Guide to using Purevoice
Q: What are the basics of using Purevoice?
A Tour of the PureVoice Window:
Shown below is a sample of the open PureVoice window:
The PureVoice window consists of these elements, roughly from top to bottom:
- Title bar, with title and four buttons: Window menu (left), and Minimize, Maximize, and Close (right).
- Menu bar, with four menus: File, Control, Options, Help.
- Toolbar, with buttons: NEW, OPEN, INS, NAME, VOL, TOP.
- Name box (when visible): Lets you edit the file name to be used for the saved voice message.
- Digital display (green LED readout): Shows your current position in the voice message, the total duration of the message, the volume level during record and playback, icons indicating operation mode (record/play, pause, and compressing), the compression rate, the estimated size of the compressed voice message (in kilobytes), and the current playback speed.
- Attach button: Attaches the saved, compressed voice message to an e-mail message.
- Position slider: Shows the current position in the voice message during playback. Can also be moved to your desired position for message editing and playback.
- Record/playback control buttons: Play, Record, Stop, Pause, Skip Backward, Skip Forward, Speed Up, Slow Down.
- Volume controls (when visible): Sliders let you increase or decrease the speaker volume during playback and the microphone volume/sensitivity during recording.
- Status bar: Displays informational and status messages and brief help text for PureVoice window items.
To use PureVoice, simply click on the red recording dot and speak into your microphone.
To name your file, click on Name. Name your file with your user name and the date. If you leave more than one message on a given date, please add a, b, c, and so on.
To save a file, go to the File menu, and Save as the name you gave it above.
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used in place of the listed commands:
Always Stay ------------- On Top Ctrl+T
Attach Ctrl+A ----------- Attach Site Info Ctrl+D
Compact View Ctrl+V ----- Close Alt+F4
Edit Name Ctrl+E -------- Exit Ctrl+Q
Insert Mode Insert ------- Microphone Vol Up }
Microphone Vol Down { --- New Recording Ctrl+N
Open. Ctrl+O ----------- Pause F8
Play F5 ---------------- Record F6
Save As. Ctrl+S --------- Skip Backward <
Skip Forward > --------- Slow Down -
Speaker Vol Up ] -------- Speaker Vol Down [
Speed Up + ------------ Stop F7
Volume Controls Ctrl+G