摘要:
A self-tapping screw is disclosed. The screw having a shaft bearing at least partially a thread, which shaft defines a longitudinal axis and on whose first end a drill point with a maximum width and on whose opposing second end a head are arranged, as well as having at least one first cutting edge and having at least one second cutting edge. A recess through which the longitudinal axis passes is arranged between the two cutting edges, with the minimum axial depth of the recess corresponding to at least 0.08 times the maximum width of the drill point.
摘要:
A system-effected method for synthesizing speech, or recognizing speech including a sequence of expressive speech utterances. The method can be computer-implemented and can include system-generating a speech signal embodying the sequence of expressive speech utterances. Other possible steps include: system-marking the speech signal with a pitch marker indicating a pitch change at or near a first zero amplitude crossing point of the speech signal following a glottal closure point, at a minimum, at a maximum or at another location; system marking the speech signal with at least one further pitch marker; system-aligning a sequence of prosodically marked text with the pitch-marked speech signal according to the pitch markers; and system outputting the aligned text or the aligned speech signal, respectively. Computerized systems, and stored programs for implementing method embodiments of the invention are also disclosed.