"sound visualization and manipulation, designed to suit both novice and advanced users"
By SoftCns Editor: WaveSurfer is an Open Source software for sound visualization and manipulation, designed to suit both novice and advanced users

WaveSurfer is an Open Source software for sound visualization and manipulation, 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.

WaveSurfer can be used as a stand-alone tool 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":

. 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: [ read full changelog ]

. 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