This is the first version of the software required to play compressed ECHOSPEECH files on a Macintosh computer. There are two files. The first is an EchoSpeech component that works with Sound Manager 3.0 and later. It is named EchoSpeech Component and it should be placed in the extensions folder of your system directory. The second file is the EchoSpeech player application and web browser helper application. It can be located anywhere on your system, preferably on a local hard drive.
In order to play EchoSpeech files from your web browser you will need to configure it so that it will use our player app to process the .es EchoSpeech files found on the web. The following instructions are for those users using Netscape Navigator 2.0.
This is how to add the EchoSpeech player app as a helper app to Navigator. Please note that all of the words in quotes "" should be typed WITHOUT the quotes!
Choose Options/General Preferences... from the Navigator main menu. Then click on the Helpers tab. Then click on the New... button on the helpers screen and type in "audio" for the mime type and then "echospeech" for the subtype and then click OK. Then type "es" in the extensions field. Then click on the Lauch application radio button and then click on browse and find the EchoSpeech Player application on your system. Finally click on the Apply button and then click OK and your EchoSpeech helper app should be ready to go. You can open the test.es file from the Netscape Navigator File menu if you want to test your configuration.
