Bugzilla – Bug 1316
Description message is ungrammatical in Generate Chirp
Last modified: 2018-08-20 11:51:40 UTC
If you use the "Manage" button in Generate>Chirp and then select the "About" button you will see that "Description" field is ungrammatical, and doesn't really make sense, it says: "Generates four different types of tone waveform while allowing starting and ending amplitude and fequency" I assume that this means that you can manage and control the starting and ending stuff - but it doesn't really say that.
The first part of the description matches the description for the Tone generator, which is good because Chirp is the same as the Tone generator but has the added features of being able to set the initial and final peak amplitudes and frequencies. It's quite difficult to say that briefly enough. What do you suggest?
how about "Generates four different types of tone waveform with control of starting and ending amplitude and fequency"
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #2) Or how about the simpler: "Generates four different types of tone waveform" One can clearly see from the dialog GUI that there are front/back-end controls.
The situation is worse on Aplle Mac as the message is too long, you get: "Generates four different types of tine wavefor...hile allowing starting and ending amplitude and frequency" with the mesaage truncated in the middle with the ellipsis
And latterly I now think the message should simply say: "Generates four different types of chirp waveform"
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #5) What's a "chirp"? With the default settings it does not sound like my idea of a "chirp".
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #6) So, Steve, are you suggesting we change the name of this generator?
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #7) No, not at this time, but I think the description needs to be descriptive ;-) Perhaps: "Generates tones from one frequency to another." or could be "sliding tones" or something similar.
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #4) > The situation is worse on Aplle Mac as the message is too long, I added this at Bug 1388. I like the description saying that there are four different types of tone. My suggestion for Tone: "Generates a constant frequency tone of one of four types. and for Chirp: "Generates an ascending or descending tone of one of four types.
I like Gale's suggested wording +1
(In reply to Gale Andrews from comment #9) Done in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/15fe0763
Thanks, Steve.
