Copyright 1994 by ESS Technology, Inc.
All rights reserved.
The contents of this manual and the associated Audio
Applications software are the property of ESS
Technology, Inc. For additional copies of the
software, please contact ESS Technology, Inc.
AudioDrive is a trademark of ESS Technology, Inc.
Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and the Windows
Sound System are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
The Audio Applications enable you to record, store, and play back voice,
music, and other sound on your PC. These applications are designed to
enhance communication and improve productivity by incorporating audio into
your daily use of the computer.
The Audio Applications take full advantage of the capabilities of the
AudioDrive family of audio chips (ES488, ES1488, and ES688).
The ES488 and ES1488 provide for the recording and play back of
monophonic audio files. The ES688 provides stereo capabilities and a fivechannel mixer. See your hardware manual for a description of your
computer's capabilities.
Features of the Audio Applications
The Audio Applications:
•Are compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
•Comply with Windows 3.1 Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
requirements.
•Enable you to add, edit and update voice annotations in OLE-compliant
Windows applications such as WordPerfect, Word, Excel, and Lotus 123.
•Record and play audio files in the PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format,
compatible with Windows 3.1 and other sound cards that use this format.
•Are compatible with the Microsoft Windows Sound Recorder for
In the second Setup window, click the first button to install the hardware
driver (if an AudioDrive driver has been previously installed, first choose
Driver Uninstallation, restart windows, then install the new driver), the second
button to install the Audio Applications, or the third button to remove the
current hardware driver.
If you choose Driver Installation, the following window appears:
Unless you need to configure the board settings yourself, choose the
Automatic Board Configuration button to install the hardware driver.
Automatic Board Configuration will attempt to determine the I/O address,
interrupt, and DMA channel settings of your board.
If you choose Custom Board Configuration, the following window
appears:
The window opens showing the factory default settings. If you do not know
the I/O address, interrupt, and DMA channel of your board, refer to the
hardware installation manual. For the Stereo Magician Plus (ES688) board,
the interrupt and DMA channel are software configurable.
The default directory is PCAUDIO. To store the Audio Applications in
another directory, type its name and click OK.
If the directory you specify does not exist, Setup will create it for you.
If the Audio Applications have been previously installed, this window appears:
If you choose Custom Installation, this window appears:
To exclude an application from the installation, click its box. To store the
applications in another directory, choose Change Directory and specify the
directory. Choose Install to install the selected Audio Applications.
After installation, the application icons appear in the Audio Applications
program group:
Note: If you have a previous version of the software and the Setup program
is unable to load the driver, follow this procedure:
1.Exit Windows and reboot your system.
2.Delete auddrive.drv, vaudrv.386, and threed.vbx from the directory
windows\system, if any of these files are present.
3.Restart Windows, ignoring any Windows error messages.
4.Insert Setup Disk 1 in a drive, then choose Run from the File menu,
enter a: or b: and setup, and click the OK button.
5.Go through the Setup program again.
Changing Audio Boards
You may wish to replace your present audio board with another type-for example, replacing Audio Magician Plus with Stereo Magician Plus.
Before doing so, run the Setup program and choose the Driver Uninstall
option before you turn off the computer to change the board.
Once the new board is installed, run the Setup program again and choose the
Driver Installation option. This procedure loads the correct MIDI mapper
configuration file and other system information.
Important: Skipping the driver reinstallation procedure will most likely cause
the audio system to malfunction.
The Audio Recorder enables you to record, compress, store and playback
voice, music, and other sound. It provides settings for sound attributes such
as mono/stereo, compression level, and sampling rate. You can use it to
embed sound objects in documents created in applications that support object
linking and embedding (OLE). The Audio Recorder's record, edit and
playback capabilities are compatable with the Windows Sound Recorder and
other recorders that record and playback in the PCM format.
The Audio Recorder can record to and playback from both .WAV and .AUD
formats. .WAV is the Microsoft Windows 3.1 audio file format. The .AUD
format uses ESPCM/ADPCM compression to produce an audio file. The
Audio Recorder provides a choice of linear PCM, ADPCM and low, medium
and high ESPCM compression.
The following chart shows the capabilities of the AudioDrive on-chip
compression/decompression feature:
Compress/Decompress FormatES688ES1488ES488
ESPCM Low (4-bit) RecordYesYesYes
ESPCM Low (4-bit) PlaybackYesYesYes
ESPCM Medium (3-bit) RecordNoNoNo
ESPCM Medium (3-bit) PlaybackYesYesYes
ESPCM High (1-bit) RecordNoNoNo
ESPCM High (1-bit) PlaybackYesYesYes
ADPCM RecordNoNoYes
ADPCM PlaybackYesYesYes
To start the Audio Recorder, open the Audio Applications program group and
double-click the Audio Recorder icon.
OR: choose Run from the Program Manager's File menu, then type
c:\pcaudio\audiorec and click the OK button.
The Audio Recorder window appears:
The Audio Recorder can receive input from microphones, a cassette tape
player, a compact disk player, or any other line-in source.
Areas under the button bar show the length of a selected part of the current
audio file, the total time, mono or stereo, and the sampling rate in kilohertz.
The large area in the center of the window shows the waveform of the current
audio file.
New begins a new audio file. The Audio Recorder starts with a new file.
Open enables you to load an existing audio file.
Save stores the current audio file to disk under its existing file name.
Save As enables you to change the name of the audio file before saving it.
Choosing this command displays the Save As Sound File dialog box.
See the page 20 for a description of Options in this dialog box.
Revert restores the previously saved version of the current audio file.
Properties displays the Properties dialog box, from which you can see and
Undo reverses the last change you made to the current audio file.
Cut erases the selected audio portion and stores it on the Clipboard.
Copy copies the selected audio portion to the Clipboard without removing it.
Paste inserts the Clipboard audio at the cursor, pushing other material ahead.
If audio is selected, Paste replaces the selection with the Clipboard audio.
Paste Mix mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor.
Delete erases the selected portion of the recording. To recover a deleted
sound, use the Undo command immediately after using Delete.
Mute silences the selected portion of the audio file, leaving it blank.
To recover a muted sound, use Undo immediately after using Mute.
Select All select the entire recording.
Zoom In enlarges the waveform display.
Zoom Out reduces the waveform display.
Insert File displays the Insert File dialog box. From here you select an
audio file to be inserted into the current file at the cursor. If audio is
selected, the inserted audio file replaces the selected audio.
Mix with File displays the Mix with File dialog box. From here you select
an audio file to be mixed with the current file, beginning at the cursor.
Options Menu
Options menu commands enable you to display the Volume Control,
Recording Control, and Mixer windows.
Recording Control mixes audio from several sources in a recording.
Volume Control adjusts the play volume.
Mixer combines audio from several sources during playback.
Always On Top displays the Audio Recorder on top of other windows.
The Audio Recorder's Effects commands change the waveform of the audio
you have selected. If there is no selection, the entire file is affected. To
change the audio back to what it was before you used an Effects command,
choose Undo from the Edit menu before using any other command.
Normalize amplifies the selected audio to the maximum volume possible
without distortion.
Volume increases or decreases the amplitude of the selected audio by 25%.
Speed changes the selected audio to be 100% faster or slower. The frequency
is not changed.
Fade causes the selected audio to Fade In from its lowest amplitude to its
highest, or Fade Out from its highest amplitude to its lowest.
For your convenience, eight often-used menu commands are also available as
toolbar buttons at the top of the Audio Recorder window. Here is the
meaning of each button:
4.Select Save As from the File menu. The Save As dialog box appears:
5.In the Save As dialog box:
• If the file is uncompressed and you wish to save it uncompressed,
do not click the Options button. Just choose a directory location,
enter a name for the audio file, then click the OK button to save it.
The extension for an uncompressed audio file is .wav.
• If the file is uncompressed and you wish to compress it, click the
Options button and select the compression you want, then click the
OK button. The extension for a compressed audio file is .aud.
You can use the Recording Control window to regulate the mix of audio from
several sources. To display this window, choose Recording Control from
the Options menu. If you do not open the Recording Control window, the
Audio Recorder uses the source settings previously in effect. See the
Recording Control section for more information.
1.Load an audio file into the Audio Recorder. It can be a recording you
have just made, or use the Open command (File menu) to load a file
stored on disk.
2.Click the Audio Recorder's Play button to hear the audio file. The file
will play to the end unless you interrupt it by pressing the Stop button.
The Audio Recorder's waveform display provides a graphic representation of
the audio file currently in memory. You control the display with the vertical
and horizontal scroll bars.
•To zoom in on (or magnify) the waveform, move the vertical scroll
button down. To zoom out, move the vertical scroll button up.
•To see more of the waveform ahead or behind the part currently
displayed, click the right or left area of the horizontal scroll bar.
•To mark a portion of the audio file for playback, use the mouse to select
that portion in the waveform display. Then choose Play to hear the
selected section.
•To deselect a selected portion of the waveform, click anywhere in the
waveform display.
•To select the entire file, double-click anywhere in the waveform display.
Adding the Volume Control and Mixer
To regulate the playback sound level or stereo balance, choose Volume
Control from the Options menu. The Volume Control window appears. See
the Volume Control section for more information.
To play the current audio file together with other sound sources, choose
Mixer from the Options menu. The Mixer window appears. See the Mixer
section for more information.
Use the Open command (File menu) to load an audio file from disk to the
Audio Recorder. You can also edit a file you just recorded.
To delete an audio section:
1.With the mouse, select the waveform of the audio to be deleted.
2.Press the Del key, or choose the Delete command. The selected audio
disappears, joining the audio before and after it. If you wish to save the
deleted section, use the Cut command instead of Delete.
To restore a deleted audio section, choose the Undo command before making
any other changes to the audio file.
To mute an audio section:
1.Select the waveform of the audio to be muted.
2.Choose Mute from the Edit menu. The selected audio is silenced; its
waveform is reduced to a flat line.
To restore a muted audio section, choose the Undo command before making
any other changes to the audio file.
1.Select the waveform of the audio to be moved or copied.
2.Click the Cut button to erase the selected audio and place it on the
Clipboard, or click the Copy button to leave the selected audio as is while
copying it to the Clipboard.
3.Place the cursor where you want the Clipboard material to appear and
click the Paste button.
To record new audio and place it on the Clipboard:
1.Place the cursor at the end of the waveform, or play the file to the end.
2.With microphones or other input sources ready, click the Record button
to record new material. Click the Stop button to finish.
3.Use the mouse to select the section just recorded, then click the Cut or
Copy button to put that audio section onto the Clipboard.
To insert audio from the Clipboard:
1.Place the cursor at the point in the waveform where you want to insert
audio from the Clipboard.
2.Click the Paste button. The Clipboard audio waveform appears at the
cursor. No audio is erased.
To replace the selected audio with Clipboard audio:
1.Use the mouse to select the waveform of the audio to be replaced.
2.Click the Paste button. The Clipboard audio appears in place of the
selected audio.
1.Place the cursor at the beginning of the audio to be mixed, or select a
section of audio to be mixed.
2.Click the Paste Mix button. The Clipboard audio is combined with the
audio after the cursor. If a section of audio was selected, the Clipboard
audio is combined with the selected audio until the end of either the
Clipboard or the selected audio.
To insert audio from a file, or replace a selected audio segment
with audio from a file:
1.Place the cursor at the point in the waveform where you want to insert an
audio file, or select the audio you want to replace with an audio file.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Insert File to display the Insert File dialog
box. Then choose an audio file to insert into the current file. If audio is
selected, the inserted audio file replaces the selected audio.
1.Place the cursor at the beginning of the audio to be mixed.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Mix with File to display the Mix With File
dialog box. Then choose an audio file to combine with the current file,
beginning at the cursor.
Changing the Waveform with Effects Commands
The Effects commands are described in the section above on Audio Recorder
Menu Commands--Effects Menu. These commands change the waveform of
the audio you have selected. If there is no selection, the entire file is affected.
The commands are:
Normalize: highest amplitude possibleFade: In or Out
Volume: Increase or DecreaseEcho: you set the delay, volume
Speed: Faster or SlowerReverse: reverses the recording
The Audio Recorder's drag and drop feature enables you to embed audio files
in documents.
1.Open a document in the appropriate Windows application.
2.Load an audio file from disk to the Audio Recorder, or use an audio file
you just recorded.
3.Move the cursor to the icon at the top right of the Audio Recorder. The
cursor changes into a hand. Hold the mouse button and drag the icon to
the document window, then release the button at the place you want the
audio icon to appear.
4. To play an audio object in a document, double-click its icon.
You can also add audio to a document from the document's application. Place
the cursor where you want the audio icon to appear, choose the application's
command for inserting an object, then select Audio Recorder in the list box.
Refer to the OLE section of Windows User Guide for more information.
An audio file contains more than sound. You can attach a title, description,
and an icon to the current audio file. To do so, choose Properties from the
File menu. The Properties dialog box appears.
In this dialog box, you can place the cursor in the Label or Description area to
add or change the label or description for the audio file.
The Audio Recorder assigns a default picture of a microphone to each audio
file. To select another picture more representative of the audio file's contents,
click the Set Picture button. The Set Picture dialog box appears:
From here, select the picture to appear with the audio file. It can be any
graphic contained in a bitmap (.BMP or .DIB), wave (.WAV), icon (.ICO),
executable (.EXE) or library (.DLL) file.
The picture you select will appear in the Audio Recorder. It will also appear
in any document in which you embed the audio file.
The Recording Control enables you to regulate the recording level and stereo
balance at which sound is recorded from multiple sources. You use the
Recording Control with the Audio Recorder or Extended Recorder during
recording.
Starting the Recording Control
There are several ways to start the Recording Control:
•From the Audio Applications program group, double-click the Recording
Control icon.
OR:
•From the Audio Recorder window, open the Options menu and choose
Recording Control.
The Recording Control can receive input from a microphone, a compact disk
player, a synthesizer, or any other line-in source. The Recording Control
displays recording level and stereo balance controls (ES688 only) for each of
your computer's hardware sources.
To include a recording source, click the circle in front of its name.
To adjust the stereo balance of any source, drag its top horizontal sliding bar
left or right (for the ES688 only.)
To adjust the recording level of a source, drag its vertical sliding bar up or
down.
To monitor a recording in progress, click Record Monitor.
The Mixer can recieve input from a waveform audio file, a microphone, a
compact disk player, a synthesizer, or other line-in source. The Mixer's
appearance depends on your computer hardware; the Mixer pictures here
assume the presence of the ESS Stereo Magician Plus (ES688) card.
To adjust the stereo balance of a source, drag its top sliding bar left or right
(for the ES688 only.) To adjust the volume of a source, drag its vertical
sliding bar up or down.
To turn off the audio from any source, click its Mute button. Click the Mute
button again to turn the audio back on.
Adding the Volume Control
The Volume Control serves as a master control to the Mixer. To display the
Volume Control window, choose Volume Control from the menu.
Turn on Always On Top to display the Mixer on top of other windows.
Volume Control displays the Volume Control at the left side of the Mixer.
Help displays information about how to use the mixer.
About Mixer gives the version number and copyright information.
The Extended Recorder is designed as a tool for recording meetings,
conversations, and dictation. Like the Audio Recorder, the Extended
Recorder records, compresses, stores, and plays voice, music, and other
sound. Unlike the Audio Recorder, the Extended Recorder compresses and
stores the audio file directly to your hard disk, using on-chip ESPCM
compression. The recording time is limited only by the amount of hard disk
space you have available.
The Extended Recorder can record to and playback from both PCM and
.AUD formats. PCM is the Microsoft Windows 3.1 audio file format. The
.AUD format uses ESPCM compression to produce an audio file. The
Extended Recorder provides a choice of linear PCM (8 or 16 bits) and
ESPCM low (4 bits) compression.
System Requirements
Use the Extended Recorder with a hard disk compression utility only if you
have a high-performance system and are using a low data rate for recording
and playback. Otherwise, the computer's CPU may become overloaded.
If you wish to use 16-bit stereo at 44 kHz for recording or playback, we
recommend that your computer have the following capabilities:
• a 486 running at 50 MHz or more
• 8 megabytes or more of RAM
• an average hard disk access time of 15 milliseconds or faster
Computers without these capabilities may lose data if you attempt 16-bit
stereo, 44 kHz recording or playback.
Open the Audio Applications program group and double-click the Extended
Recorder icon.
The Extended Recorder window appears. To expand the wndow so it shows
more information, turn on Expanded View in the Options menu:
Here is the expanded view of the Extended Recorder window:
total length in seconds, the length in megabytes, the sample rate, mono or
stereo, bits per sample, and the free disk space and recording time avauilable.
New creates a new audio file. When you start the Extended Recorder, a new
file is created automatically. New also opens the Sound Attributes dialog box,
which enables you to set the sampling rate, mono or stereo, and sound format.
Open displays the Open dialog box, from which you can select an audio file to
bring into the Extended Recorder.
Save As saves the audio file with the name and in the location you specify.
You can also choose to save the file as read only.
Exit closes the Extended Recorder.
Options Menu
Temp. File Directory enables you to set the hard drive location for the .TMP
files that the Extended Recorder creates while recording. When you save an
audio file, its .TMP file is copied to the name and location you specify.
Voice Activation displays the following dialog box:
Voice Activation will pause the recording when there is no input from the
recording source. To turn voice activation on, click the Pause RecordingAfter check box, then set the Seconds of Silence field. The recording will be
paused only after the amount of time of no input set in the Seconds of Silence
field has passed. Recording will resume when input from the recording source
resumes.
1.Open the File menu and select New. New opens the Sound Attributes
dialog box, where you can set the sample rate, the sound format, and
whether to record in mono or stereo. After you set the attributes, click
OK.
2.Click the Record button. Speak into the microphone or turn on the linein source.
3.Click the Stop button to pause or end the recording.
4. Open the File menu and select Save As. In the Save As dialog box,
choose a directory location and type a name for the audio file, and click
Read Only if you want to save the file as read only. Click the OK
button to save it.
Adding the Recording Control
If your hardware includes a mixer, you can use the Recording Control window
to regulate the mix of audio from several sources. If you do not open the
Recording Control window, the Extended Recorder uses the source settings
previously in effect. See the Recording Control section for more information.
1.Load an audio file into the Extended Recorder. It can be a recording you
have just made, or use the Open command (File menu) to load a file
stored on disk.
2.Click the Extended Recorder's Play button to hear the audio file. The file
will play to the end unless you interrupt it by pressing the Stop button.
You don't have to play an audio file from the beginning. Use the scroll bar to
select any place in the file to begin playing.
Adding the Volume Control and Mixer
To regulate the playback sound level or stereo balance, open the Volume
Control window. See the Volume Control section for more information.
To mix the audio file with other sound sources, open the Mixer window.
See the Mixer section for more information.
From the Audio Clip Library you can select and play audio files stored under
three headings (or folders): music, phrases, and sounds. You can also add
folders and audio files of your own to the Audio Clip Library.
You can play any audio file in the library by using the Audio Recorder
(opened automatically by the Audio Clip Library), the Microsoft Sound
Recorder, or other recorders compatible with the Windows .WAV format.
Audio Clip Library folders are stored in the directory PCAUDIO under the
subdirectory AUDCLIPS.
Starting the Audio Clip Library
Open the Audio Applications program group and double-click the Audio Clip
Library icon.
The Audio Clip Library displays folders titled music, phrases, and sound.
The Music folder contains short musical interludes. The Phrases folder
contains phrases used in business settings. The Sound folder contains a
variety of mechanical and animal sound clips.
To open a folder:
Double-click the folder, or select one and choose Open from the File menu.
The folder's window appears on top of the Audio Clip Library window. For
example, here is the music folder window with its music audio files:
In the music, phrases, or sounds window, double-click the name of an audio
file or select the name and choose Open from the File menu. The Audio
Recorder opens automatically, and the file you selected is loaded. For
example, here is the QUEST1 audio file in the Audio Recorder:
For information on recording, editing, and playback, see the section on
the Audio Recorder.
To add an audio file to the Audio Clip Library:
1.Bring the audio file into the Audio Recorder.
2.From the Audio Recorder, choose Save As from the File menu.
3.In the dialog box, select the directory PCAUDIO, select the AUDCLIPS
subdirectory, then select a subdirectory (folder) for the audio file, and
enter a file name. For example, you could store a clip from Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony in the music folder:
1.From the DOS prompt or a file manager, select the directory PCAUDIO,
then select the subdirectory AUDCLIPS.
2.Create a subdirectory with the name you want on the new folder.
The next time you open or refresh the Audio Clip Library window, the new
folder appears. For example, here is a new folder for audio clips of laughter:
The Talking Calculator enables you to perform all the operations of a regular
calculator. In addition, it tells you each number and operator as you enter it,
then announces the result when you choose the equal operator.
Starting the Talking Calculator
Open the Audio Applications program group and double-click the
Talking Calculator icon.
The calculator is easiest to use with the mouse -- just point to a calculator
number or function button and click it. You can also use the keyboard for
basic operations such as addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*),
division (/), and summation (=). As you work, the Talking Calculator speaks
each number and operation you enter, as well as the resulting answer.
To perform a calculation
1.Enter the first number in the calculation.
2.Choose the operator you want to use. See the next page for a list of
calculator buttons, their keyboard equivalents, and their functions.
3.Enter the next number. To erase a digit, click the Back button.
To erase the entire line, click the CE (Clear Entry) button.
4.To hear and see the result, click the = (equal) button.
From the keyboard, press either the = key or the Enter key.
To erase the entire calculation and start again, click the AC (All Clear) button
or press the Esc key.
ACEscAll Clear--deletes the current calculation.
CEDelClear Entry--deletes the current number.
BackBackspaceDeletes the last digit of the current number.
+ +Addition
- -Subtraction
* *Multiplication
/ /Division
sqrt@Square root of current number
%%Percentage
+/-F9Change the sign of the current number
1/x rReciprocal of the current number
== or EnterResult of the current calculation
Click again to repeat the operation
.. or ,Decimal point
REPRepeat the last announcement
DIGHear each digit of the result
NUMHear the result as a whole number
ANSHear only the result
MUTSilence the calculator
The buttons to the left of the numbers enable you to store a value and recall it
at any time. When a value is stored in memory, it appears with an M in the
top left of the display.
ButtonKeyFunction
M+Mem PlusCrtl+PStore the current value
M-Mem MinusCtrl+MStore the negative of the current value
MCMem ClearCrtl+LErase any value stored in memory
MRMem RecallCtrl+RInsert the value stored in memory
The Talking Clock displays the time in an analog or digital format. It also
announces the time whenever you choose the Say command.
You can set the time and whether or not the date and seconds appear. For the
digital time, you can choose the font used and select the 12 or 24 hour format.
Starting the Talking Clock
Open the Audio Applications group and double-click the Talking Clock icon.
The Talking Clock window appears with the analog or digital time display.
As with most windows, you can size and move the Talking Clock window as
you like. The System menu (the button in the top left corner of the window)
provides two additional settings for posititioning the clock.
Always On Top displays the clock window or icon on top of other windows,
even if they are selected.
Always Minimize keeps the Talking Clock minimized to an icon, with the
time and date (if on) visible. To announce the time, double-click the icon.
To display the window again, click the icon to open the System menu, turn off
Always Minimize, then open the System menu again and choose Restore.
Announcing the Time
To announce the current time, click Say in the menu bar:
To announce the time by double-clicking the icon, turn on Always Minimize
from the System menu. See the next page for details.
The Audio Reminder has two alarms, each with a separate time, sound, and
snooze settings. Once you set the alarms, they will go off on schedule every
day as long as the Audio Reminder window is open or minimized to an icon.
Starting the Audio Reminder
In the Audio Applications group, double-click the Reminder icon.
Choose an audio file and click the OK button. The path and name of the
audio file now appear in the Set Alarm dialog box:
•To hear what the alarm sounds like, click the Play button.
Snooze: If ON, the snooze feature will continue sounding the alarm after it
first goes off. With the settings above, for example, the alarm will first go off
at 2:30 PM, then at 2:33, 2:36, 2:39, and so on until you turn it off.
•Under Snooze, click ON or OFF to enable or disable the snooze feature.
•After Snooze (Min),set the interval to wait before replaying the alarm.
When you are finished setting the alarm, click the OK button.
The Stopwatch keeps track of the time elapsed since it was started. You can
set the Stopwatch to sound a tick each second it is running and announce the
amount of time elapsed since it was activated.
Starting the Stopwatch
From the Audio Applications group, double-click the Stopwatch icon.
The Stopwatch window appears with the analog or digital display:
The Timer works the opposite of the Stopwatch. The Timer counts down
from the time you set to 00:00. Whenever you stop the Timer, it announces
the amount of time remaining. The Timer sounds a bell each second it is
running. From 19 seconds on down, the Timer announces each second.
You can also set the Timer to announce each minute as it passes.
Starting the Timer
From the Audio Applications group, double-click the Timer icon.
The Timer window appears with either the analog or the digital display:
To set the timer, choose Set Time from the Settings menu. The Set Timer
dialog box appears:
•Under Min and Sec, set the amount of time for the Timer to count down.
•In the Minute Sound area, choose ON or OFF to activate or deactivate
the voice announcement of each minute as it passes.
•In the Sound area, choose Gong, Buzzer, or Voice File for the sound to
be played when the Timer runs out (reaches 00:00). If you choose VoiceFile, a dialog box appears for you choose an audio file. The name and
path of the file will appear in the rectangle at the bottom of the window.
•To hear the sound played when the timer runs out, click the Play button.
When you are finished, click the OK button.