Institute for Response-Genetics (e.V.)

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hans H. Stassen

Psychiatric Hospital (KPPP), University of Zurich

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VERIFY — Plots of vox time series, verify segmentation marks

Plots time series from raw data tapes as well as from "compressed" high density tapes. A plot is generated to fit either A4 or A3 paper format (cf. program PLOTTER). Each plot page displays a time series of 20 seconds length at a resolution of 2048 Hz. These plots are mainly used for test and documentation purposes, but they may also serve as basis for a "manual" segmentation of time series with respect to pauses and utterances.

            Specificationlist:      VERIFY
            ------------------------------
            A8 TANA              Undefined
            I4 NREC                      0  Default-value
            I4 NBIT                     16  Default-value
            I4 IBM                       0  Default-value
            I4 PROT                      0  Default-value
            I4 PLOT                      0  Default-value
            I4 PANF                      1  Default-value
            I4 PEND                     10  Default-value
            R4 AMPL                  1.000  Default-value
            I4 NGL                       0  Default-value
            I4 SCUT                  7.500  Default-value
            I4 LG30                     30  Default-value
            I4 LPRT                      6  Default-value
            I4 PROB                      0  Default-value
 
            01 TAPE Name of input tape
            02 NREC Number of files to be processed
            03 NBIT Specifies number of bits used in A/D-conversion
            04 IBM  Specifies data format (IBM/SPARC vs. X86/X64)
            05 PROT Controls graphic output
            06 PLOT Controls graphic output
            07 PANF Specifies first page to be plotted
            08 PEND Specifies last page to be plotted
            09 AMPL Specifies amplification of signal prior to plotting
            10 NGL  Filter parameter for segmentation (smoothness)
            11 SCUT Filter parameter for segmentation (flanks)
            12 LG30 Logical unit number associated with input tape
            13 LPRT Logical unit number of plot-device
            14 PROB Specifies proband to be processed
            15 DEMO Examples that illustrate program function
 
            - TANA:     Name of the input tape ("NO" means that
                        DSN-name will not be checked)
 
            - NREC = 0: All files
                   = n: First "n" files are to be processed
 
            - NBIT = n: Number of bits used in A/D-conversion (default=16)
 
            - IBM  = 0: Input data are stored in X86/X64-mode   (little endian)
                   = 1: Input data are stored in IBM/SPARC-mode (big endian)
 
            - PROT = 0: No protocol
                   = 1: Short protocol
                   = 2: Detailed protocol
 
            - PLOT < 0: Segmentation marks are written to unit "LPRT"
                   = 0: No plots
                   = 1: Time series
                   = 2: Time series with pre-existing segmentation marks
                   = 3: Envelope curves
                   = 4: Envelope curves with pre-existing segmentation marks
                   = 5: Envelope curves with newly computed segmentation marks
 
            - PANF = p: Specifies first page to be plotted
 
            - PEND = p: Specifies last page to be plotted
 
            - AMPL = r: Time series are amplified by factor "r" prior to
                        plotting
 
            - NGL  = 0: Filter parameter is automatically selected
                   = q: Filter parameter is explicitly specified
 
            - SCUT = 0: Filter parameter is automatically selected
                   = q: Filter parameter is explicitly specified
 
            - LG30 = u: Logical unit number associated with input tape
 
            - LPRT:     Logical unit number of plot-device (standard=6;
                        valid numbers are 46-96)
 
            - PROB = 0: All probands
                   = n: Only proband "n" is to be processed
 
 
            - DEMO: Plot of speech recordings of 20 second length
 
           

Example

 
            &&START VERIFY=Verification of re-formatted bli-tapes (stud600)
             TANA=NO,LG30=35,PLOT=5,PEND=10,LPRT=60,SCUT=5,PROB=37
 
           
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Fig. 19: Comparison of mean vocal pitch in healthy male speakers (upper half) versus healthy female speakers (lower half) computed for the experimental condition of "reading out loud emotionally neutral text". It is worth noting that (1) the differences in mean vocal pitch between males (110 Hz) and females (220 Hz) are, on average, exactly 1 octave; and (2) the international concert pitch in music (440 Hz) is related to this average mean vocal pitch (2 octaves from male, and 1 octave from female vocal pitch).
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