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Changing ANY-maze sounds

Overview

ANY-maze includes the ability to play sounds when certain events occur, such as the end of a test or when an information message is displayed.

The sounds that the system can play are stored in '.wav' files, and the Windows operating system is supplied with a wide range of different sounds recorded in this format. In fact you can even record new sounds yourself using the Windows Sound recorder - so, for example, you could record a .wav file of you saying "Test ended" and then set the system to play this sound whenever a test ends.

By the way, although you need a sound card installed in your computer to take full advantage of the system's ability to play sounds, you can still use sounds without having a sound card - but you'll be limited to just a simple beep.

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Accessing the sound settings

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Choosing the sound to play when an event occurs

Accessing the sound settings

To access the Sounds settings, select the Options page and then click the Sound option in the left-hand side bar.

Figure 1. The Sound settings on the ANY-maze Options page.

Choosing the sound to play when an event occurs

ANY-maze includes several different events which can cause a sound to be played, and you can choose to associate any sound, or silence, with each of them. To do this:

Select the event whose sound you want to set, for example A test ends.

Click the

Choose sound button in the ribbon bar to drop a list of available sounds that you can associate with the event. By default, this list includes all the sounds installed in the 'Media' folder of your computer. If you don't want any sound associated with the event then choose the first item in the list: - None -.

As you select a sound in the list, it will play once to give you a preview. Once a sound is associated with the event, you can review it by selecting the sound in the list and clicking the

Play selected sound button in the ribbon bar.

If the sound you want isn't listed in the sounds list, then you can select the

Browse for sound file... option in the list to browse through the folders on your computer to find a .wav file to associate with the event. Note that when you select a sound file in this way, ANY-maze will automatically add all the sounds in the folder to the list of sounds. This makes it more convenient for you to choose other sounds from the same folder without having to 'Browse' each time.

You may find that not all of the sounds provided by Windows are installed on your computer. You can use the 'Add/Remove Windows components' option of the 'Add/remove programs' element of the Windows 'Control Panel' to add more sound schemes.

If you want to remove all associated sounds, i.e. you want all the listed events to happen silently, use the Clear all sounds button in the ribbon bar to set all the sounds to - None -.

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