Windows Phone Thoughts: Record Time: Audio Notes v1.0 Reviewed

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Record Time: Audio Notes v1.0 Reviewed

Posted by Anjuan Simmons in "SOFTWARE" @ 08:00 AM

Recording
I pushed the "Record" softkey and paused for a few seconds to see if the Voice Activation System (VAS) would prevent recording until it picked up a discernible sound. The VAS control is the third bar from the bottom, and it has a yellow verticle bar that can be moved left and right to decrease or increase the level at which it begins recording. Since the microphone automatic gain (second bar from the bottom) was set to high, it was difficult to not activate the VAS since the microphone even picked up ambiant sound from the room in which I was sitting. However, the room noise was not enough to cross the VAS bar and start recording. I spoke at a low level which caused the squares on the VAS bar to activate and glow.


Figure 9: Audio Notes in recording mode.

As I increased the volume of my voice, more squares lit up. However, I kept my voice to a level that would not cross the VAS line, and the recording time counter did not advance. I finally spoke at a level that passed the VAS bar, and the counter began advancing and recording my voice. I spoke into my Pocket PC's microphone for a few seconds. While recording, the softkeys changed to "Stop" and "Pause" that allowed me the options of, obviously, stopping or pausing the recording. I also noticed that the microphone automatic gain can be changed from "High" to "Off", "Soft", or "Middle" which changes the sensitivity of the microphone accordingly. By manipulating the VAS bar and microphone automatic gain, a user can configure the application to only record sounds that reach a certain level.

I pushed the "Stop" softkey and the interface displayed my audio file.


Figure 10: An audio file created by Audio Notes.

I would have liked an option to specify the naming convention of the Audio file (using a date and time stamp), but the application always uses a format that simply numbers the recordings in sequential order. However, the GUI does display (in the lower right hand corner) the date and time of the recording, but this information will not be available if I copy the audio file off of my device. The size of the file is also displayed.

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