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newyorkeric -

I found this cool software at http://www.speakgoodchinese.org/index.html. It will record your
pronunciation and test how good your tones are. Has anyone used it or is anyone willing to try it
and supply some feedback on how well it works (it's free)?

EDIT: I should add that I tried it and liked it but am not sure how good the program is since I am
a real newbie when it comes to Chinese.



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newyorkeric -

I asked a native speaker to try this software. IMHO, given the analysis of her tones, I think this
software can be a great tool for beginners. I learned a lot about what I do wrong, not only
regarding the tone shape itself but also about how I don't keep my pitch smooth, that I have
trouble with two first tones in a row (dropping the second first tone below the first), etc.

I'm still curious about what others think.










cdn_in_bj -

Looks neat, I'll give it a try this weekend and let you know.










asialinks -

interesting... i tried it out too!










roddy -

Any tips on getting it working? I've installed, but the two programs it adds to my Programs menu
just open DOS boxes (is that the right word?) and then crash or close. There's a lot of info on
compiling stuff on the website, but I was kind of hoping that wasn't intended for us humble
Windows users . . .










heifeng -

ditto here...lost on what to do after i get hit with that black box and an error message










newyorkeric -

I'm not sure why it's not working for you. I am using a PC running Windows and there was no
problem. It does open a DOS window first and then a second or two later opens a second window,
which is the actual program.

For those of you who get it to work, there is an option for male, female, child speaker that you
have to choose from the Voice pulldown menu so that the program takes your pitch range into
account.

EDIT:
This is the version that I installed: http://www.speakgoodchinese.org/rele...gc-install.exe which
is listed under Windows download and installation instructions as Windows (right) icon on the
download page.










Skinkie -

Hello all


I'm the lead developer of the tool. Responsible for the Praat integration and crossplatform
compatibility of SGC.

Currently we can say all developers responsible for coding (sgc/praat):
- Don't use Windows
- We are ready to help


While making this program we experienced some very strange problems in relation to praat and
Windows XP. I have created two *totally* different implementations using praat (mentioned the
compatibility update on our site). It became clear different machines responded *totally*
different to the same code. If this was related to the praat program (which runs on virtually all
platforms flawlessly... or is related to my powers to link C code...) was put in the middle.



...but we can help.


First I need to know the error message in the dos box, you can run sgc from the directory it is
installed to. SGC *won't* work if you start it via the .exe(!) if you are not in the same
directory. This is because it uses a .ini and .glade file. This could technically be fixed in very
hard C code... so we decided we fix it using the wrapper file. Image program 'The Gimp' using this
Win32 'where-am-I-installed-fix', so it could be implemented.


So I suggest for the people having problems:

Start > Run > cmd
c:
cd\sgc
sgc

(Report the error messages)



One of your admins reported me this thread, you can find my email addy on
http://www.speakgoodchinese.org/


ps. I don't know if anyone already published a new version on the site. We are virtually all on
holiday after the official closing of the project (was hard work). But check out:
http://www.speakgoodchinese.org/beta/










roddy -

Yep, that was me - excellent response time!

Here's what happens as best as I can explain this. Please bear in mind that even starting up the
command box is unusual for me


Quote:


C:\>cd program files

C:\Program Files>cd SpeakGoodChinese

C:\Program Files\SpeakGoodChinese>sgc

*********At this point I get the standard windows 'sgc.exe has encountered a problem' message, and
nothing happens


then



Quote:

C:\Program Files\SpeakGoodChinese>singleword
Assertion failed: scaled_font->ref_count > 0, file cairo-scaled-font.c, line 607


This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

C:\Program Files\SpeakGoodChinese>

Normal English XP Pro install.










Skinkie -

Thanks, that doesn't look good. Because it is cairo (the basic layer - with GTK).


http://www.speakgoodchinese.org/beta...2007-07-27.exe

Can you check if this works, otherwise the only solution would be to redo the cairo compilation...












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