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SpeechFlair

If you want to be heard, why don’t you put a little "Flair" in your speech!!!

SpeechFlair is the ultimate platform to visualize your speech and compare it to a model in an easy, user friendly way.
Select a model and play to listen. Repeat the model trying to match the model's pattern!!! That Simple.

Create your own models, invites others to join and exercise.
Accent Reduction.
Actors/Actresses practice your lines and exercise your delivery.
Singers watch and learn how to control your Vibrato.
Teach others languages in a visual sense.
Ask your teachers, friends to provide models, then practice at your own pace and convenience.
Nursing and senior assisted living centers, help your residents stay active.
School Districts and speech pathologists help your students in the art of verbal communication.
Customizing parameters for advanced users.

Stop texting and start talking... is much more fun....

Available Public Folders. Select and Join
Refs
Trouble
Pizza
Game
Model 1
Meng_French
Model 2
Weather
Luke
Day
Texting
Meng_Chinese
Movie

See it in action and let’s "Flair Up" your speech…

  • Select a file from the "Models" or drag and drop your own model in the box below
  • Observe the Pitch and Spectrogram of the model patterns
  • Click on "icon play Model" to hear the model
  • Click on "icon Start Recording..." to repeat trying to duplicate the model. You will see a count down timer of 3 seconds.
  • Recording stops automatically at the end of the model and displays the result.
  • Click on "icon play You" to hear your recording
  • Repeat the process until you achieve the best result
  • Blue represents Model and Red yours
  • Score represents Pitch Matching ONLY
Models
Select did_you_see.pmf
Select game1.pmf
Select luke1.pmf
Select make a pizza.pmf
Select movie1.pmf
Select pizza1.pmf
Select refs1.pmf
Select texting1.pmf
Select the weather1.pmf
Select trouble call ghost busters.pmf
Select trouble texting.pmf
Score (%):
Beginner:
Intermediate:
Advanced:
(For best audio result, switch between Chrome or FireFox)

How does it work?

Based on 30 years of speech science research and innovation, SpeechFlair uses some the most sophisticated science technologies to calculate Pitch and Spectrogram .  read more...

Spectrogram, also known as “voice print” is the three dimensional plot of frequency, time and intensity of speech. It delivers virtually all the speech content in one image.
Spectrogram is as unique to individuals as their finger print.
Law enforcement use similar technologies to distinguish and verify individuals by their voice print signature.

SpeechFlair combines these two technologies into one simple to use interface for the masses to use without any prior knowledge of speech science. A model speech is presented for you to listen to and try to duplicate as close as you can.
Pitch is the easiest one to achieve. Simply vary your pitch pattern closely match that of he model.
Spectrogram is by far more complicated and difficult. With pitch your voice mimics the varying intonation pattern and you deliver the same information, but NOT SOUND like model. If you match the spectrogram, then you also “Sound “like the model.
Have you ever heard some comedians who speak like some other personal and sound exactly like them? They match both pitch and spectrogram of their models.

Pitch Matching Score uses a proprietary mathematical and statistical modeling formulism to estimate how close the two tracks are. It evaluates Pitch only and does not consider any of the formants or other speech variants. You may actually “hum” the pattern and achieve a good result but it does not reflect in the spectrogram. It is an estimation and not an exact value. The result is highly gender dependent and you can maximize the result by varying different parameters.
There are three methods of scoring:
Beginner: approximates the general profile without considering any timing or missing frames.
Intermediate: estimates the profile, considering all the frames without any timing.
Advanced: evaluates the profile, considering all the frames with timing.

How does it benefit me?

  • Accent Reduction
  • Learning a new language
  • Autism
  • Stuttering
  • Public speaking
  • Senior housing and retirement homes
  • Speech pathologists
  • Actors/Actresses
  • Singers
  • Politicians
  • School Districts
  • Law Enforcement
  • read more...

Who can upload model files?

Anyone!
In fact, we do encourage everyone to participate and upload as many models files in many languages.
The model files have two components, one audio and one labels describing what the audio says.
Use any available audio program, your phone, etc… record a model, save as “wav” formatted audio file.

If you wish to have the label with the audio , then you would need a special FREE software that generates proper audio and labels.
See Manual
Download and install PCquirerSPF (windows), or MacquirerSPF (Mac)
Mac users: You may need to go to System Preferences->Security & Privacy, and allow third parties to install program in your computer.

Record your audio or open any wav files, activate the “Label” menu, add labels in exactly the proper location of the audio, save. The labels can then moved to any other location to get the exact matching.
Upload the model… YOU ARE DONE…

Is it FREE?

SpeechFlair is FREE to use for all for basic testing and usage.
However, due to using large audio files and bandwidth requirements, if you choose to use SpeechFlair on a regular basis, we are asking a small fee to cover the cost of the storage and bandwidths.
The audio model publishers can share in revenue depending on the hit count of their models very similar to UTube and similar sites.