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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
	       connect.

       -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 de-
	       fault value is .25 seconds.

       -r filename
	       You  can	 personalize  your incoming ringing sound using	the -r
	       option.	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 ring-
       ing  sound.   If	the callee answers, the	username and server address of
       the callee will be displayed.  To disconnect, click on the Hangup  but-
       ton.

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

       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 follow-
       ing 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,  au-
	       phone  will  attempt  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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