Overview of DECsound

  DECsound is a software application that you can use to
  record audio messages, which you can mail to other users or
  include in documents.

  DECsound functions are similar to those of a tape recorder:

  you can play, record, fast-forward, and rewind recordings.
  You can also edit your recordings using the on-screen
  waveform display.

  With DECsound, you record messages using a microphone,
  which you connect to your workstation.  You can play back
  messages on your workstation's built-in speaker or on
  headphones connected to your workstation.  You can also
  use a headset that combines a microphone and headphones.

  You can mail DECsound files using DECwindows        ~  Mail.
  You can customize DECwindows Mail to use DECsound as
  the mail editor so that when you create a mail message,
  DECsound starts up automatically.  After you make
  the recording and exit from DECsound, you can use

  DECwindows Mail to mail the recording.

  You can annotate DECwrite     ~  documents by creating
  LiveLink ~  connections to DECsound files.  For example, you
  can annotate illustrations by inserting verbal descriptions of
  their complex parts.  If you update a recording, the document
  will automatically include the new recording.

  You can perform basic editing tasks on your recordings.

  For example, you can use cut-and-paste on a DECsound
  recording in the same way as you would use them on a
  section of text.  For more information about using DECsound,
  double click on an item in the list of additional topics.

  Additional topics:

  *   DECsound Menus

  *   DECsound Control Panel

  *   Using LiveLink Connections

  *   Mailing DECsound Recordings

  *   Using Online Help

  *   Starting DECsound Sessions

  *   Editing Concepts

  *   DECsound Tutorial

  For information about using help, choose On Help from the

  DECsound Help menu.