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<title>Audacity seems let me record at higher rates that my sound card supports</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/audacity-seems-let-me-record-at-higher-rates-that-my-sound-card-supports</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:48:49 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Free Long-Distance Options for Submitting Audio by Telephone</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/free-long-distance-options-for-submitting-audio-by-telephone</link>
<description>US  Telephone-to-Telephone, website setup ViaTalk Free Connect allows 10 minutes of free long-distance talk time. PC-to-Telephone iCall - Windows only; need to download their client ThePudding (beta) - Free calling in North America, uses speech recognition to display ads on your screen that are related to the conversation. I have not tried any of these services.  Please let us know of your experiences, or if you find any other services. thanks, Ken    </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:52:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>FTP Clients that are compatible with VoxForge Submission System</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/ftp-clients-that-are-compatible-with-voxforge-submission-system</link>
<description>Cross-platform FTP client: FireFTP - requires Firefox 1.5 or greater   Linux: Nautilus (Gnome) Windows: FileZilla WinSCP Mac Cyberduck </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 15:34:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How do I Adjust my Microphone for Recording Speech?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-do-i-adjust-my-microphone-for-recording-speech</link>
<description>If you have a headset microphone, this should be easy</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:28:15 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>How do I Pronounce a Word I Don&#x27;t Know?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-do-i-pronounce-a-word-i-dont-know</link>
<description>There are a couple of approaches  </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:58:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How to compile Julius/Julian from source</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-compile-julius/julian-from-source</link>
<description>Step 1 - Download Source Code </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:56:20 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>How to Connect to VoxForge FTP Site using FireFTP</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-connect-to-voxforge-ftp-site-using-fireftp</link>
<description>This how-to assumes you already have FireFTP installed in your FireFox browser.  You can download FireFTP from here (note: it requires Firefox 1.5 or greater).   </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 19:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How to Create a Quiet Environment for Recording Prompts?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-create-a-quiet-environment-for-recording-prompts</link>
<description>Before you begin, you need to make sure that the room you are</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:22:36 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>How to Provide Feedback on a Submitted Audio File</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-provide-feedback-on-a-submitted-audio-file</link>
<description>Once you have posted some audio it will be posted on the Voxforge download page.  </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:19:04 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>How to Receive Email Notication of a New Post on a Forum</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-receive-email-notication-of-a-new-post-on-a-forum</link>
<description>To receive an email notification of any new user submissions to a forum: </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:51:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How-to Rate an Audio Submission to VoxForge</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/how-to-rate-an-audio-submission-to-voxforge</link>
<description>VoxForge is not looking for TV or radio announcer quality voices</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 11:17:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: How do I Adjust my Recording Volume Levels Using Audacity?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/linux-how-do-i-adjust-my-recording-volume-levels-using-audacity</link>
<description>First make sure your microphone volume in Audacity is set to 1.0. </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:11:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: How do I tar my audio files and prompts for submission to VoxForge</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/linux-how-do-i-tar-my-audio-files-and-prompts-for-submission-to-voxforge</link>
<description>Please create a single compressed tar file containing the following files:</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:40:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: how to adjust your microphone volume using GNOME</title>
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<description>To set your microphone volume in Linux, you need use your distro&#x26;#39;s mixer.  To start the Gnome mixer, select:     System&#x26;gt;Preferences&#x26;gt;Volume Control and then click the Capture tab: &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/media/volumecontrol.jpg); Move the sliders up or down to increase or decrease your microphone&#x26;#39;s recording volume.  Determining optimal microphone volume settings First make sure your microphone slider is set to it&#x26;#39;s mid-point.  Then click Record in the VoxForge Speech Submission Application and begin speaking in your normal voice for a few seconds, and then click Stop.  Look at the Waveform Display for the recording you just created.   Adjust your microphone volume up or down depending on the size of the Waveforms. If your Sound Level is too Low If you have increased your volume to the maximum and still are not getting an acceptable sound level, you may need to either increase the volume settings or turn on the &#x26;#39;Mic Boost&#x26;#39; switch in your Linux mixer.  Select the &#x26;#39;Switches&#x26;#39; tab of the Volume Control utility and then select &#x26;#39;Mic Boost (+20dB)&#x26;#39; (see image below): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/linux/step-2/volumecontrol_micboost.jpg); Try re-recording some speech - you might have to reduce your microphone volume to compensate for the Mic Boost. If your Sound Level is too High If the waveforms in the display have been clipped off at the top or bottom, then your volume is too high.  Reduce your microphone volume, and re-record some speech.  It is better to err on the side of having a lower volume level from a speech recognition perspective - clipped speech sounds distorted.  But you also need it to be loud enough such that you can see your speech waveforms in the display (i.e. you should be able to see squiggly lines that correspond to your speech). Adjusting your Playback Volume Once you are satisfied that the volume is acceptable, try playing the file back by clicking Play .  You will likely need to adjust the Master Volume and the PCM Volume sliders for your speakers in your Volume Control utility, see image: &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/linux/step-2/volumecontrol_playback.jpg); </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: how to adjust your microphone volume using KDE</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/linux-how-to-adjust-your-microphone-volume-using-kde</link>
<description>To set your microphone volume using Linux, you need use your distro&#x27;s mixer.  To start the KDE mixer (which is included with the &#x22;kdemultimedia&#x22; package), select:     System&#x26;gt;Multimedia&#x26;gt;KMix and then click the Input tab: &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/images-folder/kmix-input.jpg); Move the &#x22;Mic&#x22; slider up or down to increase or decrease your microphone&#x27;s recording volume.  Determining optimal microphone volume settings First</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:59:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: How to Change your Audacity Preferences to Record VoxForge Speech Audio</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/linux-how-to-change-your-audacity-preferences-to-record-voxforge-speech-audio</link>
<description>VoxForge collects speech audio at the highest</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:45:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Linux: How to determine your audio card&#x27;s, or USB mic&#x27;s, maximum sampling rate</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/linux-how-to-determine-your-audio-cards-or-usb-mics-maximum-sampling-rate</link>
<description>To submit audio to VoxForge, you need to make sure you</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:21:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Posts: Nested and Flat Layouts</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/posts-nested-and-flat-layouts</link>
<description>A message or post is the smallest unit in a discussion.  A threaded discussion (or thread) is a series of posts related to the same topic or subject. </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:27:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Project Gutenberg and Librivox Copyright Status</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/project-gutenberg-and-librivox-copyright-status</link>
<description>LibriVox  </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:31:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Speech Submission Mirrors</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/speech-submission-mirrors</link>
<description>Mirror of VoxForge Speech Submission application: on SourceForge.net on GoogleCode  </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:17:43 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Speech Submission: the Upload Link does not Appear in my Browser</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/speech-submission-the-upload-link-does-not-appear-in-my-browser</link>
<description>You need Javascript enabled on your browser in order for the upload link to appear on the submission page.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 10:50:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tips for Recording VoxForge Prompts with Audacity</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/tips-for-recording-voxforge-prompts-with-audacity</link>
<description>The easiest way to record Voxforge Prompts with Audacity is to open</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:54:57 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What are Sampling Rate and Bits per Sample?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-are-sampling-rate-and-bits-per-sample</link>
<description>From the Audacity Digital Audio Tutorial : </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:01:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Desktop Command and Control Application?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-desktop-command-and-control-application</link>
<description>It typically refers to a capability of voice recognition systems on a personal computer that</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:42:45 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Dialog Manager?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-dialog-manager</link>
<description>A Dialog</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:30:33 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Dictation Application?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-dictation-application</link>
<description>A Dictation application uses Speech Recognition to translate your speech into written text on your computer.  A Dictation application lets you speak into a microphone attached to your computer, and have the text print out on your computer screen.  It can recognize a larger number and variety of words.  It can recognize arbitrary phrases with words in any order. This is different from a Command and Control application which also uses speech recognition but is limited to controlling your computer and software applications by speaking short commands.  Here, the vocabulary that the speech recognition engine can recognize is much smaller than in dictation, and is limited to a small set of words and predefined phrases. Commercial dictation systems usually include a command and control system.  </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:41:12 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Grammar?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-grammar</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:47:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Hertz or kilohertz?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-hertz-or-kilohertz</link>
<description>A hertz (symbol: &#x22;Hz&#x22;) is a unit of frequency.  The sampling rate, sample rate, or sampling frequency defines the number of samples per second taken from a audio signal to make a digital representation of that signal. </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:16:17 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a Java Applet?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-java-applet</link>
<description>The Read</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:13:14 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is a speech corpus or speech corpora?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-a-speech-corpus-or-speech-corpora</link>
<description>A Speech Corpus (or Spoken Corpus) is a database of speech audio files and text</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:50:06 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is an Acoustic Model?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-an-acoustic-model</link>
<description>In order to recognize speech, a Speech Recognition Engine (SRE) requires</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:20:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What is Free Software?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-free-software</link>
<description>Free software is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed with little or no restriction. See this Wikipedia entry for more information.  See also the definition of Free Software on the Free Software Foundation&#x26;#39;s (FSF) website.  The FSF promotes the development and use of free software, particularly the GNU</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:59:14 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is GPL?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-gpl</link>
<description>GPL refers to a type of open source license called the  &#x26;#39;GNU General Public License&#x26;#39;.  Copyright protects a creator&#x26;#39;s right to control copies and changes to a work, whereas the GPL license (also referred to as &#x22;copyleft&#x22;) protects a user&#x26;#39;s right to copy and change a work. The preamble to the GPL license follows: </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:32:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What is Open Source Software?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-open-source-software</link>
<description>Open-source software is an antonym for closed source and refers to any computer software whose source code is available under a license</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:48:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is Telephony IVR?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-telephony-ivr</link>
<description>IVR is an acronym for: Interactive Voice Response.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What is the difference between a Speech Recognition Engine and a Speech Recognition System</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-the-difference-between-a-speech-recognition-engine-and-a-speech-recognition-system</link>
<description>	</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:44:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is the difference between lossy, lossless, and uncompressed audio formats?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-the-difference-between-lossy-lossless-and-uncompressed-audio-formats</link>
<description>Uncompressed audio is audio without any compression applied to</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:37:46 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What is Transcribed or Annotated Speech Audio File</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-is-transcribed-or-annotated-speech-audio-file</link>
<description>In order for Speech Audio Files to be &#x26;#39;compiled&#x26;#39; into Acoustic</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:59:04 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>What Kind of Audio Formats is VoxForge looking for?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-kind-of-audio-formats-is-voxforge-looking-for</link>
<description>VoxForge is only looking for original audio files in an</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 18:26:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What Other Speech Submissions Options are There?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/what-other-speech-submissions-options-are-there</link>
<description>If you have contributed speech for all the Prompts in the Speech Submisson Section,</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:50:31 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Where can I get software to convert FLAC to wav format?</title>
<link>http://www.voxforge.org/home/docs/faq/faq/where-can-i-get-software-to-convert-flac-to-wav-format</link>
<description>You can download a FLAC decoder here: </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:40:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Where did you get the Phoneme Prompts From?</title>
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<description>The Phoneme Prompts files were adapted from the prompt files contained in the  CMU_ARCTIC database, which was originally designed for creating voices for the Festival Text to Speech engine.  Since</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:46:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Who is Thawte?</title>
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<description>From their Wikipedia entry:  Thawte Consulting is a certificate authority (CA) for X.509 certificates. Thawte, (pronounced like &#x22;thought&#x22;), was founded in 1995 by Mark Shuttleworth in South Africa and is the second largest public CA on the Internet. Thawte offers free email certificates that can be used sign Java code for use in Java Applets (Richard Dallaway&#x26;#39;s Java Web Start and Code Signing page provides the details on how this can be done).   </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:18:47 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Why can&#x27;t I see the message I just submitted?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 13:10:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Why record at highest sampling/bits per sample rates?</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:06:06 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: How do I Adjust my Recording Volume Levels Using Audacity?</title>
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<description>First make sure your microphone volume in Audacity is set to 1.0.  Then click Record (i.e. the red circle button) and begin speaking in your normal voice for a few seconds, and then click Stop (i.e. the yellow square button).  Look at the Waveform Display for the audio track you just created (see image below).  The Vertical Ruler to the left of the Waveform Display provides your with a guide to the audio levels.  Try to keep your recording levels between 0.5 and -0.5, averaging around 0.3 to -0.3.  It is OK to have a few spikes go outside the 0.5 to -0.5 range, but avoid having any go beyond the 1.0 to -1.0 range, as this will generate distortion (see image): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/linux/step-2/audacity_image.jpg); If your Sound Level is too Low  If you have increased your volume in Audacity to the maximum and still are not getting an acceptable sound level in your recording, you may need to either increase the volume settings or turn on the &#x26;#39;Mic Boost&#x26;#39; switch in your Windows Master Volume Control utility.  This utility located in the Start&#x26;gt;All Programs&#x26;gt;Accessories&#x26;gt;Entertainment menu, and is called &#x22;Volume Control&#x22;.  The Windows Master Volume Control utility controls the volume settings for many things on your PC.  Scan across the window and look for your Microphone volume control slider.  If your Microphone volume control is not showing up in the &#x22;Master Volume&#x22; window, click Options&#x26;gt;Properties, and select Adjust volume for &#x22;Playback&#x22; button and select the Microphone box in the &#x22;Show the following volume controls:&#x22; selection list.  Click OK.   If your Advanced button is not showing up under your Microphone Volume Control, click the Options&#x26;gt;Advanced Controls selection. Click the &#x26;#39;Advanced&#x26;#39; button under the Microphone Volume Control (see image below): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/windows/step-2/master_volume.jpg); and then select the &#x26;#39;1 Mic Boost&#x26;#39; box (see image below): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/windows/step-2/advanced_controls.jpg); Hit the ctrl-z key in Audacity (to &#x26;#39;undo&#x26;#39; your previous recording) and try recording again.  If your Sound Level is too High If the waveform display on your track beyond the 1.0 to -1.0 range (i.e. the waveforms have been clipped off at the top or bottom) your volume is too high.  Reduce it with Audacity&#x26;#39;s microphone volume control, and hit ctrl-z in Audacity and try again.  It is better to err on the side of having a lower volume level from a speech recognition perspective - clipped speech sounds distorted. Once you are satisfied that the volume is acceptable, try playing the file back by clicking Play (i.e. the green triangle button) in Audacity.  You will likely need to adjust the Master Volume for your speakers in your Windows &#x26;#39;Master Volume&#x26;#39; utility in your Volume Control utility (see image above). You need to hear your utterances after each recording to make sure they sound OK (i.e. to make sure there are no non-speech noises - like breathing noises).  Make sure that your speakers are turned off when you are recording.  Hit ctrl-z in Audacity to remove the track you just created. </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:09:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>To set your microphone volume in Windows you need to use the Master Volume Control utility.  This utility located in: Start&#x26;gt;All Programs&#x26;gt;Accessories&#x26;gt;Entertainment&#x26;gt;Volume Control The Windows Master Volume Control utility controls the volume settings for many things on your PC.  Scan across the window and look for the Microphone volume control slider.  &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/windows/step-2/master_volume.jpg); Move the Microphone slider up or down to increase or decrease your microphone&#x26;#39;s recording volume. If your Microphone volume control is not showing up in the &#x22;Master Volume&#x22; window, click Options&#x26;gt;Properties, and select Adjust volume for &#x22;Playback&#x22; button and select the Microphone box in the &#x22;Show the following volume controls:&#x22; selection list.  Click OK.   If your Advanced button is not showing up under your Microphone Volume Control, click the Options&#x26;gt;Advanced Controls selection. Determining optimal microphone volume settings First make sure your microphone slider is set to it&#x26;#39;s mid-point.  Then click Record in the VoxForge Speech Submission Application and begin speaking in your normal voice for a few seconds, and then click Stop.  Look at the Waveform Display for the recording you just created.   Adjust your microphone volume up or down depending on the size of the Waveforms. If your Sound Level is too Low  If you have increased your volume to the maximum and still are not getting an acceptable sound level in your recording, you may need to either increase the volume settings or turn on the &#x26;#39;Mic Boost&#x26;#39; switch in your Windows Master Volume Control utility.  Click the &#x26;#39;Advanced&#x26;#39; button under the Microphone Volume Control (see image below): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/windows/step-2/master_volume.jpg); and then select the &#x26;#39;1 Mic Boost&#x26;#39; box (see image below): &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/submitspeech/windows/step-2/advanced_controls.jpg); Try re-recording your prompt - - you might have to reduce your microphone volume to compensate for the Mic Boost. If your Sound Level is too High If the waveforms in the display have been clipped off at the top or bottom, then your volume is too high.  Reduce your microphone volume, and re-record some speech.  It is better to err on the side of having a lower volume level from a speech recognition perspective - clipped speech sounds distorted.  But you also need it to be loud enough such that you can see your speech waveforms in the display (i.e. you should be able to see squiggly lines that correspond to your speech). Once you are satisfied that the volume is acceptable, try playing the file back by clicking Play .  You will likely need to adjust the Master Volume and the Wave sliders for your speakers under the &#x26;#39;Playback&#x26;#39; tab in your Volume Control utility (see image above). </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:24:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: how to automatically adjust your microphone volume</title>
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<description>You can automatically adjust your microphone volume in Windows XP using the Microphone Wizard.  This utility located in: Start&#x26;gt;Control Panel&#x26;gt;Speech This opens the Speech Properties Window:   &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/speechproperties.jpg);   Next, click the &#x22;Configure Microphone...&#x22; button.  The Microphone Wizard window appears next:   &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/microphonewizard.jpg);   Next follow the instructions to tune your microphone level to your voice:   &#x26;#94;AssetProxy(/home/microphonewizard-adjustvolume.jpg); </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:13:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: How to Change your Audacity Preferences to Record VoxForge Speech Audio</title>
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<description>VoxForge collects speech audio at the highest</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:41:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: How to determine your audio card&#x27;s, or USB mic&#x27;s, maximum sampling rate</title>
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<description>To submit audio to VoxForge, You need to make sure you</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:17:01 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: How to Install 7-zip</title>
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<description>Use</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:22:20 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Windows: How to Zip my audio files and prompts for submission to VoxForge</title>
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<description>Installing 7-Zip </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
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