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AUPHONE(1)             DragonFly 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
               default 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
       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 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.

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