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- QUALCOMM PureVoice¬ VERSION 1.1 FOR MACINTOSH
- ===============================================
-
- This is Version 1.1 of the QUALCOMM PureVoice¬ Player-Recorder and the
- QUALCOMM PureVoice¬ Plug-In for Eudora¿, Macintosh platform. This README
- provides information on the following topics:
-
- * PureVoice Description
- * Minimum Requirements
- * Installation
- * Getting Help
- * Bug Reports
- * Requests for Features
- * License and Legal Information
-
-
- ========================
- PureVoice DESCRIPTION
- ========================
-
- QUALCOMM's PureVoice¬ Player-Recorder and QUALCOMM's PureVoice¬ Plug-In for
- Eudora¿ let you record voice messages on your computer and send them as
- e-mail attachments with your e-mail. The PureVoice Player-Recorder
- (standalone application) works with most e-mail systems on the Macintosh.
- If you are using Eudora Pro or Eudora Light version 3.1 or later for
- Macintosh as your e-mail software, the PureVoice Plug-In for Eudora lets
- you record and send PureVoice voice messages from within Eudora. In this
- case too, attachment of the voice message to a Eudora e-mail message is
- automatic, at the touch of a button in PureVoice.
-
- PureVoice features an easy-to-use onscreen player-recorder with a standard
- VCR-like button panel and digital readouts that let you customize your
- voice message. You can edit your voice messages by inserting additional
- recorded material into them, or by recording over existing material. You
- can play back your messages, adjusting speaker volume and varying speed
- without distortion of voice or pitch. You can adjust microphone
- volume/sensitivity when recording. You can save your voice messages to
- files for later use. Or, you can attach your voice messages to e-mail
- messages as soon as you're finished recording them.
-
- PureVoice voice messages are recorded at very high sound quality -- nearly
- equal to that of a telephone call made on a good-to-high-quality home
- phone. And the quality is equal to that of the world's best digital
- wireless telephones.
-
- When you send a PureVoice voice message as an attachment to your e-mail,
- your recipients can play back your voice message on their Power Macintosh
- or 32-bit Windows 95/NT computer, if they have PureVoice installed on their
- machine. QUALCOMM distributes PureVoice for free: have your recipients
- download the PureVoice Player-Recorder or the PureVoice Plug-In for Eudora
- from our Web site at <http://www.eudora.com>, or our ftp site at
- <ftp.eudora.com>.
-
-
- ======================
- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- ======================
-
- To use QUALCOMM's PureVoice for Macintosh, in either Player-Recorder or
- Plug-In form, you must have the following:
-
- * A Power Macintosh.
- * Macintosh System 7.5 or later.
- * Sound Manager 3.2 or later.
- * A microphone, external or built-in (Note: Not required for playback)
- * The Plug-In version of PureVoice requires either Eudora Pro version 3.1
- or later for Macintosh or Eudora Light version 3.1 or later for Macintosh.
-
-
- ==============
- INSTALLATION
- ==============
-
- Installation is simple. Once you have downloaded the PureVoice installer
- from our Web site, just double-click on the PureVoice installation icon on
- your desktop, and follow the instructions in the installation screens.
-
- When you have finished installation, either the PureVoice Player-Recorder
- (standalone application) will be installed in the folder of your choice, or
- the PureVoice Plug-In for Eudora will be installed in the Eudora Stuff or
- Plugins folder under the folder containing your Eudora Pro or Eudora Light
- version 3.1 (or later) for Macintosh application.
-
- If you have installed the Plug-In version of PureVoice, you must quit and
- then restart Eudora in order to gain access to PureVoice through the Eudora
- menus.
-
- To launch the PureVoice Player-Recorder (standalone application), simply
- double-click on the PureVoice application icon on your desktop.
-
- To launch the PureVoice Plug-In, start Eudora, open a new message window,
- and then select PureVoice... from the Attach submenu under the Message menu.
-
- PureVoice has several settings that let you customize the application to
- your needs. To access these settings, make PureVoice active and select
- Preferences... from the Edit menu (the PureVoice dialog must be closed).
- The settings dialog lets you specify whether or not to begin playing voice
- messages as soon as they're opened, to begin recording as soon as you start
- a new message, and to automatically save your recorded voice messages to
- files; it also lets you specify the input source, whether a microphone, an
- internal CD, or an audiovisual connector.
-
- For more information, see the PureVoice Help, discussed in the next section
- below.
-
- Note: Each time you install an updated version of the PureVoice Plug-In for
- Eudora, you must quit and restart Eudora in order to make the updated
- Plug-In (and any new settings options) available from within Eudora.
-
-
- ==============
- GETTING HELP
- ==============
-
- Help is plentiful in PureVoice! First, there's Balloon Help. This can be
- accessed from the Balloon Help menu (Apple Guide menu) when PureVoice is
- launched and active. Select Show Balloons and then point to the object in
- the PureVoice dialog for which you want help. You can also point to menu
- titles and menu options. Turn off Balloon Help by selecting Hide Balloons
- from the Balloon Help menu. You can also turn Balloon Help on and off by
- pressing the help key on your Macintosh keyboard, if it has such a key.
-
- PureVoice also has an extensive online help system with clickable hotlinks
- that take you to your desired topic. With PureVoice launched and active,
- select PureVoice Help from the Balloon Help menu (Apple Guide menu). An
- online help dialog appears, showing the contents of the help system. Simply
- click on your desired topic, or click on the buttons at the bottom of the
- dialog to navigate through the help system. The online help includes
- step-by-step procedures for the main tasks in PureVoice, such as recording
- messages, playing them back, editing them, saving them, and attaching them
- to your e-mail messages.
-
-
- =============
- BUG REPORTS
- =============
-
- If you experience something you think might be a bug in PureVoice, please
- report it by sending a message to purevoice-bugs@qualcomm.com. Describe
- what you did, what happened, what version of PureVoice you have (select
- About PureVoice... from the Apple menu), any error messages PureVoice gave
- (the numbers in {}'s are especially important), what kind of computer you
- have, what version of System Software you're using, and anything else you
- think might be relevant.
-
- You will receive an automated response indicating that your bug report has
- been received and forwarded to our engineering staff. Unless additional
- information is needed, you will not receive a direct response.
-
-
- =======================
- REQUESTS FOR FEATURES
- =======================
-
- >From time to time, everyone comes up with an idea for something they'd like
- their software to do differently. If you come across an idea that you think
- might make a nice enhancement to PureVoice, your input is always welcome.
- Please send any suggestions or requests for new features to
- purevoice-suggest@qualcomm.com.
-
- You will receive an automated response indicating that your suggestion has
- been received and forwarded to our engineering staff. Unless additional
- information is needed, you will not receive a direct response.
-
-
- ===============================
- LICENSE AND LEGAL INFORMATION
- ===============================
-
- QUALCOMM Incorporated
-
- License Terms for PureVoice¬ Player-Recorder Version 1.1 - Macintosh Platform
-
- License Terms for PureVoice¬ Plug-In for Eudora¿ Version 1.1 - Macintosh
- Platform
-
- QUALCOMM grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this PureVoice
- software solely for user's own personal or internal business purposes. The
- user may not commercially distribute, sublicense, resell, or otherwise
- transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the
- PureVoice software or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone
- or in conjunction with any other product or program. Further, the user may
- not modify the PureVoice software.
-
- THE PUREVOICE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE USER ''AS IS.'' QUALCOMM MAKES NO
- WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PUREVOICE
- SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT
- NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. QUALCOMM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE
- FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT
- THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT
- DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. FURTHERMORE, QUALCOMM DOES NOT
- WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE
- USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED THEREWITH IN TERMS OF
- THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN
- INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY QUALCOMM OR A QUALCOMM AUTHORIZED
- REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF
- THIS WARRANTY.
-
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY - QUALCOMM IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES
- WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, INTELLECTUAL
- PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR
- ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER
- ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
- STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
-
- Copyright ⌐ 1997 by QUALCOMM Incorporated. All rights reserved.
-
- Eudora¿ is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
-
- PureVoice¬, SmartRate¬, Eudora Pro¬, and Eudora Light¬ are trademarks of
- QUALCOMM Incorporated.
-
- QUALCOMM is a registered trademark and registered service mark of QUALCOMM
- Incorporated.
-
- Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
-
- Microsoft, MS, and Windows are registered trademarks and Windows NT is a
- trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
-
- All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective
- owners.
-
- 6/19/97
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