Hi Robert,
I think it's worth considering a couple of alternatives to self voicing
plug-ins for accessing various information.
1. plugin-ins which call the function void
TrackPanel::MessageForScreenReader(const wxString& message). I don't know
whether this
can be done from a nyquist plug-in.
2. Have built in commands in Audacity which use the same function.
The advantages of using such a function, rather than self voicing are:
1. Translations would automatically get done.
2. If the accessibility of either mac or linux was fixed, then the
information would be spoken on these platforms.
There's also a minor issue that I think you need permission to distribute
the audio created by ivona voices.
David.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Robert Hänggi <aarjay.robert@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello Fellow-listers
I'm working on a plug-in suite that should facilitate working with
Audacity.
The goal is to have a collection of self-voicing plug-ins that report
commonly wanted information.
*** works only on Windows ***
The first one announces the peak level of the selection from -120 dB
up to +120 dB.
I'm attaching it along with the needed voice file.
Also available at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/keze2sx5lv90pxg/tts-suite.zip?dl=0
Unzip the two files into the plug-in folder of Audacity.
under "Add/Remove Plug-ins" search for "Report Peak"
It will appear in the Analyze menu if enabled.
I highly recommend that you assign a shortcut to it in order to work
more efficiently with it.
Features:
- self-voicing
- Range from -120.0 dB to +120.0 dB.
- says "less/more than..." if the audio lies outside the range.
- says even numbers (zero after the point) as e.g. -12 dB
- adds one digit if need be, e.g. -76.3 dB
- works with multiple tracks selected
- no need to press OK or something like that
I'd like to know:
- how about the speech rate, too fast/slow?
You can tweak it a bit by opening "tts-peak.ny" in a text editor and
changing the "1.0" in the very last line to something different (e.g.
0.9 will be slower and deeper)
- How about the volume?
It's also adjustable in the last line; it's the -6 which means half volume.
- Do you want a different voice?
I can give you the text that is needed for this and future plug-ins.
Send me the audio file back or I'll explain how it should be done.
- Do you want "Peak" or "Peak Level" spoken as well?
They are included in the voice file and it needs just adding them
after "db" in the plug-in file, e.g. "db" "peak" "level".
- What other self-voicing info do you like to have?
The voice file is already prepared to speak other things.
- numbers up to 1 million (excl.)
- Note names (pitches) including flat sharp and cents.
- RMS and peak level
- bit depth
- Hertz
- stereo, dual mono and mono
Are there other things that come to your mind (e.g. time percent etc.)
Big thanks to those that are going to test it.
Looking forward to your criticism. ;-)
Best
Robert
