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Contents

Introduction

What is the ToolVox Player?

The ToolVox Player

Overview

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Changing a File's Playback Speed

Viewing VOX File Information

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What is the ToolVox Player?

ToolVox is a set of tools for creating and playing sound files on the Internet. ToolVox has two components - the Player and the Encoder.

The Player lets you listen to Web sites that include VOX files (which are created with the Encoder.) You can also move through the playback of the file by dragging a slider bar in the Player. It also supports playing MIDI files as background music to speech on Web sites.

No special server software is required to use the ToolVox Player.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview


ToolVox Player Overview

Click on the graphic below for more information about the ToolVox Player:

See also

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Changing a File's Playback Speed

Viewing VOX File Information


Title String

The name of the VOX file that is playing, or the title string defined in the Web page.


Sound Buffer

A meter which indicates how much of the VOX file has been downloaded from the Web site (or loaded if you are playing a file locally). You can control the playback of the VOX file by dragging the yellow slider bar in the Sound Buffer.


Level Meter

A meter which indicates the gain of the VOX file that is currently playing.


The Rewind Button

Click on this button to stop playback and rewind to the beginning of the file.


The Play/Pause Button

Click on this button to start and pause playback of the VOX file.


Speed Slider Bar

Slider bar to change the playback speed of the VOX file.


Elapsed Time/Total Time

Timer which indicates how many seconds of the VOX file have played and the total time of the file. Elapsed time is displayed by default; click on the timer to display the total time of the file.


Speaker Icon

Icon that becomes animated when a VOX file is playing.


Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

The installation program will automatically set up the ToolVox Player as a plug-in if you are using Netscape Navigator 2.0 (or higher).

To verify if the ToolVox Player is set up as a plug-in correctly:

1.	Start Netscape Navigator.

2.	In the Location field (where you usually see URLs), type about:plugins.

3.	Verify that audio/voxware is displayed.

To test if the plug-in was set up properly, start Netscape and access a site with a VOX file (try Voxware's Web site at http://www.voxware.com).

If you are not using a plug-in capable browser, you must set up the ToolVox Player as a helper application in your Web browser.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview

Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Changing a File's Playback Speed

Viewing VOX File Information


Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

You must manually set up the ToolVox Player as a helper application in your Web browser. This is required if you are using a browser other than Netscape Navigator 2.0 (or higher). (Even if you are using Netscape Navigator 2.0 (or higher), you should set up the ToolVox Player as a helper application, in case you access Web pages that are not optimized for Netscape.)

Setting up ToolVox as a helper application enables your browser to launch the Player when you access a Web page that includes a VOX file. This procedure varies, depending on your Web browser. Generally, you will need to specify the following:

MIME Type:	audio

MIME Subtype:	voxware

Application:	WPnnVOX.EXE, where nn is 32 or 16, depending on your operating system. This file is in the directory where ToolVox was installed.

File Extension:	vox

Refer to your browser's online Help or Web site for more information.

NOTE: Check the setup of the helper application periodically. Select Options...General Preferences, then click on the Helpers tab. Review the information next to "audio/voxware" and confirm that "wp32vox" or "wp16vox" is on this line. If it is not, browse your system to find and select the application and click on OK. Select Options...Save Options.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Changing a File's Playback Speed


Controlling Playback of a VOX File

The ToolVox Player has a playback control, which enables you to change the part of the VOX file that is playing. You can move forward or backward in a VOX file by dragging the yellow slider bar in the Sound Buffer.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

Changing a File's Playback Speed

Viewing VOX File Information


Changing a File's Playback Speed

You may change a file's playback speed both before playing the file and while it is playing. Changing the playback speed does not affect the pitch of the voice.

To change the playback speed, drag the slider bar at the bottom of the ToolVox Player.

Dragging the slider bar to the left will slow down playback; dragging it to the right will speed up playback.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Viewing VOX File Information


Viewing VOX File Information

If any information was added to the VOX file by the author, you can view it by right-clicking on the VOX file in the ToolVox Player.

See also

ToolVox Player Overview

Verifying the ToolVox Player Installation

Setting Up the ToolVox Player as a Helper Application

Controlling Playback of a VOX File

Changing a File's Playback Speed