About the Software That Accompanies This Book

   We've packed as much as we possibly could into the disk that
accompanies this book. Here's a quick peek at what we've brought
you. For more information and installation instructions, turn 
to README.TXT. 

Disk Contents:

   VoiceAssist Demo, by Creative Technology, Ltd., the parent 
company to Creative Labs, Inc., is a working demonstration 
version of their voice recognition package for Windows. This 
program allows you to command your computer by voice to do 
tasks that normally take many keystrokes or repetitive mouse 
clicks to accomplish. Some unique features of VoiceAssist 
are its ability to learn keystrokes and mouse movements as 
you do them, and automatic extraction of commands from 
application menus. Unlike most demo programs, this one is 
not canned. It works just like the real one since all the 
features are included. The program is limited only in 
the number of users, applications, and application commands
that are accessible. The full package is available from 
Creative Labs. (In self-unzipping file VADEMO.EXE)

   Dual Module Player, by Otto Crons, is a MOD-type file 
player. It supports the most popular types of mod-player 
music files including .MOD, .STM, .NST, .AMF, .S3M, .669, 
and .MTM format files. Up to ten audio channels can be 
played simultaneously. The MOD file format was popularized 
on the Commodore Amiga and Atari computers. Now you can 
enjoy this unique combination of digitized audio and MIDI
on your Sound Blaster. (In self-unzipping file DPP&DMPC.EXE)

   DMP Companion, by Brad Meier, is a shell program that 
makes Dual Module Player easier to use. You can select and 
play MOD-type files in any order, play files contained in 
.ZIP, .LZH, and .ARJ archives, and select up to ten different
sound card configurations for Dual Module Player. (In 
self-unzipping file DPP&DMPC.EXE)

   MOD files are also included. What good would a MOD player 
be without some .MOD files? We've included for your listening
pleasure a sampling of .MOD files. These incude classical and 
European dance music. (In self-unzipping file MODS.EXE)

   GoldWave, by Chris Crain, is a .WAV file editor for Windows. 
In addition to the standard graphical waveform editing, GoldWave
also allows you to perform special effects on the audio file 
such as echo and reverse. The most unique feature of GoldWave 
is the ability to generate wavefroms based on equations that 
you supply. (In self-unzipping file GLDWAV10.EXE)

   Source code examples in C, Turbo Pascal, and Quick Basic are 
included to accompany the programming discussions in Chapter 14.
We have also included a demo application with source code in 
Borland C for playing .CMF, .MID and .VOC files. Approximately
half of the programming documentation is provided in Chapter 14
of Sound Blaster: The Official Book. The other half is found in
the text file DRIVERS.TXT in subdirectory \SBBOOK\SOURCE in the
directory that contains the programming examples. 
(In self-unzipping file SOURCE.EXE)

   Entertaining sound files are also provided on the disk, in
both .VOC and .WAV format (In self-unzipping file SOUNDS.EXE)


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