VOXplot
Acoustic Voice Quality Analysis: Simple | Standardized | Intuitive
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VOXplot Manual
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The long-awaited manual has finally been completed and is now available.
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Version 2.0.1 available
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Bug fixes
- Results sheet: improved handling of notes
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Version 2 available
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We accomplished VOXplot Version 2!
New
- Evidence-based norm values for individual acoustic parameters and correspondingly adapted norm-value circle. In addition, we have improved the scaling of the norm-value circle. Attention: Due to these two changes, the norm-value circles of the VOXplot 1 versions are no longer directly comparable with the new norm-value circles.
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio estimation procedure. This allows you to evaluate and optimize your recording setup.
- New analysis language: English
- ABI cut-off score for Finnish added
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Paper published
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The study mentioned below evaluating the individual acoustic parameters calculated in VOXplot has been published as an open access article:
Barsties v. Latoszek, B.; Mayer, J.; Watts, C.R.; Lehnert, B. Advances in Clinical Voice Quality Analysis with VOXplot. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 4644. doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144644
Version 2.0.0 Beta available
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We are currently working on version 2 of VOXplot. In the new version, we have updated the norm values, and thus the norm-value circle, to reflect the latest study results (Ben Barsties v. Latoszek, Jörg Mayer, Christopher R. Watts, Bernhard Lehnert (in press) Advances in clinical voice quality analysis with VOXplot, Journal of Clinical Medicine).
We have also added a signal-to-noise ratio estimation function to VOXplot. This allows you to evaluate and optimize your recording settings.
If you want to test version 2 now, you can find a beta version on the Download page. We plan to release the final version 2 in August. If you are already using VOXplot on a regular basis, we recommend that you stay with the current stable version 1 (v1.5.0) for the time being.
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Version 1.5.0 available
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New
- Added analysis languages Persian/Farsi and Finnish (Finnish: cut-off score for AVQI is already available; an evaluation study for ABI is currently implemented).
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Version 1.4.0 available
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New
- Added analysis language Italian (cut-off score for AVQI is already available; an evaluation study for ABI is currently implemented by GIVoC association).
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Version 1.3.1 available
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Bug fixes
- optimized font size in voice profile on small screens
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Version 1.3.0 available
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New
- additional Jitter algorithm: Jitter ppq5
- voice profile: sizing and presentation of numerical results optimized
- info about analysis language in main window
Bug fixes
- consistent naming of combined sample (mx)
- norm-value circle: hide AVQI and ABI lables after sv-only analysis
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Version 1.2.1 available
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Bug fixes
- speed up update check
- better handling of non-16-bit WAV files (conversion to 16-bit PCM)
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Version 1.2.0 available
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New
- Added 2 new analysis languages: Malayalam and Kannada (South Indian languages).
Bug fixes
- Selected analysis language is activated without restart. (To activate a new interface language a restart is still necessary.)
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Version 1.1.3 available
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Bug fixes
- Fixed startup problem if input device was missing.
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Version 1.1.2 available
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Bug fixes
- A new packaging method for the Windows installer fixes startup problems on 32-bit systems and speeds up program startup (32- and 64-bit). A single executable file for 32-bit Windows is no longer supported; for 64-bit Windows, this option remains available.
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Version 1.1.1 available
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Bug fixes
- Handling of negative AVQI (and ABI) values in norm-value circle.
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Version 1.1.0 available
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New Features
- The live display of the signal during recording can be deactivated in the settings. This may help if there are dropouts during recording on less powerful computers.
- File names of loaded (or saved) voice samples are displayed.
Bug fixes
- Checking for updates now works more reliably.
- If Praat plugins are installed that are not compatible with the included Praat version 6.0.48, they are now ignored (instead of causing an error as before).
For those interested in the source code: The project structure is now more modular and more ‘pythonic’.
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Version 1.0.1 available
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Bug fixes
- VOXplot starts even if no microphone is connected
- Improved detection of the recording sampling rate
- Fixed a bug in the Windows 32-bit variant
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Version 1.0.0 now available
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The first publicly available Version VOXplot v1.0.0 is online!
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Beta Testing
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VOXplot is already fully functional and is in the beta testing phase. The final version will be available from fall 2021.