Alarm Clock Contents
Alarm Clock User Guide Contents

Alarm Clock Overview

Alarm Clock Configuration Preferences

Setting Alarms

Testing Alarm Clock


Alarm Clock Overview

The Alarm Clock announces the time and date in a clear human voice, and can play a digital audio (wave) file at an alarm time you set.


Alarm Clock Configuration Preferences

The Clock menu offer several choices:

Say Time:  Makes Alarm Clock immediately say the current time.

Preferences:  The Options portion of the Preferences box lets you select how Alarm Clock tells you the time.  The Alarm portion lets you set an audible reminder, using a .WAV file.  The Color button lets you select the color in which Alarm Clock will display the time.  Options include:

Hour Format:  In 12 hour format, Alarm Clock will say, e.g.:  "The time is six-twenty-one-PM".  In 24 hour format, you will hear "The time is eighteen-twenty-one".

Say Date:  If you enable this, Alarm Clock will follow the time by announcing, e.g., "Today is Thursday, January 12, 1995".

Say Greeting:  Causes Alarm Clock to precede the time and date with a greeting such as "Good Morning".

Only When Asked:  If selected, Alarm Clock will only say the time when you double-click on it or select Say Time from the Clock menu.

On the Hour:  Makes Alarm Clock speak at the start of the hour.

On the Half Hour:  Causes Alarm Clock to speak at the start of every hour as well as thirty minutes past the hour.

On the Quarter Hour:  Causes Alarm Clock to speak at the start of every hour as well as every fifteen minutes after that.

Color:  Lets you select the color in which Alarm Clock displays the time.

Save Clock Preference on Exit:  If this is not selected, your Preferences changes apply only until you close the program.

Exit:  Closes the program.


Setting Alarms

To set Alarm Clock to play a wave file at a certain time:

1.	Click on the On button in Alarm field of the Preferences box.

2.	Type in, or Browse to, the wave file you want played.

3.	Click on the Test button to hear your file, to make sure that when the time comes to play the file your system will be able to do so.

4.	Specify the time you want the file played, by highlighting and typing into the Time fields.

5.	Click on the OK button to accept the settings.


Testing Alarm Clock

Double-click on the clock's face at any time, or select Say Time from the Clock menu, to make Alarm Clock announce the time.