<html><head><base href="x-msg://127/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For answers to this, and just about any other question one might have about field recording equipment and technique, acoustic analysis, and more, check out Bartek Plichta's excellent website: <a href="http://bartus.org/akustyk/index.php" target="_blank">http://bartus.org/akustyk/index.php</a><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bartus.org/akustyk/index.php" target="_blank"></a>You might also want to sign up to receive his Akustyk updates/news, and consider his tutorials and/or consulting </div><div>services. See below, from his latest update.</div><div><br></div><div>John R.</div><div><br></div><div>"<h1 class="null" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Phonetics workshops</h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">This year, like last year, I will be teaching Web-based phonetics & phonology workshops, including speech synthesis. Please, email me if you or your students are interested. I can accommodate a large group, so you can use my workshop as a special assignment for your students. The workshops will take place sometime this fall, on Saturday mornings (EST). Last year was a huge success.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><strong>All workshops are free</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">, but I recommend that you make a donation if you've found them of value.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><h1 class="null" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Programming and data analysis services</h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Ever since I started Akustyk, I have provided numerous services entirely free-of-charge. However, I cannot further support the website unless I offer some services for a small fee. Akustyk will continue to be free, but I will provide additional services, including:</span><ul style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><li>custom software development in Praat and Matlab</li><li>custom statistics in R</li><li>remote software assist</li><li>custom workstation building</li><li>custom audio technology services (audio digitization, digital noise reduction, etc.)</li><li>acoustic data analysis of speech</li><li>design and deployment of Web-based experiments (with audio & video)</li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">I charge a very reasonable fee - far less than a plumber or electrician, and I hope you can trust my expertise. Please, email me if any of you are interested in my services, and please, spread the word among your colleagues and friends.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Thanks!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Best wishes,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Bartek"</span><br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bartus.org/akustyk/index.php" target="_blank"></a><br><div><div>On Sep 11, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Colleen Holt wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">Hi all<div>Can anyone recommend a good headworn microphone for about $300 or so? </div><div>We'll be doing acoustic analysis of the recordings but we don't have a lot of money to spend.</div><div>Cheers</div><div>Colleen<br><div><br><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">Colleen Holt<br>Lecturer, Speech Pathology<br>Department of Otolaryngology<br>Audiology, Hearing and Speech Sciences<br>550 Swanston Street, Parkville VIC 3010<br>Ph: (03) 9035 5329<br></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>