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Audio is described in these topics:

     Audio
     Before you Begin
     Hearing
     Microphone
     Audio in Multiple Rooms
     VoIP Settings Window 		     Voice-quality Music or Radio
     HiFi Audio (WAVeMix)
     Sounds button
     Windows Sound Events
     Text-to-Speech
     Speech Recognition Software
           Also see: Recording Audio and Playback Audio

Windows Sound Events

You are notified with sounds when several events occur. You can change the sounds through your Windows Control Panel.

The events and sounds are:

Event Default Filename Description Available in
HC HL CL
General events
Active hotWeb hotweb.wav The hotWeb window comes into focus. * * *
Active hotCam cameraclick.wav A camera shot is taken. * * *
Incoming PM incomingpm.wav Someone sends you a private message. * * *
New Message <None> Someone posts a message in the transcript. + + +
Raise Hand raisehand.wav Someone clicks the Raise Hand icon. * * *
Connection events
Incoming Call incoming.wav (1) Someone invites you to a Private Session from the Invited List in a room.
(2) Someone requests to join your p2p session.		 * *  
Joining Peer newpeer.wav Someone joins a room.
In Standard/Pro, you can turn the Joining and Leaving Peer sounds on and off: click Options, then Mode/Identity, and check or uncheck Alert In/Out. With CL, you cannot turn the sound on and off. 		*   +
Leaving Peer disconnect.wav Someone disconnects from a room. *   +
Online Alert online.wav A user for whom you set the Alert me when available option connects to the 1stWorks Network. Applies to hotComm Standard/Pro only. The user must be in your All Users list. * * *
Call Group Manager events
Call Group Queue incoming.wav Someone joins the Call Group Manager queue. *    
Incoming Support incoming.wav A call is being transferred from the Call Group Manager queue to a Service Agent. *    


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HC hotComm Standard/Pro
HL hotComm Lite
CL hotComm CL
* Event is installed with an assigned sound (enabled).
+ Event is installed but the assigned sound is <None>.
(blank) Event is not available for this client.


Note: hotComm software updates do not change your setting for existing hotComm sound events.


To change a sound:

  1. Open your Windows Start menu.
  2. Select Control Panel.
  3. Select Sounds and Audio Devices (this may be called Sounds and MultiMedia).
  4. Select the Sounds tab.
  5. Look in Program Events for hotComm.
  6. Highlight a sound event.
  7. To disable it, select None in the Sounds drop-down list. To change it, select a different sound from the Sounds drop-down list, or click Browse to find a different sound.
  8. Click OK.


The sound files shipped with your hotComm product are located in these folders:

Product Folder location
hotComm Standard/Pro c:\program files\1stWorks\hotComm\BIN
hotComm Lite c:\program files\1stWorks\hotCommLite\BIN
hotComm CL c:\program files\1stWorks\hotCommCL\BIN


Updated: May 2006

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