QuickVoice
Release Notes

1.7 10-Feb-2002

	[New] Redesigned Message Manager.

	[New] Message Manager allows move of recordings from one channel to 	another.

	[New] Stickies can now be managed from the Message Manager.

	[New] Recordings can be played faster, slower or in reverse.

	[New] Recording play can now loop.

	[New] Many new Stickies features: Styled text, font selection, text search, 	play from menu, new arrange options.

	[New] Play Next, Play Previous, Play All stickies from the Stickies menu.

	[New] Unattended Recording - Set a time to start recording unattended.

	[New] Open recording message in QuickTime from the Recording Interface 	@ button.

	[New] Send recording message to iTunes from the Recording Interface 
	@ button.

	[New] Export recording messages from File menu.

	[New] The QuickVoice logo can be cleared from QuickVoice email 	recordings using the Message Manager.

	[Note] Updated the error message for -9405 errors (which indicate a 
	problem with QuickTime).  There are still a few machines (rare) that 
	encounter this error even with QuickTime 6.0.2 or higher. The issue has 
	been re-opened with Apple.

	[Fix] Fixed the Built-In interface font.

	[Fix] Button masks now working properly in the interface/recorder window.

	[Fix] Eliminated the "RN = " message in the Message Manager.

	[Fix] Fixed a problem when deleting messages in the Message Manager.

	[Fix] Recordings now play correctly in the Message Manager when started by 	double-clicking.

	[Fix] Reduced occurrence of recording over-runs and repeating by threading 
	the recording routine.

	[Fix] OS9 only: flickering logo in About Window fixed.

	[Fix] OS9 only: now checks the OS version so QV can't be inadvertently run 
	on the wrong MacOS version.

	[Fix] OS9 only: flickering of buttons during 'mouse-over' in Recording 	Interface	Window eliminated.

1.6  10-Nov-2002

A problem introduced by Jaguar prevented allocation of a sound channel on some systems (errors -9405 and -32767).  Apple has resolved this problem in QuickTime 6.0.2. 

Recordings are no longer stored in the applications folder.  Recordings are now stored in the user's Documents folder ->
				QuickVoice:QuickVoice Recordings:

Added the ability to pause and resume the recording operation. Option-click the Record button or press the keyboard P button to pause recording.

Added volume, bass and treble sound controls. Clicking the interface i button now displays the controls instead of going to www.quick-voice.com.  Go to www.quick-voice.com from the About QuickVoice window.

The QuickVoice Message Manager columns are now resizable.

Reorganized/simplified the preferences window.

The GetInfo window has been updated and the Recording folder pathname now displays properly.

%W (close window) now works with the Message Manager and Message Palette windows.

Both the 'QT Prefs' and QTCon1.qvaf (QuickVoice/QuickTime sound preferences) are now stored in system Preferences folder. The Data folder has been eliminated.

Sound can now optionally play during recording (when selected in the QuickVoice Sound  Preferences) and may be able to record from the internal modem or audio CD or from streaming audio, however this has not been tested.

Improved error handling and reporting. 

Fixes

[Fix] The interface message title edit mode is now easier to view.

[Fix] Alloy and VPen interfaces now display bolded fonts only when they're suppose to.

[Fix] Quit error on Jaguar hopefully eliminated.

[Fix] Closing the Message Manager window no longer automatically opens the recording interface if it wasn't previously opened.

[Fix] Message Manager no longer leaves a Message title empty after editing.

[Fix] The recording modification date is only updated when a message (e.g. Message Title) is actually changed. 

[Fix] Menus and menu item availability now better reflect the current interface state, for example when there are no messages in the channel.

[Fix] Artifacts in some of the graphics cleaned up.

[Fix] Interface Button masks now work correctly in all places.

[Fix] Pop up messages no longer get stuck behind the Message Palette.

[Fix] Lots of minor repairs and polish.

1.5.2  10-Jul-2002

	[Fix] The Recording Interface message number is updated correctly after 
	recording 	from the Message Manager.

	[Fix] Message Manager now orders message numbers correctly after 	message deletion.

	[Fix] The Recording Interface message time-slide-bar now tracks time 	correctly when moving the slider.

	[Fix] The Tools menu Hide Stickies is now enabled when there are 1 or more 
	stickies.

	[Fix] Removed the File menu Open Messages folder. Support for user 	definable placement of message files will be available in a future release.

	[Enh]  Added the File menu Open menu item to open the recording interface 	after it has been closed from the File menu or with command-O.

	[Fix] Menubar interface scrolling is now consistent on interface close and 	open.

	[Fix] Activity indicator light now turns on when recording from the Control 
	menu.

	[Fix] Fixed the fuzzy QuickVoice QuickTime email graphic. 

	[Fix] Fixed clipped text in the Cool Tips window.

	[Fix] Messages not always ordered correctly after message deletion.

	[Enh] Stickies, if cascaded, re-cascade after re-titling a sticky.

	[Enh] New message automatically selected after recording in Message 	Manager.

	[Enh] Added message creation time to Date Created column in Message 
	Manager.

	[Fix] Message Manager channel search finds multiple instance of search 
	items.
	
	[Fix] Several other miscellaneous minor fixes and improvements.

1.5.1  26-Jun-2002

New Features & Enhancements

	[New] OS9: OS9 version of 1.5 (1.5.1) released.

Fixes

	[Fix] Message Manager inadvertently modified channel name if the channel 	was not already named.

	[Fix] Message Manager search all searches all channels.

	[Fix] Miscellaneous minor Message Manager fixes and enhancements.

	[Fix] A generic sticky title is now used when making a sticky for an untitled 
	message.

	[Fix] Tools menu enabling problem when there was an incomplete recording
	file in a channel.

	[Fix] 'Make Sticky' menu item from Message Counter pop-up menu fixed.

	[Fix] Sticky cascading is now alphabetical rather than random.

	[Fix] Sticky cascading when near bottom of window fixed.

	[Fix] OS9:  Truncated text in various places fixed.

1.5     15-Jun-2002

New Features & Enhancements

	[New] Tools menu added.

	[New] Message Manager window for message management.

	[New] Get Info window with detailed information on the active message in 
	recording interface.

	[New] Voice Stickies can now be created from the @ button or by dragging 	from the recording interface message counter.   You can record a voice 	sticky by 	selecting Make Sticky from the Tools menu.

	[New] Pop-Up menu by control-clicking the recording interface message 	counter.

	[New] Recording interface event/alert sound volume (or off) preference in 
	Preferences.

	[New] Cool features Help menu option.

	[New] Message Palette allows you to drag a message to an application (that 
	accepts QuickTime files) or to the Finder.  
		Warning: When dragging to a folder hold down the option key to copy 		otherwise OS X will move the message out of QuickVoice to the target 
		folder.

	[Enh]  Improved recording/message file handling.

	[Enh] Improved error handling and reporting.  

	[Enh]  The 'Built-In' interface is now really built in. QV will run even if there 	are no Faces or Faces folder or if there is a problem loading interfaces.

	[New] VPen (Voice Pen) interface.

	[Enh] Support for bold or non-bold fonts in interface display.

	[Enh] Eliminated Trial period for download demo version, however 	functionality is limited until QuickVoice is registered.

Fixes

	Sound turned off in Sound Preferences to prevent squelching.
	
	Corrected handling of European format dates.

Tips

	You can drag a message from the Message Palette to iTunes to create a MP3 
	format QuickVoice message.

1.1	   01-May-2002

New Features & Enhancements

	[Enh] QuickVoice no longer automatically goes to the next message when 	message play is finished therefore when deleting or sending messages the 
	message number in the display matches the last played message number.

	[New] Added the ability to title message by ctrl-clicking the display window
	diamond (or keyboard T key). Message title is displayed instead of the 	message number. Clicking the diamond or hitting the Return ends titling 	mode.

	[New] Recording time is now displayed in the display message counter 	field during recording.

	[Enh] QuickVoice mail (@ button) now supports Entourage and Outlook 
	Express in addition to OS X mail for attaching QuickVoice messages for 	email.

	[Enh] QuickVoice mail messages now display the QuickVoice logo during
	playback.

	[New] Keyboard control for QuickVoice mail (@ button) added.  The key is, 	well, the @ key.

	[Enh] A message box is displayed if sending a voice message without an 	email client selected.

	[Enh] The "QuickVoice Preferences" menu item is now the more standard 
	"Preferences..."

	[Enh] The Quit menu item is now the standard "Quit QuickVoice".

	[New] Controls menu added for menu control of QuickVoice functions as well 	as additional keyboard commands.  Includes a 'Continue Play' option.

	[Enh] QuickVoice help (the "QuickStart" Help menu item, formerly "Quick 	Help") has been completely redone.

	[New] QuickHelp Help menu added providing more detailed QuickVoice help.

	[New] Read Me and Release Notes added to the Help menu.

	[Enh] Tooltips capitalization removed.

	[Enh] Preferences tooltips removed.

	[Enh] The Slidebar now always displays when clicking the display diamond. 	If no message is currently loaded, "no msg" is displayed in place of player 	time.

	[Enh] Added keyboard control to toggle the Slidebar (the B key).

	[Enh] You can now click outside of QuickVoice while recording. Recording 	can be allowed to continue while working in other applications.

	[Enh] The "Display message date and time" preferences has been removed 	since it was unnecessary.  Clicking the Message counter (or title) displays 	the message 	creation date and time.  The same was done with the "display 	channel name" preference which was unnecessary for the same reason.

	[New] Display channel number with channel name added in Preferences.

	[New] Display message number with message title added in Preferences.

	[Enh] You can now delete a message right after recording it without having 	to play it first.

	[Enh] You can delete a message without playing it first, however a dialogue 	box 	is displayed to confirm deletion. Delete message confirmation can be 	turned off inpreferences.

	[Enh] Deleted messages go the Trash Folder.

	[Enh] Changed the About box logo.

Fixes

	[Fix] The QuickVoice recording configuration file, in the Data folder, now 	uses a QuickVoice registered file type.

	[Fix] QuickVoice interface scrolling is now significantly faster. In addition, if 	the interface is close to the Apple menubar, the interface scrolls up on close.

Tips

	The recommended recording format, selectable in QuickVoice Sound 	Preferences, is IMA 4:1, 16 bit.  However, messages can be rather large for 	email using this compression.  Qualcom PureVoice Full Rate (9:1) generates 
	significantly smaller files with fair to good sound quality.

1.0.1   18-Apr-2002

New Features & Enhancements

	[New]  The @ button now attaches message to a Mail X message.  Much 	more needed here including sending via all the major email clients, sending 	directly from QV and using compression and standard sound file formats.

	[New]  Added playback slide bar for which allows starting messages at any 	time point in time. 

	[New]  About window displays "Registered" after registering.

	[Enh]   Removed Message date and time preference.  Clicking on the 	message number displayed now displays message date and time.

Fixes

	[Fix]     Fixed a problem calculating trial period.

	[Fix]   A message can now be deleted that was played by clicking Forward or 	Rewind.  Rewind and Forward buttons plays the previous or next message if 	a message was already playing.

	[Fix]   Change the "Default" Interface menu name to "Build-In"

Tips

	[Tip]    You can play messages continually by holding down the control key.