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AUPHONE(1)		     General Commands Manual		      AUPHONE(1)

NAME
     auphone - a simple telephone client

SYNOPSIS
     auphone [-a servername] [-v volume] [-l latency] [-r filename]

DESCRIPTION
     auphone  allows  two-way  real  time  voice communication between two audio
     servers.

OPTIONS
     The following options can be used with auphone:

     -a servername
	     This option specifies the audio server to which auphone should con-
	     nect.

     -v volume
	     This is the volume, in percent, for the incoming ring  sound.   The
	     default is 15 percent.

     -l latency
	     This  is  the  latency,  in  seconds, of the auphone connection.  A
	     lower value will result in better real-time communications  at  the
	     expense of possibly overloading the server (causing dropouts) and a
	     greater network duty cycle.  A higher value will lessen the load on
	     the  server  and  decrease the network duty cycle but will increase
	     the communications delay.	The default value is .25 seconds.

     -r filename
	     You can personalize your incoming ringing sound using  the  -r  op-
	     tion.   Simply specify the filename of an audio file to use for the
	     incoming ring sound.  Note that this sound will be looped.

USAGE
     To place a call, enter the address of the audio server  that  you	wish  to
     connect  with  in the Who text field.  Then hit RETURN or click on the Call
     button.  If the callee is accepting calls, you should hear a ringing sound.
     If the callee answers, the username and server address of the  callee  will
     be displayed.  To disconnect, click on the Hangup button.

     To  receive incoming calls, you must already be running auphone.  To answer
     an incoming call, click on the Answer button.  You may also determine who's
     calling before you answer by clicking on the Caller ID button.

     Once you're connected, the Volume slider controls the volume of the speaker
     output and the Input Gain slider and Input Mode toggle control the gain and
     mode of the microphone or line input.

AUPHONE AND THE ATHENA WIDGET SET
     auphone uses the X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set.  For  more
     information, see the Athena Widget Set documentation.

ENVIRONMENT
     In  addition  to  the standard toolkit environment variables, the following
     environment variables are used by auphone:

     AUDIOSERVER
	     This variable specifies the default audio server to contact  if  -a
	     is  not specified on the command line.  If this variable is not set
	     and the -a is not specified on the command line, auphone  will  at-
	     tempt to connect to the audio server running on the X Window System
	     display.

SEE ALSO
     nas(1), X(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

AUTHOR
     Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

				      1.9.4			      AUPHONE(1)

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