NAME

       auphone - a simple telephone client

SYNOPSIS

       auphone [-a servername] [-v volume] [-l latency] [-r filename]

DESCRIPTION

       auphone allows two-way real time voice communication between two audio servers.

OPTIONS

       The following options can be used with auphone:

       -a servername
               This option specifies the audio server to which auphone should connect.

       -v volume
               This is the volume, in percent, for the incoming ring sound.  The default is 15 percent.

       -l latency
               This  is the latency, in seconds, of the auphone connection.  A lower value will result in better
               real-time communications at the expense of possibly overloading the server (causing dropouts) and
               a greater network duty cycle.  A higher value will lessen the load on the server and decrease the
               network duty cycle but will increase the communications delay.  The default value is .25 seconds.

       -r filename
               You can personalize your incoming ringing sound using the -r option.  Simply specify the filename
               of an audio file to use for the incoming ring sound.  Note that this sound will be looped.

USAGE

       To  place  a  call,  enter  the address of the audio server that you wish to connect with in the Who text
       field.  Then hit RETURN or click on the Call button.  If the callee is accepting calls, you should hear a
       ringing  sound.   If the callee answers, the username and server address of the callee will be displayed.
       To disconnect, click on the Hangup button.

       To receive incoming calls, you must already be running auphone.  To answer an incoming call, click on the
       Answer  button.   You  may  also  determine  who's calling before you answer by clicking on the Caller ID
       button.

       Once you're connected, the Volume slider controls the volume of the speaker output  and  the  Input  Gain
       slider and Input Mode toggle control the gain and mode of the microphone or line input.

AUPHONE AND THE ATHENA WIDGET SET

       auphone  uses  the  X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set.  For more information, see the Athena
       Widget Set documentation.

ENVIRONMENT

       In addition to the standard toolkit environment variables, the following environment variables  are  used
       by auphone:

       AUDIOSERVER
               This variable specifies the default audio server to contact if -a is not specified on the command
               line.  If this variable is not set and the -a is not specified on the command line, auphone  will
               attempt to connect to the audio server running on the X Window System display.

SEE ALSO

       nas(1), X(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

AUTHOR

       Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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