5 Menu Project

Contains commands to create new projects, open a project from the list of known projects or close a project. These projects must reside in the SpeechRecorder directory in the user’s home directory. A project can only be opened if no other project is open. The Export command packs a project archive in a zip-archive file. The Import command unpacks a project in a zip-archive file. The project will be deployed in the project directory.

The Preferences... command opens a dialog window with the tabs Project,Audio, Speakers, Recording, Control,Prompting,View, and Logging.


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Figure 6Settings > Project... command

The Project tab (fig. 6) presents the project name, its location on disk, and the audio class used to record audio.

The Speakers tab contains the location of the speaker database. This database can be stored in the project directory, or any other accessible location in the local file system.

The Recording tab (fig. 7) allows the user to set the recording parameters. They include the sample rate, quantization, byte order, encoding, number of channels, whether repeated recordings of an item overwrite previous ones or are stored as versions, the progress mode, resetting the level meter for every recording, default values for pre- and postrecording phases, and the location for the recorded audio files.

Note that if the location for recorded audio files begins with http://, then the files are saved to a server via the http protocol over the Internet. In this case, the server must be configured to accept input via web forms with data transferred using the post method (see ?? for details).


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Figure 7Settings > Project... > Recording dialog window

The Prompting tab (fig. 8) displays the lists of fonts for prompt and instructions texts, the location of the recording script file. This recording script file can be stored in the project directory or in any accessible location in the local file system. The speaker window can be customized.


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Figure 8Settings > Project...> Prompting dialog window