Edit a Voice



1	Click Voice in the General window.  (If the General window is not displayed, click Voice Models and then Advanced Voice Settings.)
2	Click Edit Stored Voices.
3	Click the arrow to the right of Label to display the list of voices.
4	Click on the voice (label) that you want to change.
5	Change the voice settings for the selected voice (label). 
  Vocal tract controls whether a male or female vocal tract should be used for the voice.  
  Pitch contributes to how high or low the voice sounds.  It is measured in Hertz.  Childrens voices typically have the highest pitch, mens voices the lowest pitch and womens voices are between the two ranges.
  Speed controls the words spoken per minute.  A fast speaking rate is often associated with high levels of emotion.
  Volume controls the loudness of the voice.
  Head size controls one aspect of the deepness of the voice.  The larger the head, the deeper the voice.
  Pitch fluctuation.  A large pitch fluctuation is characteristic of an excited speaker.  A small pitch fluctuation typifies a monotone voice.
  Roughness.  Rough voices are characteristic of very low voices.
  Breathiness.  The maximum breathiness setting creates the sound of a whisper.  

6	Click Test to listen to the voice.    
7	Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the voice settings are to your liking.
8	(Optional) Click:
  Describe As if you want to view or change the voices age and gender classifiers.  Click OK or Cancel to close the Describe As window.
  Show Test Panel if you want to compare the new voice settings with another voice, or you want to change the phrase spoken by the voice during the test.

9	Click one of the following: 
  Save if you want to overwrite the existing voice settings for this voice (label) with the new voice settings.  This button is only enabled for user-defined voices.
  Save As if you want to save the voice settings under a new voice (label).  
  Undo Changes if you want to revert to the voice settings from the last time you opened the dialog box or selected Save or Save As.
  Delete if you want to erase the voice (label) and its settings.  This button is only enabled for user-defined voices.  Note:  You cannot delete a voice that is being used by one or more speakers. 

10	Click OK or Cancel to close the Edit Stored Voices window.  OK and Cancel do not save changes.    


Click Contents at the top of this window for other tasks.

