New Software Makes It Easy to Put RealAudio on the Web.PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- With Internet radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. stations popping up every day, and RealNetworks grabbing headlines everywhere, you would think that audio had already arrived on the Internet. In fact, the complexity of creating RealAudio has made hearing sound the exception in cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. . To solve that problem, Trio Systems has just released a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. development tool: SoniClear(TM) Internet Voice Recorder A digital, handheld device that is used to record short reminders. Very lightweight and typically using AAA batteries, such devices use flash memory to hold up to 100 messages and more. Messages can be retrieved sequentially or by direct access by message number. See microcassette. . Using SoniClear, Webmasters can create spoken-word presentations quickly and easily. The program is sold online and is available for download at www.triosystems.com/soniclear. SoniClear runs on Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. . The price for SoniClear is $99 per user. The vast number of sites on the World Wide Web is growing daily, which means Web developers must compete for viewers' attention. Hearing a spoken message engages the ears, and quickly gets the point across. "In three years it will be unheard of Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard to have a Web site without sound," commented Alan Bartholomew, president of Trio Systems. "With SoniClear every Web developer can easily create the audio files needed to keep on the cutting edge." Possible uses for SoniClear include product promotion, corporate news, spoken resumes, interviews, speeches, talk shows, comedy and drama. RealAudio compresses sound files dramatically. Before SoniClear, Web developers had to master the arcane techniques of audio editing Audio editing is the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the recording medium (analog) or in RAM (digital). Audio editing was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the 20th century with the advent of magnetic tape recording. software to get satisfactory results. It could take hours to tweak a WAV file The native digital audio format in Windows. Using the .WAV file extension, 8- or 16-bit samples can be taken at rates of 11,025 Hz, 22,050 Hz and 44,100 Hz. The highest quality (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) is the sampling rate of an audio CD and uses 88KB of storage per second. just right to prevent a thin and distorted sound. To simplify this process, SoniClear records the voice directly using the computer's sound card. It then automatically optimizes the sound file for Internet presentation, and converts the recording to RealAudio or Java AU formats -- all at the press of a button. SoniClear Internet Voice Recorder features: -0- -- Familiar tape recorder-like user interface -- Records voice directly from microphone or line inputs -- Simple recording level controls -- Automatic voice optimization for Internet delivery -- Conversion to RealAudio and Java AU file formats Trio Systems also has tested dozens of professional microphones to find which work best with RealAudio. Trio Systems is offering the best microphones along with all the hardware and cables needed to connect to the sound card: -0- -- SM7 Microphone Bundle ($795) -- VR116L Microphone Bundle ($275) -- VR116L, microphone only ($99) -- SoniClear Microphone (free with purchase of SoniClear) Trio Systems LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control was originally founded in 1978, and is located in Pasadena. Since 1984, it has licensed the C-Index/II Database Library to software developers. C-Index/II has been incorporated into thousands of applications with millions of users depending on it every day to manager their valuable data. For further media information contact Alan Bartholomew at 626/584-9706, or e-mail to pressinfo@triosystems.com. |
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