I am interested in this question too.
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First, many bird songs feature modulations that occur more rapidly than we =
can hear. That is, the time-modulated signal occurs=A0within a frame that i=
s not withing the time-resolving power of the human ear.
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I have tried to use sonograms=A0to "read" words unsuccessfully. One linguis=
t used to be able to read the words spoken from sonograms; he died and I've=
not found anyone else who can. I would like to have a mechanism to show th=
at what I HEAR is accurately transcribed. Most other people cannot distingu=
ish English words spoken by talking birds. At a conference I recently was m=
ade aware of an effect that occurs when you show the words on a screen. eve=
ryone then comprehends what was said.
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My work demonstrates that many talking birds are trying to communicate with=
us. The problem is that 99+ percent of the population do not know how to l=
isten and that includes linguists and trained listeners. Man has become the=
weak link in the communication chain even though the transmission employs =
our native language.
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Anyone who has an idea about an objective method to decode speech without u=
sing a trained ear to help with the transcription please let me know how yo=
u do it.
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Mike
Florida
www.ParrotSpeech.com
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