Definicja intonation

Co znaczy INTONATION:

A change in pitch at the end of an utterance that indicates whether it occurs in the middle of a phrase or at the end.

SpeakAs supports the following intonations:

mid - Middle intonation--indicates that the phrase or series is continuing.

Example: "You have three new messages."

fin - Final intonation--indicates that phrase or series is ending.

Example: "This is message number three."

In English, middle intonation has a slight rise in pitch and final intonation falls.

Note that the intonation setting only affects the last word spoken. For example, the telephone number 724-823-1204 would be spoken:

"seven two four" (middle) "eight two three" (middle) "one two" (middle) "zero four" (middle or final)