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It mostly involves the computer counting to ten at a constant rate. I want to be able to precisely control the rate at which the punches are counted out, but I'm constrained by how fast the browser can speak each number. I made this notebook to explore how long it takes for the speech synthesizer to say each number and how changing the rate affects that length.\n\nClick the buttons below to see the values fill in for how long it takes for each number.`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":330,"value":"md`## Normal rate`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":334,"value":"{\n let button = html``;\n button.onclick = () => { countToTen(1, viewof normal_rate) };\n return button;\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":263,"value":"normal_rate","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":298,"value":"html`${normal_rate.map((time, i) => `${i + 1}: ${time}ms${i === normal_rate.length - 1 ? 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Then press the button to see how long each number takes at the adjusted rate.`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":364,"value":"md`Adjusted rate: ${adjusted_rate}`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":358,"value":"viewof adjusted_rate = DOM.range(1, 3, 0.1)","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":337,"value":"{\n let button = html``;\n button.onclick = () => { countToTen(adjusted_rate, viewof adjustable_rate) };\n return button;\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":342,"value":"adjustable_rate","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":344,"value":"html`${adjustable_rate.map((time, i) => `${i + 1}: ${time}ms${i === adjustable_rate.length - 1 ? 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