WaveSurfer For Linux

WaveSurfer is an Open Source tool for sound visualization and manipulation. It has been designed to suit both novice and advanced users. WaveSurfer has a simple and logical user interface that provides functionality in an intuitive way and which can be adapted to different tasks.

It can be used as a stand-alone application for a wide range of tasks in speech research and education. Typical applications are speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription. WaveSurfer can also serve as a platform for more advanced/specialized applications. This is accomplished either through extending the WaveSurfer application with new custom plug-ins or by embedding WaveSurfer visualization components in other applications.

Here are some key features of "WaveSurfer":

· Multi-platform - Linux, Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP, Macintosh, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, FreeBSD, and SGI IRIX · Flexible interface - handles multiple sounds · Common sound file formats - reads, and writes WAV, AU, AIFF, MP3, CSL, SD, Ogg/Vorbis, and NIST/Sphere · Transcription file formats - reads, and writes HTK (and MLF), TIMIT, ESPS/Waves+, and Phondat. Support for encodings and Unicode. · Unlimited file size - playback and recording directly from/to disk · Sound analysis - e.g. spectrogram and pitch analysis · Customizable - users can create their own configurations. Localization support. · Extensible - new functionality can be added through a plugin architecture · Embeddable - WaveSurfer can be used as a widget in custom applications · Scriptable - hosts a built-in script interpreter

What's New in This Release:

· Mouse- and key binding updates: · shortcuts keys for recording · support for multiple popup events (shift-left-button and right-button are now the default on all platforms) · Misc. bug fixes including zoom in/out mixup