Notes: More energy than other weak fricatives. You will see a triangle or an area of frication, often around 1200 Hz. Look for some coarticulation with adjacent phonemes.
A typical /f/ may look like:
Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /f/ section of the word "life"
Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /f/ section of the word "fine"
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