- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:55:40 -0400
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
At 2000-06-15 15:41-0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Resolved: > a) Delete "and other articulation characteristics" from 4.11 > b) Refer to the list of CSS2 voice characteristic properties > and quote the property names. > HB: Speech rate is a good surrogate for gender. I believe I said (at least I meant) Speech pitch, rather than rate. By rate, I suggest the adjustment to the words/minute. By pitch, I refer to the fundamental voice pitch, approximately the lowest a particular voice can sing (though thick vocal chords from a cold once dropped my lowest note by 60%--G down to B-flat.) One may have trouble distinguishing a countertenor from an alto. A boy soprano from a girl soprano can be hard. Either may be distinguished from a mature woman's soprano by the other articulation aspects, including vibrato. > IJ: CSS doesn't specify a range for voice families. I find the "cute names" mentioned on the call acceptable, once heard and association made. The names by themselves don't give me much clue what they should sound like. > GR: Frequently, there are about 6 different voices used > for orientation. Gregory, I'd like that list of uses included, in the note, as recognizably useful distinctions that voice characteristics can provide. Is there any consensus on how these should be voice-distinguishable? or is that a user preference? Does each of the applications providing voice synthesis do it their own way? Do some have no user choice? Regards/Harvey
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