Package: sox
Version: 12.18.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/sox.1.gz', see attached '.diff'.

Hope this helps...

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ii  libasound2                1.0.13-1       ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-9    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgsm1                   1.0.10-13      Shared libraries for GSM speech co
ii  libmad0                   0.15.1b-2.1    MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libogg0                   1.1.3-2        Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libvorbis0a               1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2             1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3            1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi

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--- sox.1       2006-12-13 03:58:32.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/sox.1  2006-12-23 01:11:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 Same as \fB-h\fR
 .TP 10
 \fB--help-effect=name\fR
-Prints usage information on the specifed effect.  The name
+Prints usage information on the specified effect.  The name
 \fBall\fR can be used to disable usage on all effects.
 .TP 10
 \fB-p\fR
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 .TP 10
 \fB-t \fIfiletype\fR
 gives the file type of the sound sample file.  Useful when file extension 
-is not standard or can not be determeind by looking at the header of the file.
+is not standard or can not be determined by looking at the header of the file.
 See the section \fRFILE TYPES\fR for a list of supported file types.
 .TP 10
 \fB-v \fIvolume\fR
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 chorus \fIgain-in gain-out delay decay speed depth 
 .TP 10
        -s \fR| \fI-t [ \fIdelay decay speed depth -s \fR| \fI-t ... \fR]
-Add a chorus to a sound sample.  Each quadtuple
+Add a chorus to a sound sample.  Each quadruple
 delay/decay/speed/depth gives the delay in milliseconds
 and the decay (relative to gain-in) with a modulation
 speed in Hz using depth in milliseconds.
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 The first option is the \fIdcshift\fR value.  It is a floating point number 
that
 indicates the amount to shift.
 .br
-An option limtergain value can be specified as well.  It should have a value 
much less then 1.0 and is used only on peaks to prevent clipping.
+An optional limitergain value can be specified as well.  It should have a 
value much less then 1.0 and is used only on peaks to prevent clipping.
 .TP 10
 deemph
 Apply a treble attenuation shelving filter to samples in
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
 delay/decay/speed gives the delay in milliseconds
 and the decay (relative to gain-in) with a modulation
 speed in Hz.
-The modulation is either sinodial (-s) or triangular
+The modulation is either sinusoidal (-s) or triangular
 (-t).  Gain-out is the volume of the output.
 .TP 10
 highp \fIfrequency\fR
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
 delay/decay/speed gives the delay in milliseconds
 and the decay (relative to gain-in) with a modulation
 speed in Hz.
-The modulation is either sinodial (-s) or triangular
+The modulation is either sinusoidal (-s) or triangular
 (-t).  The decay should be less than 0.5 to avoid
 feedback.  Gain-out is the volume of the output.
 .TP 10
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
 .B rate.
 
 .br
--w < nut / ham > : select either a Nuttal (~90 dB stopband) or Hamming
+-w < nut / ham > : select either a Nuttall (~90 dB stopband) or Hamming
 (~43 dB stopband) window.  Default is
 .I nut.
 
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
 
 The \fIabove_periods\fR value is used to indicate if sound should be trimmed 
at 
 the beginning of the audio file.  A value of zero indicates no silence 
-should be trimmed from the beginning.  When specifing an non-zero
+should be trimmed from the beginning.  When specifying a non-zero
 \fIabove_periods\fR, it trims audio up until it finds non-silence.
 Normally, when trimming silence from 
 beginning of audio the \fIabove_periods\fR will be 1 but it can be increased 
to 
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@
 in the middle and 2 seconds of silence at the end, a duration of 2
 seconds could be used to skip over the middle silence.
 
-Unfortunetly, you must know the length of the silence at the 
+Unfortunately you must know the length of the silence at the 
 end of your audio file to trim off silence reliably.  A work around is
 to use the \fIsilence\fR effect in combination with the \fIreverse\fR effect.
 By first reversing the audio, you can use the \fIabove_periods\fR

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