Best Practices: Accent Translation

This guide outlines best practices for using the Sanas app, ensuring seamless integration with your existing workflow and delivering the most natural, consistent audio quality.

🎧 Microphone Positioning

The position of your headset's microphone is one of the most critical aspects in capturing your audio while you speak. Incorrect positioning can result in the omission of certain audio sections when pitch and frequency vary.

1. Adjust the headset to the correct length

Wear the headset and adjust its headband length to achieve a comfortable fit. Do not wear your headset too loose or too tight to avoid any discomfort during extended calling sessions. Secure your preferred headband length if your headset has a click-stop or another locking mechanism.

2. Optimal microphone position

Position your microphone at approximately two-finger distance away from your mouth's corner. Use both hands while shaping your microphone's boom arm. Avoid changing the microphone position during an ongoing call to prevent any possible audio level fluctuations.

3. Avoid incorrect microphone placement

Never place the microphone directly in front of your mouth, underneath your nostrils, or in contact with your lips or face.

🗣️ Voice Modulation Techniques

You can achieve great results with Sanas by following these simple voice modulation techniques:

1. Speak at your natural pace

Always try to speak at your natural pace. Speaking fast may result in unclear messages and repetition, while speaking unnaturally slowly may lack engagement in the conversation. Practice maintaining a consistent pace throughout your calling sessions.

2. Articulate clearly

Pronounce words correctly and completely without mumbling or indistinct pronunciation for clear communication. Always take pauses between sentences and maintain a natural speech flow.

3. Maintain adequate volume

Speak at an adequate volume and maintain that level throughout the call to clearly distinguish your voice from background noise. Audio level fluctuations often lead to an unpleasant calling experience for recipients.

4. Manage breathing

Take breaths between sentences and avoid taking them in between. Avoid heavy breathing while speaking and maintain a steady rhythm during your conversations.

5. Understand your Sanas app

Sanas does a great job of understanding and translating your accent to help you sound your best during calls, but it cannot fix any mispronunciations or incorrect grammar. Focus on using correct grammar and proper pronunciation during your calls.

For example, pronounce "vehicle" correctly as "vee-uh-kel," and not "vy-kel".

✔️ Do's and Don'ts

This section highlights a few key habits you can adapt for the best results with Sanas.

✅ Things to DO

1. Restart your computer daily.

• Prevents any performance issues.

2. Verify your Sanas app configurations.

• Check at the beginning of each app session

• Ensure Sanas remains enabled, and the correct audio input is selected.

3. Disable the built-in noise suppression features.

• Disable any built-in noise suppression feature on your used softphone, if available, to avoid audio input interference.

4. Use high-quality headsets always.

• Always use USB connection-based high-quality headsets

• Avoid headsets with analog or Bluetooth connections, as USB connections provide better audio quality

• We recommend periodically testing your headsets by performing a demo call to identify any hardware defects and avoid issues during a live call.

5. Follow the voice modulation techniques.

• Speak at your natural pace

• Pronounce words properly

• Maintain a consistent, adequate volume level during your calls.

🚫 Don't Do

1. Select audio sources based on your Sanas app configuration:

• Accent Translation:

  • Input: Sanas Virtual Microphone

  • Output: Headset’s earphones

• Accent Translation with Inbound Noise Cancellation:

  • Input: Sanas Virtual Microphone

  • Output: Sanas Virtual Speaker

📔  Note: Refer to the Sanas User Guide to correctly identify your Sanas app configuration and instructions to configure audio sources.

2. Never use an external webcam microphone or the system's built-in array microphone.

• Do not use these as your audio input source.

3. Do not close the Sanas application during an ongoing call.

• Closing the app mid-call can cause audio issues and leave the recipient with a bad experience.

4. Avoid poor speaking habits.

• Don't mumble, mispronounce words, use bad grammar, or have inconsistent volume levels on a call.

What's Next?

You now know all the best practices you'll need to sound your best version with Sanas. Verify your system's audio configuration is correct before you start using Sanas. Refer to Sanas user guide to learn more.