[DECtalk] Changing the Pitch of the Mac Voices Inline

[Mohamed Al-Hajamy]

Yes. This hasn't been updated since 2006 but should still be relevant 
today. 
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/FineTuning/FineTuning.html

On 7/27/2019 2:46 PM, Brandon Tyson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for this list of commands. It appears to do exactly what I want.
>
> Is there a web page somewhere that lists the other possibilities?
>
> Thanks again for your help,
>
> Brandon
>
>> On Jul 26, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Aksel Leo Christoffersen<aksel at blindsigtmail.dk>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brandon,
>>
>> To change the pitch, you type:
>> [[pbas number]]
>> where number represens the pitch vallue. I can't exactly remember the pitch range, but it's very large, I think.
>>
>> You can also change the pitch intonation by typing:
>> [[pmod number]]
>>
>> Or the speech rate by typing:
>> [[rate number]]
>>
>> Best regards:
>> Aksel Christoffersen
>>
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>> Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Brandon Tyson
>> Sendt: 26. juli 2019 18:15
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>> Emne: [DECtalk] Changing the Pitch of the Mac Voices Inline
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a scenario in which I want to use the “say” command to have a document turned into an audio file on the Mac. I want to have the pitch of the voice lowered slightly for this text and am wondering if anyone knows the text tag that makes this possible by chance?
>>
>> For VoiceOver I don’t need this as I can use the speech settings keys to make this change but for the say application I think I’d need it for that.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance you are willing to provide.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon
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