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TIM 2015 Technical Manual v1 (February 2018) Page 44
Chapter 7 Creating new ‘voices’ for TIM 2015
General
Users may well wish to devise additional ‘voices’ for enhancing the range playable with TIM 2015, perhaps to reproduce other speaking
clocks past or current or in other languages. Many hours have been spent capturing and editing the audio files available already and we
thank the museums who made available their clocks for recording without charge to us. We hope other developers will show the same
generosity and make their creations available to all users.
Making new recordings from scratch
If you intend making an entirely new recording, the process will be greatly simplified if you conform as closely as possible to the same
format and timing of phrases as the standard British speaking clock. You can use the speaking clock as a cue and check the time of each of
your recordings to be as close to those of the speaking clock as possible.
You will need separate recordings for
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At the third stroke it will be One through to At the third stroke it will be Twelve
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O’Clock
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One through to Fifty-Nine
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Precisely
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And Ten Seconds through to And Fifty Seconds
As far as possible all recordings should be in the same tone of voice and audio level, sounding as natural as possible. At least two takes
should be made of each word or phrase. And make sure you make several backups of your precious recording.