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- About the Software That Accompanies This Book
-
- We've packed as much as we possibly could into the disk that
- accompanies this book. Here's a quick peek at what we've brought
- you. For more information and installation instructions, turn
- to README.TXT.
-
- Disk Contents:
-
- VoiceAssist Demo, by Creative Technology, Ltd., the parent
- company to Creative Labs, Inc., is a working demonstration
- version of their voice recognition package for Windows. This
- program allows you to command your computer by voice to do
- tasks that normally take many keystrokes or repetitive mouse
- clicks to accomplish. Some unique features of VoiceAssist
- are its ability to learn keystrokes and mouse movements as
- you do them, and automatic extraction of commands from
- application menus. Unlike most demo programs, this one is
- not canned. It works just like the real one since all the
- features are included. The program is limited only in
- the number of users, applications, and application commands
- that are accessible. The full package is available from
- Creative Labs. (In self-unzipping file VADEMO.EXE)
-
- Dual Module Player, by Otto Crons, is a MOD-type file
- player. It supports the most popular types of mod-player
- music files including .MOD, .STM, .NST, .AMF, .S3M, .669,
- and .MTM format files. Up to ten audio channels can be
- played simultaneously. The MOD file format was popularized
- on the Commodore Amiga and Atari computers. Now you can
- enjoy this unique combination of digitized audio and MIDI
- on your Sound Blaster. (In self-unzipping file DPP&DMPC.EXE)
-
- DMP Companion, by Brad Meier, is a shell program that
- makes Dual Module Player easier to use. You can select and
- play MOD-type files in any order, play files contained in
- .ZIP, .LZH, and .ARJ archives, and select up to ten different
- sound card configurations for Dual Module Player. (In
- self-unzipping file DPP&DMPC.EXE)
-
- MOD files are also included. What good would a MOD player
- be without some .MOD files? We've included for your listening
- pleasure a sampling of .MOD files. These incude classical and
- European dance music. (In self-unzipping file MODS.EXE)
-
- GoldWave, by Chris Crain, is a .WAV file editor for Windows.
- In addition to the standard graphical waveform editing, GoldWave
- also allows you to perform special effects on the audio file
- such as echo and reverse. The most unique feature of GoldWave
- is the ability to generate wavefroms based on equations that
- you supply. (In self-unzipping file GLDWAV10.EXE)
-
- Source code examples in C, Turbo Pascal, and Quick Basic are
- included to accompany the programming discussions in Chapter 14.
- We have also included a demo application with source code in
- Borland C for playing .CMF, .MID and .VOC files. Approximately
- half of the programming documentation is provided in Chapter 14
- of Sound Blaster: The Official Book. The other half is found in
- the text file DRIVERS.TXT in subdirectory \SBBOOK\SOURCE in the
- directory that contains the programming examples.
- (In self-unzipping file SOURCE.EXE)
-
- Entertaining sound files are also provided on the disk, in
- both .VOC and .WAV format (In self-unzipping file SOUNDS.EXE)
-
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