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change to Male or Female.
phonetics; use the "Gender" option on the menu bar to
†††⌘Male and Female can not be embedded using only
values definitions; from .25 to 10 seconds.
††⌘See "Changing the Speech Variables" for Delay
†⌘Do not use a "P" for pitch. Use just any number 0-99.
+Ts60 80
+Tm80 1024
⌘Gender†††⇧(Male⌥or⌃Female)
Dx=⌘Delay††⇧(0=short⌥to⌃99=long)
T or B=⌘Tone⇧(T=treble⌥or⌃B=bass)
Sx=⌘Speed ⇧(0=slow⌥to⌃9=fast)
x=⌘Pitch†⇧(0=low ⌥to⌃99=high)
Vx=⌘Volume ⇧(0=soft⌥to⌃9=loud)
+Ts110 135 205 280 308
+Tm60 1024
B, or D) and ranges (where x = desired number):
string at the desired position. Here are the valid codes (V, S, T,
English text. Instead, the codes are just placed in the phonetic
use the <<beginning and ending>> brackets as you learned to do with
are embedded differently from an English text-string. You do not
SPEECH VARIABLES: Speech variables in a phonetic text-string
+Tm25 450
+Fs12
w"wait"
h"hit"‚åòy‚áß"yet"
m"might"‚åòr‚áß"rate"
z"zen"‚åòn‚áß"night"
s"sin"‚åòl‚áß"light"
g"Given"‚åòv‚áß"vim"
d"din"‚åòf‚áß"fin"
k"kin"‚åòb‚áß"bin"
p"Pin"‚åòt‚áß"tin"
+Ts140 250 290
+Tm100 1024
KX‚åòk as in "ski"
TX‚åòt as in "steep"
PX‚åòp as in "speak"
DX‚åòt as in"butter" or "city"
NG‚åò"sing"
ZH‚åòz as in "vision"
DH‚åò"then"
SH‚åò"shin"
TH‚åò"thin"
ER ‚åò"bird"
+Np
AW‚åòdiphthong in "cow"
OY‚åòdiphthong in "boy"
AX‚åòshort unaccented "a" as in
"against"
IX‚åòshort unaccented "i" as in
"April"
UH‚åò"u" sound in "book"
AO‚åòintermediate "o" in "caught"
UW‚åòlong "u" as in "boot"
OW‚åòlong "o" as in "boat"
AY‚åòlong "i" as in "bite"
IY‚åòlong "e" as in "beet"
EY‚åòlong "a" as in "bake"
AH‚åòshort "u" as in "cut"
AA‚åòshort "o" as in "cot"
IH‚åòshort "i" as in "bit"
EH‚åòshort "e" as in "bet"
AE‚åòshort "a" as in "cat"
\‚åòlowers the current pitch value by one
/‚åòraises the current pitch value by one
] (0-9)‚åòlengthens the following phoneme
[ (0-9)‚åòshortens the following phoneme
+Tm100 1024
Correct Pronunciation field.
if you are entering phonetics in the
Don't forget to use π in the Dictionary
<<πphonetic-text-string>>.
the π is inside the double brackets:
If you are mixing English and phonetics,
after the π.
‚åòtext-string in position 2; i.e., immediately
‚åòbe in row 1, position 1; start the phonetics-
If you are using only phonetics, the π must
π is typed by using the Option Key and "p".
the following characters are phonetics.
π⌘Phonetic text code; tells SmoothTalker
+Tm150 1024
+Ts100 150 170
+Fs12
PHONEME CODES:
+Fs14
+Np
<<πphonetic-text-string>> English-text-string.
π inside <<double brackets>> like this: English-text-string
To use mixed English and phonetics, put the phonetics string and a
To use only phonetics, just put a π in row 1, position 1.
mixed English and phonetics.
The upper document work area can be either phonetics or
phonetics. π is typed by using the Option Key and "p".
A π tells SmoothTalker that the characters following it are
Save under the "Edit" menu).
in the upper document work area, which then can be saved (using
Copy or Cut them from the Phonetics Window and Paste them
document. If you want to keep the modified equivalent phonetics,
The contents of the Phonetics Window are not saved with the
the Phonetics Window.
You can speak, modify or change the equivalent phonetics shown in
Window.
bar. The new phonetic equivalent will be shown in the Phonetics
Re-Phoneticize choice under the "Speech" heading on the menu
phonetics. "Highlight" the new English selection, and then use the
select additional English phrases and show their equivalent
Once the Phonetics Window is visible on the screen, you can
text.
SmoothTalker will truncate the length of the selected English
requires more than 250 characters of equivalent phonetics,
phonetics at one time. If you selected an English phrase that
The Phonetics Window can show 250 characters of equivalent
the same time.
Settings Window and Phonetics Window can't both be shown at
automatically replaced by the Phonetics Window. The Speech
If the Speech Settings Window is visible, it will be
+Np
Mouse Button).
over the phrase desired with the Mouse while holding down the
converted to phonetics has been selected or "highlighted" ("wipe"
command to be used until after the desired English phrase to be
SmoothTalker won't allow the Show Phonetics Window
selection, allowing you to see or hide this window.
or alternates, between Show and Hide with the subsequent menu
command under the "Speech" selection on the menu bar "toggles",
SHOWING PHONETICS: The Show/Hide Phonetics Window
section.
helpful to reference a printout of the phonetic codes in this
If you want to experiment with phonetics, you will find it very
letters).
letter) or by two characters (always two UPPER-case, or CAPITAL,
are represented by either one character (always one lower-case
SmoothTalker, you may wish to experiment with them. Phonemes
While it isn't necessary to know phonemes to use
function to get that hard-to-say word to sound "just right".
phonemes, or you can use them in the exception Dictionary
speech. You can by-pass the "front-end" and write directly in
into 41 phonemes, which are converted by the "back-end" into
The "front-end" of SmoothTalker converts normal English text
units of speech.
speech are called phonemes, and they are the smallest significant
articulation and acoustic properties. The "building blocks" of
Phonetics is the analysis of speech sounds with respect to their
RE-PHONETICIZE SELECTION
SHOW / HIDE PHONETICS WINDOW
+Ts120
choices under the "Speech" command on the menu bar:
phonemes), speech variables using phonetics, and two of the five
This section will discuss phonetics, phonetic coding (using
very experienced.
SmoothTalker. This is an optional topic for the curious or the
AN OVERVIEW: It isn't necessary to know phonetics to use
+Fs12
.Section 10: Using and Showing Phonetics
+Fs18
+Tj25 5 450
+Ff0
+Fn3
+Nb11
+Pb9