compare Speech Tools Releases 1.5 and 2.1
Speech Analyzer
Platforms
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Win3.1, Win95, Win98 |
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Win95, Win98, Win2000, XP |
Technical Support
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Features
A number of "under the hood" improvements and fixes in version 2.
| 1.5 | 2.1 | SA 2.1 Improvements | |
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Help Online |
Added tutorials for SA and Music. IPA, MIDI and other charts, Acoustic Phonetics Manual. |
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Time-synchronized sound file plots of pitch, magnitude, and other views displayed simultaneously. |
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Add transcriptions: phonemic, orthographic, tone and gloss in an interlinear format. | |
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"Talking IPA Chart" assists phonetic transcription by allowing you to hear examples of several related phones. | |
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Slow speed playback with repetition to practice mimicking all or selected parts of a recording. | |
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Overlay Pitch plot with your tonal contour practice. | New voice-activated "Quick" overlay capability button. |
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Import data from Find Phone or from Shoebox. | |
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Export transcriptions as SFM, XML, or Midi (music data). | |
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Spectrogram display with online Acoustic Phonetics manual to assist interpretation. | Improved accuracy; faster; better control. |
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Spectrum display | New LPC and Cepstral plots. Better control. |
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Startup remembers previous graphs and parameters when you begin a new session. | |
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Digital "Workbench" to create most digital filters. | New "Waveform Generator" for any type of complex wave. |
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Audio Converter to convert CECIL UTT or WAV audio files of different sampling rates. | In 2.0 this can be accessed directly from the Help menu. |
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Music Analysis for Ethnomusicologists | Improved. |
Phonology Assistant
Platforms
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Win3.1, Win95, Win98 |
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Win95, Win98, Win2000, XP |
Technical Support
| 1.5 | 2.1 |
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Features
Several bug fixes in version 2.0.
| 1.5 | 2.1 | SA 2.1 Improvements | |
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Help online: |
Added SM tutorial |
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Sample audio database included with transcribed recordings or text in several categories and languages for practice. |
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Create hierarchical database from audio recordings, or keyboard entries. Display words with interlinear display of all its phonetic, orthographic and other transcriptions. | |
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Speech Analyzer can perform any function on your recordings from inside Speech Manager. | |
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Test phonological hypotheses by creating queries of any phonetic sequence and it's environment. Sort preceding
and following contexts from left to right or right to left. Filters available to select only a certain group or groups. |
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Multiple IPA chart displays of your data selectable by filter; also distribution charts, histograms and other charts. | |
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Phonetic classes for phonetic segments may be created, deleted or modified. | |
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Export charts and query results as Rich Text Format for easy pasting into Microsoft Word. |
IPA Help
Platforms
| 1.5 | 2.1 | |
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Win3.1, Win95, Win98 |
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Win95, Win98, Win2000, XP |
Technical Support
| 1.5 | 2.1 |
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Features
| 1.5 | 2.1 | |
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"Talking IPA Charts" pronounce each IPA character to help decide which one is better during phonetic transcription. |
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Transcribed Word lists included for study or create your own. |
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Self testing feature of IPA sounds. |
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Speech Analyzer features available for slow-play, automatic repetition and pitch charting. |