Inside Macintosh: Sound

Using Sound on Macintosh Computers

This section describes the most basic ways of using the Sound Manager, the Sound Input Manager, and the Speech Manager. In particular, it provides source code examples that show how to produce an alert sound, play a sound resource, play a sound file, determine whether your application can access sound recording equipment, record a sound resource, record a sound file, and convert a text string to spoken words.

Producing an Alert Sound

Playing a Sound Resource

Playing a Sound File

Checking For Sound-Recording Equipment

Recording a Sound Resource

Recording a Sound File

Checking For Speech Capabilities

Generating Speech From a String