Chapter I 台灣華語 — HsiaoChen 全書章評估（SKU B 關卡）
Status: Full Chapter I AI scratch for evaluation after voice lock. Not retail master (retail = human cast).
Decision (2026-08-02 · Albert + friends): From the three bake-off candidates, #2 HsiaoChen is the locked voice. Complete Ch.1 first → evaluate → only then Ch.2–6.
Bake-off (openings only): |Ch.1 ZH voice bake-off
EN Ch.1: |Ch.1 EN Christopher
EN full book: |EN SKU A hub
Identity Snapshot
- Work: Chapter I, Toward A Community of Hope (zh-TW AMT v1.0 full body) — see |Toward A Community of Hope; Ch.I covers the Formosan church movement documented on |FPCLA
- Voice lock:
zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural· rate+0%· pitch+0Hz - Loudness: loudnorm target −16 LUFS / −1.5 dBTP (measured output_i ≈ −16.2, TP −1.50 on 192k master)
- Duration: ~35.7 min (full chapter; bake-off opening was ~5.8 min)
- Public file: ~42 MB @ 160 kb/s (under GitHub soft limit); private production master also kept @ 192 kb/s
Listen — full Chapter I (HsiaoChen)
Use headphones. Preload is metadata-only.
- Download MP3 · ~35:43 · full Ch.I
Absolute (if relative player fails on CDN lag):
https://echocanhelp.github.io/wiki-public/public/media/albert-ch01-zh-hsiaochen-v1-full-scratch.mp3
Method lock (do not change without new sign-off)
| Dimension | Setting |
|---|---|
| Voice | zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural |
| Rate / pitch | +0% / +0Hz |
| Loudness | −16 LUFS / −1.5 dBTP |
| Text | Speak-layer cleanup only; frozen AMT zh-TW/AMT_v1.0/ch01.md unchanged |
| Role | Review/scratch — not commercial AI retail without platform+consent path |
| Gate | Albert eval of this full Ch.I before any Ch.II–VI render |
QC snapshot (2026-08-02)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| chars (no space) | 7,690 |
| duration | 35.71 min |
| chars/min | ~215 |
| chunks | 27 (~420 chars) |
| loudnorm (192k master) | I ≈ −16.2 · TP −1.50 · LRA ~3.4 |
EN Ch.I Christopher was ~29 min @ ~149 wpm. ZH full Ch.I is longer in wall-clock (character density + scholarly pace at +0%). Rate bump (+5–10%) is not applied unless Albert asks after this listen.
Evaluation checklist (for Albert / reviewers)
- Voice fit: Does HsiaoChen hold scholarly-pastoral tone for a full ~36 min chapter (not just the opening)?
- Names / places: Formosa（台灣）, 基隆, 高雄, 澎湖, Shimonoseki, Cairo, etc. — natural?
- Geography / lists (early sections): Tempo OK or too slow/fast?
- History sections: Clarity on treaties, dates, KMT / Formosan distinctions?
- Fatigue: Any stretch where delivery becomes tiring or monotone?
- Blockers: Anything that must be fixed before Ch.2–6, or “minor / does not affect full book”?
What happens next
| If… | Then… |
|---|---|
| Approve Ch.I as-is (or minor nits only) | Proceed Ch.II–VI with same HsiaoChen lock; translate remaining AMT as needed; multi-track hub |
| Request rate/pitch change | Re-render Ch.I only with new settings → re-eval → then Ch.2–6 |
| Request text fixes | Patch zh AMT via version bump (not silent in-place); re-render Ch.I |
Hold: No Ch.2–6 full scratch until this gate is signed off in this group (or by Leonard).
Related
- |Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄)
- |Bake-off (three voices, openings)
- |EN Ch.1
- |EN SKU A full hub
- |Ch.1 ZH bake-off review v2
- |Ch.1 audiobook (Taiwanese female voices) — the sibling female-voice bake-off page in the same gate
- |Audiobook consent & recording kit — the platform+consent path referenced in the method-lock gate
- |Media index — vault media library; master file
albert-ch01-zh-hsiaochen-v1-full-scratch.mp3 - |TAHS — community-history partner for the republication project
Vault Cross-check (deepen pass 2026-09-10)
Absorbed from the cited bake-off page |Ch.1 ZH voice bake-off (vault-only, no web):
- The 2026-08-02 bake-off rendered three zh-TW neural voices from the same 135-character opening excerpt (Section I — The Land — Formosa), all loudnormed to −16 LUFS / −1.7 dBTP:
- YunJheNeural (male, Friendly/Positive) — rate +0%, pitch −1Hz — opening sample ~5:08
- HsiaoChenNeural (female, Friendly/Positive) — rate +0%, pitch +0Hz — opening sample ~5:48 @ ~23.3 wpm ← the locked voice
- HsiaoYuNeural (female, Friendly/Positive) — rate +0%, pitch +0Hz
- The bake-off excerpt is drawn from Chapter I — Formosan in Formosa Yesterday (zh-TW AMT v1.0), the same frozen text evaluated here in full.
- Sibling gate artifacts in-vault: |Taiwanese female-voice bake-off (~30-min full Chapter I) and |consent and recording kit (the platform+consent path named in the method-lock gate).