Show ANR on Start
If checked, ANR's front panel (main program window)
will show up on the screen immediately after the program was started.
Launch ANR on StartUp
If checked, Audio Notes Recorder will automatically
launch itself every time your computer starts up.
Pack Cassette on Delete
If checked, digital cassette will be optimized for
minimum hard disk space usage every time some message is being deleted.
Change Export WAV
Quality
When exporting a message or cassette to WAV, EXE or
for direct E-Mail sending, you will be prompted to lower sound quality
in order to reduce exported file size.
No Transparency in
Message Editor
If the program freezes when you attempt to open
Message Editor it might be that there is a problem with displaying
Message Editor's transparent bar. In that case the solution is to
enable this option and disable transparency without losing any program
functionality.
Run without Tray Icon
If you enable this option the program will not place
its
icon in the tray area of the taskbar so it will run as a standard
Windows program that can not be minimized to tray.
User Logo & URL
Registered users can change small Logo on ANR's
front panel (positioned between cassette wheels) as well as URL sitting
behind it. Click on Browse button to find designated image file (bmp
format only) on your disk and type in URL of choice in the second field
available. Ideal image size for Logo is 43 x 43 pixels, but you can
also use bmp image of any other size and it will be scaled to fit.
Separator Sound
(cassette export)
When exporting a whole digital cassette (all
messages to one file) Audio Notes Recorder can automatically add
separator sound between messages. Click Browse to choose WAV file to be
used as separator. Make this textbox empty if you do not want to use
separator sound at all.
Use Windows/ANR Volume
Controls (not
available on Vista computers)
Choose which Volume Controls to bring up from
Settings menu. Installation default for this option is Windows Volume
Controls.
If Audio Notes Recorder's Volume Controls utility is
selected you will get access to all sound card volume controls
(playback and recording) at one place. Number of available sliders
depends solely on the installed driver. However, some drivers could
cause problems with this feature, so if you have problems with Audio
Notes Recorder's Volume Controls utility you have to switch back to
using Windows Volume Controls.
Note:
Audio Notes Recorder's own volume controls utility can not work under
Windows Vista so this option is not available. You will always have the
following three options under Settings - Volume Controls: Mixer,
Playback Devices and Recording Devices, and these will bring up
corresponding Vista's dialogs.
Suppress Microphone Noise Level /
Recording Volume
These two sliders should help you optimize
microphone's sensibility for getting best results with Voice Operated
Recording modes: V.O.R. and Spy.
Note: For some sound cards and drivers, using only
hardware related Recording Volume slider does not provide enough
control over microphone's sensibility. For that reason we have added
another (software only) control slider named "Suppress microphone noise
level". Even so, there is no guarantee that voice operated recording
will work as expected in all microphone/sound card/driver combinations.
Pre-amplifier
With this option you can increase/decrease the
signal level of recorded sound. The available range is from -100%
(total silence) to +100% (double the input signal level). Please note
that this kind of amplification is artificial so depending on the input
signal it can come to degradation in sound quality if peaks get cut
off.
Max Cassette Size
This text box provides you with the ability to
choose maximum cassette size according to your preferences accepting
integer values starting from 1MB up to 2000MB (2GB). The following
table shows some estimates of how big a cassette file will be depending
on the quality and length of recording:
8-bit sampling
| |
48KHz - high |
44KHz - CD |
22KHz - radio |
11KHz - telephone |
8KHz - low |
|
15 minutes
|
42MB
|
38MB
|
19MB
|
9.5MB
|
7MB
|
|
30 minutes
|
84MB
|
76MB
|
38MB
|
19MB
|
14MB
|
|
1 hour
|
168MB
|
152MB
|
76MB
|
38MB
|
28MB
|
|
2 hours
|
336MB
|
304MB
|
152MB
|
76MB
|
56MB
|
|
12 hours
|
2GB
|
1.82GB
|
912MB
|
456MB
|
336MB
|
16-bit sampling
| |
48KHz - high |
44KHz - CD |
22KHz - radio |
11KHz - telephone |
8KHz - low |
|
15 minutes
|
84MB
|
76MB
|
38MB
|
19MB
|
14MB
|
|
30 minutes
|
168MB
|
152MB
|
76MB
|
38MB
|
28MB
|
|
1 hour
|
336MB
|
304MB
|
152MB
|
76MB
|
56MB
|
|
2 hours
|
672MB
|
608MB
|
304MB
|
152MB
|
112MB
|
|
6 hours
|
2GB
|
1.82GB
|
912MB
|
456MB
|
336MB
|
Cassette Size
This slider allows you to fine tune maximum cassette
size up to the limit set in Max Cassette Size text box.
Break Message While
Recording
With this option you can maximize the length of a
single message. In that case the program will automatically start new
message during recording each time it reaches the limit you set. For
example, if you enable the option, set it to 15 minutes and make 40
minutes recording, you will get that recording automatically divided
into three messages, first two with 15 minutes each and the last one
with remaining 10 minutes.
On Stop Rewind to
message start
If disabled a message will not automatically rewind
to the beginning of the message when playback is stopped. Please note
that default state for this option is enabled and it affects only
digital cassettes.
Instant and Playback
Pause rewind
This parameter is related to Instant Rewind
and Playback Pause Rewind options that are designed
to make transcribing messages easier. Just enter zero (0) value if you
do not want to use them. When some non-zero value is entered for this
time offset parameter you will get the following two effects.
Each time you release Playback Pause
the program will automatically rewind the message for that time offset
and continue with playback.
Additionally, there is an off-focus shortcut (Down
Arrow, see Available Shortcuts dialog, Off-Focus
Mode tab) that gives you the opportunity to Instant
Rewind your message on-the-fly during playback without
stopping it.
Rolling Resolution
(Mouse) [%]
This text box provides you with the ability to set
percentage step for Exact Time Positioner navigation in conjunction
with mouse wheel roll events.
Volume Control (front
panel)
Determines whether ANR's front panel volume controls
would change sound card's Master volume (Device volume on Vista)
or Wave Out volume (Audio Notes Recorder Application volume on
Vista).
Transcription Playback
Settings
Three parameters available in this dialog give you
full control over transcription playback mode. Transcription
segment length tells the program for how long to keep the
playback running before an automatic pause kicks in to give you time to
catch up with typing. Pause between segments
defines the length of the automatic pause and Auto-rewind
before next segment tells the program how much to go back
before playing the next segment. Default button
will set all parameters back to factory values. With Test and
Stop buttons you can try transcription
playback on the spot providing you already have some recording to play.
