The client will speak into the microphone at a normal, comfortable loudness level. The volume for speech will be measured and an estimate of how loudly they are speaking will be made. (Do not worry about pauses, the computer will ignore silence.) Speech Visualization will display the length (in seconds) of the Quiet, Normal, and Loud production next to the Record button.
If the client is able to speak and, at the same time, observe the volume bar (on the left side of the screen) you can point out that: “Pink is too quiet. Yellow is good for a quiet room. Green is good for most conversations. Orange is okay for outside voices. Red is way too loud.”
Speech Visualization will report the length of the sample and the range in decibels.
If automatic saving is not enabled, the speech sample can be saved by clicking on the Save Recording... button. All of the samples for this exercise are saved in the same folder and given a name that starts with the word, followed by the date, and time. You can play the sample by clicking on the Load Recording... button and selecting it from the list.
When you are satisfied with the recording and have selected a sample, click Next to continue.