Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

pymbrola: A Python interface to the MBROLA speech synthesiser

python

package

linux

wsl

speech synthesis

language

mbrola

tutorial

I programmed a Python module that provides an interface to the MBROLA speech synthesiser: pymbrola. This post is a guide on how to synthesise audios with the desired parameters using pymbrola.

Nov 8, 2025

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Installing the MBROLA speech synthesiser

python

package

linux

wsl

speech synthesis

language

mbrola

tutorial

I programmed a Python module that provides an interface to the MBROLA speech synthesiser. This post is a guide on how to set up MBROLA on your Linux/MacOS or Windows system, so that you can use the pymbrola module (a tutorial in upcoming).

Aug 25, 2025

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Implementing the Differential Pathlength Factor (DPF) in Python: the Scholkmann method

python

fnirs

neuroimaging

I have news! I’m starting my postdoc at the Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona, Spain) in September, joining Chiara Santolin’s new research group. We…

Nov 24, 2024

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

upfthesis: a Quarto template for thesis dissertations at UPF

quarto

thesis

book

pdf

I wrote my thesis dissertation in Quarto, using a custom template. Here I illustrate how it works and some tips.

Jan 10, 2024

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Using decktape to convert Quarto slides from RevealJS to PDF

quarto

revealjs

presentation

pdf

Using decktape to export my Quarto slides to PDF saved my life right before a submission deadline. I might save yours too.

Jun 8, 2023

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Getting the most out of logistic regression

tidyverse

regression

statistics

logistic

Logistic regression models provide information way beyond a p-value. Using the {palmerpenguins} dataset, I review the relationship between the logistic and the logit functions, and how to interpret the coefficients of a logistic regression model, capitalising on marginal effects.

Jan 22, 2023

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

renv (o cómo usar paquetes de R sin ataques de pánico)

package

reproducibility

renv

{renv} es un paquete de R que permite instalar paquetes de R gestionar sus versiones para proyectos de forma independiente. Aquí resumo para qué se utiliza y cómo funciona.

Feb 27, 2022

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

@psicotuiterbot: Un bot de Twitter para Psicotuiter

rtweet

twitter

raspberry pi

bot

github

He creado un bot de Twitter que hace RT a cualquier mención a #psicotuiter. El código está escrito en R usando el paquete {rtweet} para interactuar con la API de Twitter, y está alojado en una Raspberry Pi que hace las veces de servidor ejecutando el código cada 15 minutos usando CRON.

Dec 29, 2021

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Creando un paquete de R: una guía informal

package

twitter

tutorial

En el canal de Twitch de Psicometries hicimos un directo en el que explicamos cómo se ha creado el paquete de R {psicotuiteR}, indicando cada paso lo mejor que hemos podido para que puedas replicarlo, contribuir al mismo paquete o incluso crear tu propio paquete en el futuro.

Nov 14, 2021

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Exploring probability distributions through animations in Julia

julia

distribution

animation

statistics

probability

Visualising what different probability distributions look like under different parameters can be helpful when picking a likelihood function for you Bayesian analysis. I present some animations generated with Julia using Distributions.jl

Oct 4, 2021

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

Visualising polynomial regression

statistic

regression

animation

ggplot

The outputs of polynomial regression can be difficult to interpret. I generated some animated plots to see how model predictions change across different combinations of coefficients for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree polynomials.

Jan 21, 2021

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro

How similar is the word “mask” across languages?

linguistics

phonology

ggplot2

translation

Using the Levenshtein distance to quantify the orthographic and phonlogical similarity between translation equivalents of the word mask across multiple languages.

Nov 20, 2020

Gonzalo Garcia-Castro