\paperw8325 \margr0\margl0\ATXph0 \plain \fs20 \f1 A universal requirement is the ability to use your computer to record sounds, as well as play them back: voice r
ecognition programs allow you to talk directly to your computer, either for dictation purposes or to actually control its operation.\par
With the current developments in video conferencing and Internet telephone systems, it looks likely that attaching a
microphone to your sound card will become increasingly common.\par
Fortunately, there are no onerous requirements for the quality of recording and, for the type of applications described above, a simple mono recording facility is really all that is req
uired.\par
The only situation where youíll need a facility for stereo recording is if you want to use your computer for multimedia authoring rather than playback alone.
