Step-by-Step Procedures

(1) Getting Help

You can get online help for PureVoice from the Apple Guide menu (Balloon Help menu) when the PureVoice Player-Recorder or PureVoice Plug-in is active. Just select PureVoice Help from the Guide menu. A help dialog appears showing the contents of the help system. Click on the highlighted topics, and on the buttons at the bottom of the dialog, to navigate through the online help.

PureVoice also has Balloon Help: turn this on by selecting Show Balloons from the Apple Guide menu. Turn it off by selecting Hide Balloons from that menu. You can also turn Balloon Help on and off with the help key on your keyboard, if it has one.

(2) Recording a New Voice Message

To record a new voice message, take these steps:

1.
Launch the PureVoice application. Double-click on the application icon on your desktop, or open a new message in your e-mail software and launch PureVoice from the appropriate menu.

2.
If a PureVoice dialog is not already open, select New from the File menu to open a new PureVoice dialog.

3.
Select the compression rate from the Options menu: PureVoice or SmartRate.

4.
Press Record or select Record from the Control menu to begin recording.

5.
Speak clearly into your computer’s microphone. Observe the volume indicator in the digital display, and if necessary, adjust the microphone volume/sensitivity control.

6.
When you are finished recording, press the Stop button or select Stop from the Control menu.

7.
You can now play back the message if you wish, or save the message to a file, or attach the message to an e-mail message.

8.
To cancel the message and start over again, click Cancel or select Close from the File menu, save or discard the changes when prompted, and begin at step 2 again.

(3) Playing Back a Voice Message

(a) Playing Back a Message You Have Just Recorded

To play back a message you have just recorded in the PureVoice dialog, press the Play button or select Play from the Control menu.

The message plays back from beginning to end. Use the Stop, Pause, Skip Backward, Skip Forward, and playback speed buttons to control playback, as well as the position slider to control position. (You can play back from a particular point by dragging the slider to that point before pressing Play.) Adjust the speaker volume control if necessary.

(b) Playing Back a Message Stored as a File on Your Desktop

There are three ways to play back a voice message stored as a file on your computer: open, drag and drop, and double-click. The file must be stored as a QUALCOMM PureVoice file (.qcp extension) or as an AIFF file (.aiff extension).

During playback in each method, use the playback control buttons discussed above, or the corresponding options on the Control menu.

Note: In the procedures below, if your preferences are set to Begin playback immediately, playback begins the moment the PureVoice dialog opens; you do not need to press Play. To set the preferences, select Preferences from the Edit menu while the PureVoice dialog is closed.

(i) Open-File Playback

1.
With the PureVoice application active, select Open... from the File menu. A standard file-selection dialog displays.

2.
In the dialog, select the voice-message file you wish to open.

 The PureVoice dialog opens for that voice message. The file name appears in the title bar.

3.
Press Play or select Play from the Control menu to begin playback.

(ii) Drag and Drop Playback

1.
Drag and drop a voice-message file onto the PureVoice application icon on your desktop.

 This launches PureVoice (if not already launched) and opens a PureVoice dialog for the voice message. Note: You cannot drag and drop a voice-message file onto the PureVoice Plug-in icon.

2.
Press Play or select Play from the Control menu to begin playback.

(iii) Double-Click Playback

1.
Double-click on a voice-message file on your desktop. Or, if you receive a voice message as an attachment to an e-mail message, open the e-mail message and, if the voice-message attachment icon is visible and your e-mail software lets you do this, double-click on the voice-message icon.

 This launches PureVoice (if not already launched) and opens a PureVoice dialog for the voice message.

2.
Press Play or select Play from the Control menu to begin playback.

(4) Editing an Existing Voice Message

To edit an existing voice message, take the following steps:

1.
If you wish to edit the current voice message in the PureVoice dialog, go to the next step. Otherwise, open the voice-message file you wish to edit, by either selecting Open... from the File menu, double-clicking on the voice file, or dragging and dropping the voice file onto the PureVoice application icon (but not the plug-in icon).

 PureVoice launches (if not already launched) and the PureVoice dialog opens for the selected voice file.

 Note: The only voice-message files you can edit with PureVoice are QUALCOMM PureVoice files (.qcp extension) or AIFF files (.aiff extension).

2.
Select the recording mode from the Insert/Overwrite popup menu: choose Insert if you want to insert newly recorded material into the existing material; choose Overwrite if you want to record over some or all of the material in the message. For more information see “Recording Modes” under Special Topics.

 Note: You cannot change the compression method: you must use the same compression method throughout a voice message, even an edited one. PureVoice will default to the compression method of the original message.

3.
Move the position slider to the position within the voice message at which you wish to begin recording the new material. Or, begin playback and then press Pause at the point at which you want to begin recording. Use the Skip Backward, Skip Forward, and playback-speed buttons to review the message if necessary.

4.
Once the slider is set to the proper position, press Record or select Record from the Control menu. Speak clearly into the microphone.

5.
When you are finished recording, press Stop or select Stop from the Control menu.

6.
To play back the edited message and hear the results, press Play. To discard the message and start over again, click Cancel or select Close from the File menu, save or discard your changes, then go back to step 1 and open the voice file again.

(5) Saving a Voice Message to a File

If you have just recorded a new voice message or edited an existing message, here’s what to do to save the message to a file on your computer:

1.
Select Save As… from the File menu.

 A standard Save As dialog displays.

2.
Select the file format from the Format menu: choose either PureVoice or AIFF.

3.
In the text box, enter the file name you want to use for saved file. If your format is PureVoice, make sure to give your file name the .qcp extension. If your format is AIFF, make sure to give your file name the .aiff extension.

4.
Click Save in the dialog.

The voice message is saved as a QUALCOMM PureVoice file or an AIFF file.

Notes:

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PureVoice assigns new, unsaved voice messages the file name Untitled.qcp by default. If you are saving an edited version of an existing voice file, the file name is automatically entered in the Save As dialog.

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If you attempt to save to an existing file name, PureVoice will ask you to confirm the save action.

(6) Attaching a Voice Message to an E-mail Message

Method 1: Eudora Pro and Eudora Light, Version 3.1 or Later for Macintosh

To attach a PureVoice voice message to an e-mail message in Eudora Pro or Eudora Light version 3.1 (or later) for Macintosh, take the following steps:

1.
If you want to attach the current voice message in the open PureVoice dialog, go to the next step. Otherwise, open your desired voice-message file by either selecting Open... from the File menu, double-clicking on the voice file, or dragging and dropping the voice file onto the PureVoice application icon (but not the plug-in icon).

 PureVoice launches (if not already launched) and the PureVoice dialog opens for the selected voice file.

2.
Press the Attach button in the PureVoice dialog, or select Attach from the File menu.

 PureVoice launches Eudora (if it is not already launched), opens a new e-mail message (if one is not already open), and attaches your voice message to the e-mail message, leaving you in the composition window of the e-mail message.

Method 2: Pre-3.1 Versions of Eudora, and All Non-Eudora Mailers

To attach a PureVoice voice message to an e-mail message composed using any pre-3.1 version of Eudora for Macintosh (Pro or Light), or composed using any non-Eudora e-mail software application, take the following steps:

1.
Save the voice message to a file on your computer, using the Save As… command on the File menu in PureVoice. (See “Saving a Voice Message to a File” elsewhere in this help section.)

2.
Attach the voice-message file to an e-mail message created with your e-mail software, using the standard method for attaching files to e-mail messages in that software: for example, dragging and dropping the voice file into an open new message.

Notes:

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In either method above, your recipients must have QUALCOMM’s PureVoice Player-Recorder installed on their system in order for them to play back a PureVoice file (.qcp extension).

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In Method 1, if you are using the Eudora plug-in version of PureVoice, Eudora will already be launched; PureVoice will open a new message (if one is not already open) and attach the voice message to it.

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If you do not have Eudora 3.1 or later installed on your system and you press the PureVoice Attach button or select Attach from the PureVoice File menu, nothing will happen. You must perform Method 2 above if you wish to attach the voice message to an e-mail message created in pre-3.1 versions of Eudora for Macintosh or in any non-Eudora mailer.