Sustaining Vowels

The client should record the target vowel sound into each of the three Trial boxes. Speech Visualization will then highlight the client’s production in blue and display the length (in seconds) of the production next to the Record button. The longest continuous sample in the three trials will be automatically selected by the program as the best recording.

If Speech Visualization highlighted sound you don’t want to include, or didn’t highlight sound you do want to include, you will need to select the desired portion of the client’s production yourself. Highlight the preferred selection by clicking and dragging the cursor over the speech sample to be analyzed.

Once you are satisfied that the client’s production is accurately highlighted in each of the three trials, pick the trial you want Speech Visualization to analyze and save. (Usually, the longest trial is the optimal trial if quality is maintained in the production.) Pick a trial by selecting the radio button to the left of the sound graph.

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 highlighting and the selection of the sample, click Next to continue.