Silence suppression Silence suppression is achieved by recognizing the lack of speech through a speech processing mechanism called voice activity detection (VAD) which dynamically monitors background noise and sets a corresponding speech detection threshold. This technique is also known as speech activity detection (SAD). Silence suppression is a way to save bandwidth when conducting voice communications‚ or at least audio communications‚ over the Internet; it’s an advantage for businesses‚ especially
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Behind the Title of Dahl’s ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’” ‘‘Lamb to the Slaughter’’ is representative of Dahl’s economical style and dry‚ dark sense of humor. Like all of his short fiction‚ the narrative in this story is driven by plot‚ not by character or mood. Readers find themselves dropped into the middle of the action with no knowledge of the background or history of the characters to establish tone or motive. Starting with the double meaning of its title‚ however‚ ‘‘Lamb to the Slaughter’’ offers
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Songs of Silence Theme: Silence Topic: How is silence depicted in the following chapters: Effita‚ A story with no name‚ Nathan and Miss Minnie? In the novel Songs of Silence the theme silence is portrayed in the various chapters and shows us the different reasons and reactions to silence. Silence is a major theme in the novel but in these particular chapters it gives us a clearer understanding to what is happening. The novel suggests to us that silence is not just the absence of sound‚ but is
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Lamb To The Slaughter – Roald Dahl Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal‚ using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony‚ dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout‚ the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering her husband and shrewdly covers it up‚ without leaving a trace of evidence. The biggest symbol in the story is the lamb. It’s the most spoken about object in the story
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Literary Analysis Irony is a major stylistic device used in “Lamb to the Slaughter”. After Mary Maloney kills her husband‚ she puts the murder weapon‚ a frozen leg of lamb‚ in the oven to cook. She says to the detectives “Why don’t you eat up that lamb that’s in the oven? It’ll be cooked just right by now.” The author used dramatic irony in this part to show that things aren’t always what they seem to be. This also adds excitement and a conclusion to the plot. While the detectives thought they
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Therefore‚ I agree with his point. We live in twenty first century a world that is so busy and fast. Music Industry plays a great role in people’s lives. The question is does music has positive effect or negative effect on us? After reading "On Silence"‚ I would say negative effect. Now I realized that music is something that people use to forget their bad times‚ music is a just temporary solution to people’s problems. Aldous Huxley states three main points on music. He says that the music is a
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The Importance of Silence No one should ever underestimate how important silence really is in our lives. It is very important to be silent during performances‚ no matter what the performance is for. If it is for speech‚ singing‚ Broadway‚ etc.‚ you still need to be silent. No matter what you think‚ silence is a key role to many things in our lives. You always need to be silent during a performance because you are not the only person there. You have to be considerate for the other people
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This chapter is devoted to the textual analysis of four proposed advisory speech acts‚ namely: advice‚ warning‚ suggestion‚ and urging in forty texts selected from the Holy Bible (the New Testament)‚ the Authorized Version of King James Bible in their English texts‚ distributed as follows: sixteen texts for warning‚ twelve for advice ‚ six for suggestion‚ and six for urging. 4.2 The Notion of Text According to Halliday and Hasan (1976:2) "A text has texture‚ and this what distinguishes it
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One of the most recognizable athletes in the world and more importantly‚ one of best soccer players in the game today‚ David Beckham is also a popular figure in the world of the media and advertising. He has made appearances in advertisements for such companies as Adidas‚ Pepsi‚ Gillette‚ and Vodafone. Recently‚ I noticed an advertisement in People for "David Beckham Instinct‚" a product line consisting of aftershave and fragrances. On the back of the magazine‚ he is shown in a head-only photo
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I woke up from my nap to the sound of the intercom stating that we were close to arriving at the destination.Before I knew it‚ the hyperloop arrived to Mexico City where I was being picked up by my aunt.I checked my pocket once again to make sure I still had my ticket to the soccer game between my favorite soccer team and its rival.It was a warm morning like any other summer day.However‚ today felt different from other days.I was excited to meet my family from Mexico again. Once I got off the hyperloop
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