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Exploring Your Computer's Features
Exploring audio features
Using a microphone
1
Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2
Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder.
Positioning
bar
Sample Sound Recorder screen
3
Click the Record button.
4
Speak normally into the microphone.
5
When you have finished recording, click the Stop button.
The Sound Recorder window displays the new sound file
as a waveform.
NOTE
6
To hear what you just recorded, click the Play button.
7
To save the file, select Save from the File menu.
NOTE
You can only record 60 seconds at a time.
The microphone on your computer might be set to Mute. To
check this, click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, and then click Volume Control.
Record
Stop
Play
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