# Name [:name]

The Name command allows the current speaking voice to be changed to one of ten built-in DECtalk Software voices. XX represents the speaker name or letter variable for each voice. The letter variable is the first letter of the speaker name. This command is synchronous.

SYNTAX: | [:name XX]
ABBREVIATION: | none
ALTERNATE COMMAND: | [:nXX]
OPTIONS: | Speaker | Variable | Description
| PAUL | p | Default male voice
| HARRY | h | Full male voice
| FRANK | f | Aged male voice
| DENNIS | d | Male voice
| BETTY | b | Full female voice
| URSULA | u | Aged female voice
| WENDY | w | Whispering female voice
| RITA | r | Female voice
| KIT | k | Child's voice
| VAL | v | Vals voice
PARAMETERS: | none
DEFAULT: | PAULs voice
EXAMPLES: | [:name KIT] or [:nk]

Note s

· A user can change any of the voice characteristics of the current speaker by using the Design Voice [:dv] command. These changes are active only while the current speaker remains current. To save the voice changes, use the save option of the Design Voice command, which saves the changes as the voice of Val. Click here for information on the individual characteristics of a speaker or details on how to change a voice.

· The Speak applet displays language-specific speaker names, as listed below; however, the Name [:name] in-line command and the Dtsample applet currently support only the English set::

ENGLISH: | Paul | Harry | Frank | Dennis | Betty | Ursula | Wendy | Rita | Kit
SPANISH: | Pablo | Humberto | Francisco | Domingo | Berta | Úrsula | Wendy | Rita | Juanito
GERMAN: | Paul | Hans | Frank | Dieter | Beate | Ursula | Wendy | Rita | Karsten
FRENCH: | Oliver | Michel | François | Joël | Marjolaine | Angèle | Nadia | Jacqueline | Sébastien

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