Subject: [linux-audio-user] ANNOUNCEMENT - WaveSurfer 1.3 released
From: Kare Sjolander (kare_AT_speech.kth.se)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 17:26:23 EET
WaveSurfer 1.3
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We are happy to release WaveSurfer version 1.3
Changes since version 1.2.1
* Sounds are now opened in separate windows, the old behaviour is still
available as an option.
* New zoom icons in the tool bar
* Fade filters: linear, exponential, and logarithmic
* Improved dot plots for quicker edits/redraws
* Label boundaries can now extend across spectrogram and waveform panes
* Other enhancements and bug-fixes
WaveSurfer is a tool for viewing, editing, and annotating sound data,
suited for a wide range of tasks in speech research and education.
This release also contains several example plug-ins and applications
for developers wishing to use WaveSurfer functionality in custom
applications.
Highlights:
* Multi-platform - Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Sun Solaris,
HP-UX, FreeBSD, and SGI IRIX
* Flexible interface - quick and easy navigation in multiple sounds
* Common sound file formats - WAV, AU, AIFF, MP3, CSL, SD,
Ogg/Vorbis, and NIST/Sphere
* Transcription plugin supports encodings and Unicode
* Reads and writes several transcription file formats, HTK (and MLF),
TIMIT, ESPS/Waves+, and Phondat
* Unlimited file size - playback and recording directly from/to disk
* Sound analysis - e.g. spectrogram and pitch analysis
* Customizable - users can create their own configurations
* Extensible - new functionality can be added through a plugin
architecture
* Embeddable - WaveSurfer can be used as a widget in custom applications
* Scriptable - hosts a built-in script interpreter
* Localization support
WaveSurfer is being developed at the Centre for Speech Technology (CTT)
at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden, and is provided as open source, under a
BSD-style license.
WaveSurfer is available for download in binary format or with full
source code. Download at
http://www.speech.kth.se/wavesurfer/
Regards,
Kare Sjolander & Jonas Beskow
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