Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.

From: Guy Macon (_see.web.page__at__www.guymacon.com_)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:45:46 +0000

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

>The human brain can interpret speech at a much higher speed than
>people can speak clearly. There are devices that speed up voice
>(essentially by stealing chunks of it, so that it doesn't increase in
>pitch) and they are still understandable at much higher than normal
>speeds. I wonder if there's a better algorithm that might be practical
>today.

An old trick that the books on tape folks do is to speed up the tape
a percentage point or so to avoid having to use a small part of the
last tape. I wonder if I could cobble together a program that gives
me independent control of the length of the silences, vowels, and
consonants...

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