NAME

       autool - audio play/record tool compatible with audiotool

SYNOPSYS

       audiotool [-audio servername] [-volume percent] [-display displayname] [-geom geometry]  filename

DESCRIPTION

       The  autool  program  is  a replacement for the Sun audiotool program used to send audio files to Network
       Audio System servers.  It can be used either by making a symbolic link  name  audiotool  that  points  to
       autool  and  is  before  the OpenWindows version or by changing the OpenWindows deskset bindings database
       with the binder(1) command.

OPTIONS

       The following options may be used with the autool program:

       -audio servername
               This option specifies the Network Audio System server on which the files should be played.

       -volume 0-100
               This option specifies the volume at which the data should  be  played  as  a  percentage  of  the
               maximum possible volume.  The default is 10 percent.

       -display displayname
               This option specifies the X Window System on which the control panel should be displayed.

       -geom geometry
               This option specifies the position and size of the control panel.

CONFIGURING OPENWINDOWS TO USE AUTOOL

       OpenWindows  users can configure deskset applications to use autool to play audio files through following
       steps:

       1.      Run the deskset configuration program binder.

       2.      Locate the entry in the scrolling list named audio-file click on it  once  with  the  left  mouse
               button.

       3.      From the Props menu, select the Icon... entry with the right mouse button.

       4.      Click  on  the button marked (+) in the lower right corner with the left mouse button.  This will
               expand the window, adding another panel to the right.

       5.      On the line marked Application in the panel on the right, change ``audiotool'' to ``autool'' (you
               will  need  to  specify  a full path name if you have not installed autool in a directory in your
               path).  The initial volume (which is a percentage relative to the recorded level; the default  is
               10) can be increased by inserting the ``-v percent'' option between ``autool'' and ``$FILE''.

       6.      Press the Apply button in the left panel.

       7.      Back in the main binder window, press the Save button in the upper left corner.

       8.      Restart any deskset applications such as filemgr to have the updated values take effect.

       Double clicking in filemgr on file names that end in .snd will now cause autool to invoked.

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variables are used by autool:

       AUDIOSERVER
               This  variable  specifies  the  default audio server to contact if -audio is not specified on the
               command line.

       DISPLAY If AUDIOSERVER is not set, this variable is examined to find the  name  of  the  corresponding  X
               Window System display.

SEE ALSO

       nas(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

AUTHOR

       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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