How to pronounce “rasping” in English

to the Pacific Ocean.The town was a miniature below us, silent and still except for the singing, rasping wind that flattened the tall grasses.A clear day, too much to take in, the glassy air and the feeling of great freedom and grace, the world opening--

had to assemble in his head to figure out where she was, a process that was doing nothing for his heart rate.Periodic creaks, her steps-- she doesn't care about being quiet, why would she?-- followed by a drawling, rasping hiss, her breathingroughened by glass, and then a cascade of stiff, mechanical pops that Simon realized in horror were her fingers clenching and unclenching.