WinPitch - USER MANUAL 1 Installation
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3. ow E 1 Sector E ite al Background I Evert Layers synchronized by default To turn this feature off release the layer button on the left by clicking on it b G Output XML format lt xml version 1 0 encoding is0 8859 1 gt zIDOCTYPE Alignment View Source for full doctype gt amp lignmantz lt TimeStamp Valuez Thursday May 30 2002 time 00 10m 045 gt zWinPitch Programz Aligner Version 1 0 gt lt Trans versionz 1 0 creationDatez Thursday May 30 2002 time 00h 10m 045 audioFilenamez C XXFRATD WAV textFilename C en mil neuf cent rtf gt lt Layerl Namez Syllabe IDz syllabe Shartz Syl Color RGB 145 213 110 gt lt Layere Name Event D dese Short Evt Color RGB 213 145 220 gt zLayer3 Namez Text ID text Short Txt Color RGB 145 145 213 gt zLayer4 Name Turn ID speaker Short Trn Color RGB 228 228 228 gt lt LayerS Name Section ID type Shartz Sec Color RGB 200 213 180 gt zLayer amp Name Background ID background Short Bak Color RGB 213 222 140 gt lt Layer Name Episode D episode Short Epi Color RGB 120 195 200 gt Layers ID comment Shortz GCom Color RGB 255 228 255 gt lt UNIT speakerz Syllabe startTime 0 000 endTime 1 244 Channel M gt En mil neuf cent soixante dix sept lt UNIT gt lt U
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6. WinPitch USER MANUAL Installation winPitch Da you want to rejinstall WinPitch license key This requires an Internet connection to be active COMA winpibch com Copyright E 1996 2002 Pitch Instruments Inc Enter validation password WinPitch Your license may also carry a time limit You can check it by getting the About WinPitch command in the Help menu File Edit View Operations Window pm Help Tapics About m About WinPikch 22 WinPitch Pro 1 0 http Awa winpiteh com Yersion built an Saturday May 25 2002 Copyright 1996 2002 Pitch Instruments Inc Mo expiration time 24 4 LLLA ger t m 4 4 ae gt PU B E EC F i wm 1 Les alignements de Carnac Photo Fh Martin Desinstallation Do vau want to desinstall WinPitch license key AN License was successfull Computer System Requirements WinPitch should operate properly on any Pentium Ill or Pentium IV processor With at least 20 Mb free memory RAM and 6 Mb free disk space For real time operation a Pentium running at 650 MHz or faster is recommended The speed of graphic display is also important for real time spectrogram display The computer available RAM determines the amount of record and synthesis duration you can use the program itself uses only 6 Mb A color
7. have the same effect You can also navigate through the list of aligned units with the Selected segment buttons b A selected segment can be deleted with the c button Define direct segments Edt Operation Setup Window E ax hien Record ap PES Tent Heat Trieste El imh Tam Ha Abp rni Redi Lond X sagrari x lt E Tum Help press F1 Editing segments winPitch Pie Opes Saup Help Poa Be mo Record Shan P Sante Le o Tet Bosi Transrbe ir eges xx sj cepere card H gt QUO Dez 1z23 Fo Au 3783 LES VECES AREE ipe E IEEE LEE I Lu SS E aS EE EGET RSs qp Imm SS SSS E For prm Selected segments can be edited moved or have their starting and ending time changed To select a segment click on it on the appropriate alignment layer Move the cursor on it Near the edges the cursor takes a double arrows shape You can the drag the underlying edge by keeping the mouse left button down W
8. hen the cursor is positioned near the middle of the segment it takes the shape of a quadruple arrow You can then move the entire segment without changing its size For all the operations one or two cursors will appear on the analysis window a allowing you the achieve a precise alignment if for instance the spectrogram display option is on for the analysis window Layer hierarchy WiePibch Yer Sebo Windy Hep D a P B m Wen Lor Tears Te Eon Fej ne Speci Text Ten phe H tw 74 gt Aip Lasd i Calce SER eal Section al Background i Epmd Cerei Sere Even uu Changing the edge Synchronization position of a segment control would update segment edges synchronized with it In the example on the right moving the edge between SP and SN on layer Evt did move the corresponding edge between dix sept and le ministere WinP itch ep Setup inde Help D BB a Be Lid Taadu Record Pis Smithe Pi es Lir Spectr Tet Trebe E Tranzada Ig JE 5 lle El Laad me ge mei mE vri uf aj
9. ill be used in the wave window b Their names short names colors can be edited in the Layer sub page click on the Layer tab b to display this sub page Semi automatic alignment us ES Z ae P Bes o c Pip Beech Lens sped Text BooTesk Trscecibe Aip Her Align Ab ex Box Text geed En mil neuf cent soixante dix sept minist re de Sit l Education Nationale recensait cent treize etablissements de en cl Ce type Layerdist A TILE orice RR Shi nove Hol 4 alee OT Zoca m u 15 Aehren Ja See Ecc tM Es oia ra Wy Ser up mni I Transcribe page Ac ES Eronat Traran ta ion G a a ate F2 tracrhhrg up E 54x m 1 708 Ba poante de sept Aligned units also entered in list tables one layer together with their starting and ending time in seconds The results are saved in XML format by clicking the Save button a and can be re loaded with the Load button a Clicking on an aligned unit in one layer list will display the corresponding part of sound in the wave window and its analysis on the analysis window unless the text window has been made permanent Clicking one a unit in the text window or in the wave window will
10. screen with at least 256 colors 16 millions colors recommended and a minimum resolution of 1025 768 is recommended XGA format A multimedia sound card for the sound interface recording and playback should at least operate at 11025 Hz sampling rate with a mono 16 bit format Most current cards operate now on standard 11025 Hz 22050 Hz and 44100 Hz sampling rates whereas speech analysis normally uses 22050 or 32000 Hz sampling frequencies WinPitch supports 8000 Hz 16000 Hz and 32000 Hz sapling rates Current versions of WinPitch run on Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems A first look WinPitch screen is divided into the following control and display sections 1 Ihe menu allowing direct commands by selecting an item in the menu 2 The tool bar accessing various commands by clicking on the corresponding icons 3 The dialog bar a set of dialog boxes grouping functions and adjustment parameters 4 A wave window allowing the selection of section of the signal Sound to analyze 5 Alignment layers displaying aligned text 6 An analysis window displaying the various analyses performed on the part of signal selected in the wave window Analysis window Toolbar 1 Men WinPiteh CAMERA TO 1 fle Wee Wirga Deo D w o BR P Boa mfa amp hen Teade Record xp Refresh Speech o Tet Bookie
11. t can be verified and edited by using the karaoke playback function Text pre formatted with the C ORAL ROM conventions will be automatically aligned in up to 8 speakers or events levels For ease of operation the playback rate is dynamically adjustable by the user while the alignment process takes place Inserted unit markers can be easily edited and text transcription can be entered and edited as well in an alignment session The alignment output is generated in XML as well as Excel formats Various tools are provided to allow the user to navigate in the alignment database and obtain the acoustical analysis of aligned units quickly and easily Basic operations Eile Edt View Operations Setup Window D OO Z POE E New Load Transfer Record Stop Play Syntha Refresh Lens Spactra Boohmars Highlight Tranzcribe Load SOUNGiCOR ibe HF Aion Load text button Test fle Playback speed 10027777 4 Sound Start Channel Font SIZe EH 9 Leek i Play Stop Commen Special sequences ngo G Align icon Test Size Lock zm amp Karalk Test window Show always Left Loading of sound and text alignment gt mowe let lt Shift gt mi ve right Sho window Alignment layers HEB Wirthich Fin iem Setup C Layer sub page tab
12. tion of the wave form by defining a block inside the portion of signal displayed in the wave window To define a block position the mouse cursor on the starting point in time of the block you want to define Click on the mouse left button and drag the cursor to the ending time position of the block keeping the mouse left button down Release then the mouse button The block will be defined in white on the figure the analysis window on top will be updated to correspond to the signal section defined by the block and the sound section will be played back option selectable in the Setup page You can move the block by position the cursor about its middle position The cursor takes then a 4 side arrow shape indication you can drag the block by keeping the mouse left button down You can move the left or right edges of the block by positioning the cursor near the block edge you want to move Press the mouse left button and drag the cursor to its new position For both block changes the analysis window will be updated and the corresponding sound will be played back when you release the mouse left button A block can be erase by clicking outside it anywhere in the wave window or by pressing the mouse right button Screen O Analysis window zoom level Wintitch KAY Ae pd Wee optim Hndi Hebb D amp Sante Line
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