[gnuspeech-contact] Re: Parameter names and meanings

[Eric Zoerner]

I haven't seen a reply to this message which was sent to the list on  
3 Jan. Is this information not available?

Thanks,
Eric



Ar 3 Ean 2006, ag 18:47, scríobh Eric Zoerner:

> Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, but there seems to be  
> some information missing in the GnuSpeech documentation which is  
> causing some difficulty for me.
>
> I am having some difficulty with the names used for the parameters,  
> both at the posture (Synthesizer) and suprasegmental (Monet)  
> levels, in that I cannot find documentation on how the parameters  
> relate to the tools. There is general discussion of the parameters  
> in some cases, but there is no direct mapping of the concepts to  
> the parameter names.
>
> For example, the Synthesizer app allows you to adjust the  
> "breathiness" of a posture, but there is no reference to how  
> adjusting this affects the output parameters of the Synthesizer  
> app. My best guess is that it may affect the "fricBW" parameter.
>
> It would be helpful to get a description of each parameter, what  
> the abbreviation stands for, what it means, and how it is adjusted  
> by the tools.
>
> r1 through r8 are fairly obvious, and I've figured out the meanings  
> of fricVol, fricPos, etc., but the ones I'm not sure of include  
> fricCF (is this the throat transmission Cutoff Frequency?), and  
> fricBW (bandwidth??).
>
> In the Monet documentation appendix, the BW and AX are listed, but  
> no explanation of what these mean that I can find. (I did find  
> explanation of qss, and duration parameters in transitions).