computer speakers can have a subwoofer unit, to enhance bass output, and these units usually include the power amplifiers both for the bass speaker, and the small satellite speakers. Some computer ... models of computer speakers have headphone jacks of their own. Common features Image Speaker Icon.svg thumb 130px A common computer icon representing a speaker Features vary by manufacturer, but may include ... port, allowing about 2.5 watts of output power. Computer speakers range widely in quality and in price. The computer speakers typically packaged with computer systems are small, plastic, and have mediocre sound quality. Some computer speakers have equalization features such as bass and treble controls ..., a lead connecting computer sound output to an existing stereo system is practical. This normally yields much better results than small low cost computer speakers. Computer speakers can also serve ... and technical compatibility In order to cut the cost of computer speakers unless designed for premium ... for computers, computer speakers are electrically compatible with the aforementioned stereo components. There are even models of computer speakers that have stereo RCA in jacks. See also PC speaker References Reflist Basic computer components Category Audio amplifiers Category Computer hardware Category ... ko sk Po ta ov reproduktory sh Kompjuterski zvu nici tl Speaker th ... more details
wiktionarypar speakerSpeaker may refer to Public speaker , one who gives a speech or lecture Speaker politics , the presiding officer in a legislative assembly Loudspeaker , an electromechanical device which produces sound Computerspeaker HMS Speaker D90 HMS Speaker D90 , a WWII Royal Navy aircraft carrier Speaker, in linguistics, a grammatical person , first person as opposed to the addressee and bystanders The Speaker , a BBC television series Los Speakers or The Speakers , a Colombian rock band from the 1960s disambig da Speaker de Sprecher fr Speaker ko it Speaker nl Speaker pl Spiker simple Speaker uk ... more details
about The Speaker television show The House of Commons SpeakerSpeaker of the House of Commons United Kingdom Infobox television show name The Speaker image Image The Speaker Title.jpg 250px caption Slogan The search is on to find Britain s Young Speaker genre Entertainment format creator developer writer director Paul MacKay creative director presenter starring judges Jo Brand br John Amaechi br Jeremy Stockwell voices narrated Jane Horrocks theme music composer opentheme endtheme composer Rory Dow country UK language English language English num seasons 1 num episodes 8 list episodes executive producer Kieron Collins co exec producer Darrell Olsen supervising producer asst producer consulting producer co producer story editor editor John Edwards br Toby Jones br Ian Wilson location cinematography camera runtime 8 x 60mins company BBC Manchester distributor channel BBC Two picture format 16 9 audio format first run first aired 7 April 2009 last aired status preceded by followed by related website http www.bbc.co.uk speaker production website The Speaker is a 2009 British television series, broadcast on BBC Two . It is a talent show type series that aimed to find the best young speaker in the United Kingdom . The show is narrated by Jane Horrocks . The three judges are stand up comedian Jo Brand , former American basketball player and political activist John Amaechi and Jeremy Stockwell. Regional auditions were held in London , Glasgow , Cardiff and Manchester . 160 young people were invited to auditions after sending in videos of themselves speaking. The participants had to be aged ... name mentors http www.bbc.co.uk speaker about mentors index.shtml ref class wikitable sortable Episode ... on children s rights . 29 April 2009 Finalists ref http www.bbc.co.uk speaker speakers ref class wikitable ... links bbc.co.uk id speaker title The Speaker programme guide Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Speaker, The Category BBC television programmes Category 2009 British television programme ... more details
Monitor speaker may refer to Studio monitor loudspeakers Foldback sound engineering , the use of loudspeakers facing the stage during a live performance Loudspeakers built into a computer monitor Disambig ja ... more details
A PC speaker is a loudspeaker , built into some IBM PC compatible computers. The first IBM Personal Computer , model IBM Personal Computer Models 5150 , employed a standard 2.25 inch magnetic driven speaker. ref cite web url http computermuseum.usask.ca articles IBM 5150 Specifications.pdf title ... is turned off . Pinouts In some applications, the PC speaker is affixed directly to the computer s motherboard in others,including the first IBM Personal Computer, the speaker is attached by wire to a connector on the motherboard. A wired PC speaker connector may have a two , three , or four pin ... More recent computers use a Loudspeaker Piezoelectric speakers piezoelectric speaker instead. ref cite book last Rosenthal first Morris title Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts edition Revised ... ref The speaker allows software and firmware to provide auditory feedback to a user, such as to report a hardware fault. A PC speaker generates waveforms using the programmable interval timer ... Clock accessdate 2011 02 04 ref Usage BIOS error codes The PC speaker is generally the first output ... a graphics card unless working RAM is present in the system, while beeping the speaker is doable ... specific and are usually documented in the technical manual of the motherboard. Games The PC speaker ... or sound effects within computer games of its era, such as the LucasArts series of adventure games ... web last Sergeev first Stas title PC Speaker PCM driver for Linux url http web.archive.org web 20091028092812 ... 10 26 ref and Microsoft Windows , could play pulse code modulation PCM sound through the PC speaker ... speaker support as a separate device with special capabilities that is, it cannot be configured as a normal ... of the speaker connects to pin headers on the motherboard, which are sometimes labeled Smallcaps SPEAKER or Smallcaps SPKR . class wikitable style text align center 4 pin, 3 wire PC speaker pinout Citation needed date February 2011 Pin Number Pin Name Pin Function 1 SP Speaker negative 2 KEY None ... more details
to text, see Speech recognition . Speaker recognition ref cite journal last Kinnunen first Tomi coauthors Li, Haizhou title An overview of text independent speaker recognition From features to supervectors ... pages 12 40 doi doi 10.1016 j.specom.2009.08.009 url http cs.joensuu.fi pages tkinnu webpage pdf speaker ... characteristics extracted from their human voice voices . There is a difference between speaker recognition ... commonly referred to as speaker verification or speaker authentication and identification. Finally, there is a difference between speaker recognition recognizing who is speaking and speaker diarisation recognizing when the same speaker is speaking . Speaker recognition has a history dating ... and mouth and learned behavioral patterns e.g., voice pitch, speaking style . Speaker verification has earned speaker recognition its classification as a behavioral biometric . Verification versus identification There are two major applications of speaker recognition technologies and methodologies. If the speaker claims to be of a certain identity and the voice is used to verify this claim, this is called ... an unknown speaker s identity. In a sense speaker verification is a 1 1 match where one speaker s voice is matched to one template also called a voice print or voice model whereas speaker identification ... to find the closest match es is an identification process. Speaker verification is usually employed ... operate with the user s knowledge and typically requires their cooperation. Speaker identification ..., alert automated systems of speaker changes, check if a user is already enrolled in a system, etc. In forensic applications, it is common to first perform a speaker identification process ... a conclusive match. Fact date December 2008 Variants of speaker recognition Each speaker recognition system has two phases Enrollment and verification. During enrollment, the speaker s voice is recorded ... print. Because of the process involved, verification is faster than identification. Speaker recognition ... more details
, Computer Workstations, 1988., Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Conference on Issue Date 7 10 Mar 1988 ... in an IP speaker is communicated across a packet switched data network using IPv4 and IPv6 addressing with a User Datagram Protocol UDP or Real time Transport Protocol RTP . The IP Speaker connects to Multicast or Unicast addresses to enable the delivery of streamed data to arrive at a single speaker ... more details
Image PAudioChallengerFrontRear.JPG right 200px thumb Woofer speaker drivers A speaker driver is an individual transducer that converts electrical energy to sound waves , typically as part of a loudspeaker , television , or other electronics device. Sometimes the transducer is itself referred to as a speaker , particularly when a single one is mounted in an enclosure or as surface mounted device as in a wall mounted speaker, car audio speaker, and so on . There are many different types of speaker drivers. The most common ones are the woofer , Mid range speaker mid range and tweeter , as well as subwoofers which are becoming very common. Less common types of speaker drivers are supertweeter s and rotary woofers , a new technology that is still Property proprietary of Eminent Technology . Description and operation Image SpkFrontCutawayView.svg thumb 250px right Cut away view of a dynamic loudspeaker Speaker drivers include a Diaphragm acoustics diaphragm that moves back and forth to create pressure wave s in the air column in front, and depending on the application, at some angle to the sides ... tech.yahoo.com gd understanding how speaker drivers work 153100 title Understanding how speaker ... PET film plastic film as the cone, dome or radiator. All speaker drivers have a means of electrically ... speaker the voice coil may be printed or bonded onto a sheet of very thin paper, aluminium, fiberglass ... enclosure of wood, plastic, or occasionally metal. This loudspeaker enclosure or speaker box isolates ... coil by means of electrical wires, from the amplifier through speaker cable , then through ... differentials that travel away as sound wave s. Speaker drivers may be designed to operate within ... into several types full range , tweeter s, super tweeter s, mid range speaker mid range drivers, woofers , and subwoofers . Applications Speaker drivers are the primary means for sound reproduction ... s, megaphone s, instrument amplifiers , television and computer monitor monitor speakers, public ... more details
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speaker English ship Speaker 1650 Speaker , a 50 gun sclass Speaker frigate 0 frigate Origins frigate launched in 1650, renamed HMS Mary in 1660, rebuilt in 1688 and wrecked in 1703. HMS Speaker D90 0 , a sclass Bogue escort carrier 3 launched in 1943 and sold for scrap in 1972. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Speaker, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names vi HMS Speaker ... more details
Speaker Foley may refer to Tom Foley born 1929 in Spokane, Washington , Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1989&ndash 1995 Paul Foley ironmaster 1644 5&ndash 1698 , Speaker of the British House of Commons 1695&ndash 1698 hndis Foley, Speaker ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 A Speaker designate is a member of the House of Representatives who has been selected by the caucus of the majority party to be nominated as Speaker of the House , but who has not yet taken office or been elected by the full House of Representatives, as it is still occupied by the previous Speaker. It is similar to terms such as President elect . It differs from the term Speaker presumptive in that a Speaker presumptive is assumed to be the incoming Speaker, but he or she has not been formally selected to be nominated for Speaker by the majority party s caucus. DEFAULTSORT Speaker Designate Category Legislative speakers Poli stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 A Speaker presumptive is a member of a House of Representatives or other lower House who has not yet been formally selected as Speaker of the House , but who it is assumed will be at the next available opportunity. Typically, this applies to a Minority Leader who is expected to become Speaker upon a change of majority in the House. It differs from the term Speaker designate in that a Speaker designate has been formally elected to the Speakership, but has not formally taken office. DEFAULTSORT Speaker Presumptive Category Legislative speakers Poli stub ... more details
Passive speaker s can refer to Powered speakers Passive speakers Passive speaker , a type of loudspeaker Passive speakers language , people who can understand but not speak a language dab ... more details
For an overview of all Senate leaders President of the Senate Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the Speaker politics presiding officer of the Senate in a small number of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English speaking countries. Image Canada senate chairs.jpg thumb right Senate of Canada The Speaker of the Senate occupies the chair in front of the thrones. The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over the Senate of Canada . The U.S. state of Tennessee has a Speaker of the Senate who presides over the Tennessee Senate upper house of the State Legislature . The U.S. state of Kentucky formerly had a Speaker of the Senate under a prior constitution the office was briefly of significant importance during the American Civil War Civil War due to the death of Linn Boyd who was then Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky . The U.S. state of Illinois also had a Speaker of the Illinois Senate Senate under its first two constitutions it now has a President of the Illinois Senate President of the Senate . Speaker William Lee D. Ewing briefly served as Governor of Illinois in 1834 when the positions of governor and lieutenant governor both became vacant. The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland is now a defunct office. In the Republic of Ireland , the Cathaoirleach is the speaker of the Seanad ireann . See also Chairman of the Senate Pakistan Marshal of the Senate Poland disambiguation DEFAULTSORT Speaker Of The Senate Category Government Category Government of Canada Category American political terms Category Legislative speakers ... more details
Speaker diarisation American and British English spelling differences ise.2C ize .28 isation.2C ization.29 or diarization is the process of partitioning an input audio stream into homogeneous segments according to the speaker identity. It can enhance the readability of an Speech recognition automatic speech transcription by structuring the audio stream into speaker turns and, when used together with Speaker recognition systems, by providing the speaker s true identity. ref http www.limsi.fr Rapports RS2005 chm tlp tlp1 index.html Improved speaker diarization using speaker identification. ref It is used to answer the question who spoke when? . . ref http poseidon.csd.auth.gr papers PUBLISHED JOURNAL pdf Kotti08a.pdf Speaker Segmentation and Clustering. ref Speaker diarisation is a combination of Speaker Segmentation and Speaker Clustering. The first aims at finding speaker change points in an audio stream. The second aims at grouping together speech segments on the basis of speaker characteristics. With the increasing number of broadcasts, meeting recordings and voice mail collected every year, speaker diarization has received much attention in recent times by the speech community, as is manifested by the specific evaluations devoted to it under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology for telephone speech, broadcast news and meetings. ref http www.itl.nist.gov iad mig tests rt Rich Transcription Evaluation Project. ref Main Types of Diarisation System In speaker diarisation one of the most popular method is to use a GMM to model each of the speaker, and assign the corresponding frames for each speaker with the help of a HMM. We can differentiate two ... to a real speaker. The second clustering strategy is called http www.eurecom.fr util publidownload.fr.htm ... Speaker Diarisation Software There are some open source initiatives for speaker diarisation LIUM SpkDiarization ... Speaker Diarization Category Speech recognition Category Speech processing ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Speaker grip connector terminal 1.jpg thumb Easy push speaker grip connector terminal A speaker terminal is a type of electrical connector often used for connecting audio equipment to Loudspeaker speaker s or amplifiers . The terminals are used in pairs with each of the speaker wire speaker cable s two wires being connected to one terminal in the pair. Since speaker cables are electrical polarity polarized , the terminals are most often color coded so that the positive wire connects to red and the negative to the black terminal. The terminal consists of a spring loaded metallic pincher which opens when the level is pressed, and when released will tightly grip the conductor which has been inserted into it. This type of terminal is popular because it is does not require any special connector to be applied to the end of the wire instead the wire is simply stripped of insulation on its end and inserted into the terminal. This terminal may be used with a variety of wire gauge s as well as with either solid core or Stranded wire Solid versus stranded stranded wires . See also Speaker wire Banana connector Binding post DEFAULTSORT Speaker Terminal Category Audiovisual connectors Category Sound production technology Category DC power connectors ... more details
The term speaker is a title often given to the Chairman presiding officer chair of a deliberative assembly , especially a Legislature legislative body . The speaker s official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house. The speaker ... of England . By convention, Speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as Mister Speaker, if a man, or Madam Speaker, if a woman. In most other cultures other styles are used, mainly language equivalents of English chairman or president . In Canadian French , the Speaker of the House of Commons or of a legislature is referred to as Pr sident . Many bodies also have a speaker pro tempore or deputy speaker, designated to fill in when the speaker is not available. United Kingdom and other Westminster system countries see also Speaker of the House of Commons United Kingdom Lord SpeakerSpeaker of the House of Commons of Canada Speaker of the Canadian Senate Speaker of the Australian ... style chambers, the speaker does not have a deliberative vote, but only a tiebreaker. In some countries ... of scrupulous political neutrality and the speaker resigns from his party, votes only by convention ... elected if re election is sought in Ireland . Despite these conventions, the speaker is usually ... to be among the selection. In the United Kingdom, a speaker is normally chosen from one of the two ... field candidates against a speaker seeking re election. In Australia, the speakership is a partisan ... as potentially disenfranchising voters in the Speaker s seat. ref The Australian. 2010 08 31 . http www.theaustralian.com.au national affairs independent speaker not fair on voters warns clerk of senate story fn59niix 1225912446520 Independent speaker not fair on voters, warns Clerk of Senate .... The officer may still be titled Speaker, as since 2006 in the House of Commons, or use a different ... more details
Infobox Political post post Lord Speaker body insignia UKHOL logo.png insigniasize 100px insigniacaption ... Hayman website http www.parliament.uk business lords lord speaker Lord Speaker PoliticsUK The Lord Speaker is the speaker politics speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The office is analogous to the Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons the Lord Speaker is elected by the members of the House of Lords and is expected to be politically ... by the Lord Chancellor . Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 , the position of the Speaker of the House ... by someone other than the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor continued to act as speaker of the House ... new arrangements about its speakership. The first Lord Speaker was Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman Baroness Hayman , who was succeeded by current Lord Speaker Frances D Souza, Baroness D Souza Baroness ... officer, including the title for the elected speaker of the Lords. Following their recommendations, the new speaker was named Lord Speaker , and the number of deputy speakers has fallen from 25 to 12 ... Lord Speaker was chosen in part because it was already in use in the Standing Orders and the Companion. ref name first report Functions The main functions of the Lord Speaker are to take the chair ... about how principal lord speaker.cfm title The Lord Speaker publisher www.parliament.co.uk ref The role has less power than the Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker of the House ... taken a less active role in debates than the Speaker of the House of Commons. For example, unlike the Speaker, the Lord Speaker does not call the House to order, determine who is to speak when two ... are addressed directly to the Speaker, those in the House of Lords are addressed to the House as a whole i.e., speeches begin My Lords instead of Mr Speaker . In practice, the only task of the Lord Speaker in the Chamber is to formally put the question before a vote, to announce the result of any ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 A component speaker is a car audio loudspeaker speaker matched for optimal sound quality. Typically a pair of tweeter s and mid woofer bass drivers are matched with a audio crossover crossover to limit the frequency range each speaker must accurately reproduce. Component speakers drivers are physically separated so the tweeter, which is very directional, can be placed in an optimal position, usually on the dash facing the listener, while the larger mid bass driver can be placed where there is room, often in the lower front of the car doors. Component speaker pairs are offered by all of the high end audio manufacturers. DEFAULTSORT Component Speaker Automotive part stub Category Loudspeakers Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Speaker stands are stands on which loudspeaker s are placed with the aim of improving the quality of sound from the speaker. In the 1970s ref Atacama Audio, one of the first companies to recognise the importance of sound dampening, was founded in 1986 ref musicians and high fidelity enthusiasts found that lifting speakers off the ground and mounting them on something with no vibration increased sound quality. Ordinary domestic furniture was not built with the properties that would deaden vibrations and so enhance the speaker s sound. Speaker stands, therefore were purpose built to remove any deleterious colourations that came about through unwanted vibration. Further research has shown that speakers are best positioned so that the tweeter is level with the ear of the listener and so speaker stands are often built so that they line up the speakers with the ear of a person when sitting down. References reflist External links http howto.wired.com wiki Position your speakers How to position your speakers An article on getting the most out of speaker positioning. http www.almainternational.org ALMA The International Loudspeaker Association A Forum for the Global Loudspeaker Industry Category Loudspeakers ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 A speaker pillow is a pillow that incorporates loudspeaker s. It is generally designed to be an alternative to headphones connected to portable media player s. Research has shown that a Speaker Pillow may also help with the symptoms of Tinnitus by masking the internal sound with an external one. See also Tinnitus masker . Bedding audio tech stub Category Loudspeakers Category Headphones Category Pillows ... more details
, or neodymium with higher quality Alnico magnets reserved for expensive models. Well known guitar speaker ... Speaker Eminence , Electro Voice , JBL , Weber Speakers Weber , and A Brown Soun Tone Tubby . Cabinet Seealso Loudspeaker enclosure A Guitar speaker cabinet contains one or more guitar speakers as many as eight, often 10 or 12 types. A 4x12 four by twelve is a guitar speaker cabinet containing ... in amplifier. Combo amplifiers may be referred to by their speaker cabinet configuration plus the word combo , so that 4x10 combo means a guitar amplifier built into a 4x10 speaker cabinet. Since ... a 12 speaker. The speaker cabinets which hold these drivers can be closed back or open back, along ... . The sound of the speaker and cabinet is crucial to the sound of the electric guitar, so much ... limiting as one or more drivers approach their physical limits e.g. cone excursion . A guitar speaker ... amplitudes is different from those at large amplitudes. A guitar speaker isolation cabinet guitar isolation cabinet contains a guitar speaker and one or two microphones in a single or double layer soundproofed box. These devices allow the capture of the sound of a guitar amplifier and speaker ... to the isolation cabinet, there exist guitar speaker cabinet emulating circuits or signal processors ... equipment without the need for a speaker cabinet and microphone. Cabinet emulation is available ... which combined with a model of resonance, modeling the frequency response of the speaker as well as the internal .... A common microphone used to pick up guitar speaker sound is the Shure SM57 or the Sennheiser ... guitar Re amp DEFAULTSORT Guitar Speaker Category Amplified instruments Category Electric guitars Category ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A lay speaker is a position in the United Methodist Church for the laity . Technically, a lay speaker is a member of a local church who is ready to serve the Church. Generally, lay speakers are leaders in the United Methodist Church on local, district, and conference levels. Lay speakers often lead worship services when a Clergy minister is not available. There are two types of lay speakers local lay speakers and certified lay speakers. Local lay speakers need only take one basic course and serve in their local Wiktionary congregation congregation only. Certified lay speakers must initially take two classes and continue their education once every three years. They may serve churches of which they are not members. See also Laity Methodist local preacher Local Preacher UK & AU Lay Reader UK & US DEFAULTSORT Lay Speaker Category United Methodist Church Methodist stub ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Minaret Speaker Type ep Artist Muslimgauze Cover Released 1996 March Recorded Genre Length Label Staalplaat br small MUSLIMLIM005 small Producer Reviews Last album Bandit Queen E.P. br 1996 This album Minaret Speaker br 1996 Next album Untitled Muslimgauze album untitled br 1996 Misc Minaret Speaker is release by Muslimgauze . The release is a 7 vinyl picture disc, properly playable at 33 RPM. The release was limited to an edition of 200 only available to Staalplaat subscribers. Track listing Side A Arab Jeruzalem 5 36 Side B Black Aba 5 26 Bamboo Bound 2 06 Category Muslimgauze albums ... more details
A speaker grille or speaker grill is usually found in front of many consumer and industrial loudspeakers , and consists of either a hard or soft wikt screen screen wikt grill grille mounted directly over the face of the speaker driver. Its main purpose is to protect the driver element and speaker internals and possibly other audio components from foreign objects while still allowing the sound to clearly pass. However, because it sits in the direct path of the driver, the grille interacts with the sound produced. A suitable compromise between protection and sound quality must be made based on the speaker s application. Types Soft Grilles Soft grilles can be made from any well suited cloth , weaving , stitching , foam , fabric upholstery upholsteries and other similar materials. In general, soft grilles impose little resistance on the speaker driver because the material is free to move synchronously with the sound waves. Because the grille is capable of absorbing this vibration, softer grilles are in general less prone to rattling except at extremely high sound pressure level s. Soft grilles offer protection from small, lightweight objects, and may be water resistant to some degree but could be susceptible to being torn, or even stretched enough to reach the driver. Hard Grilles Hard grilles can be made from many types of construction material including metal, wood or plastic. Some solid grilles are made from a board or sheet of material with holes drilled or cut for the sound to pass ... in parallel. Because hard material is not free to move with the speaker s sound like soft material, the speaker s output level must be considered when designing the grille. A grille with more holes will allow more sound to pass but will offer less protection from small objects. A speaker with too ... instances could damage the speaker, resulting in unwanted rattling at the least. Impracticalities ... so accurately that anything in the path of the speaker could obscure aspects of the sound, and thus ... more details
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