HQTX

NAME

HQtx - high performance conversion of Lx to Tx

SYNOPSIS

HQtx (-i item) (-n) file

DESCRIPTION

HQtx is a program to obtain excitation periods from a laryngograph signal. It exploits the characteristic shape of the lx waveform during voiced excitation. It utilises two derived functions: the sample-by-sample differential, and the instantaneous gradient. Tx points are extracted from these functions using an automatic threshold determination procedure. HQtx automatically inverts the lx waveform if it is determined to be upside-down. This can be cancelled by the "-n" flag.

Options and their meanings are:

-I Identify program and exit.

-n Do not automatically correct for waveform inversion.

-i item Select input item number.

INPUT ITEMS

2.xx Any excitation item.

OUTPUT ITEMS

3 High performance tx.

VERSION/AUTHOR

2.2 - Mark Huckvale.

SEE ALSO

tx, txgen

BUGS

Loads whole waveform into memory.
Fri Jul 09 14:54:43 2004