Using a microphone
1
Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2
Click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, and then Sound Recorder.
Positioning
bar
(Sample Image) Sound Recorder screen
3
Click the Record button.
4
Speak normally into the microphone.
5
When you have finished recording, click the Stop button.
The Sound Recorder window displays the new sound file
as a waveform.
You can only record 60 seconds at a time.
NOTE
6
To hear what you just recorded, click the Play button.
7
To save the file, select Save from the File menu.
The microphone on your computer might be set to Mute. To
NOTE
check this, click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, and then Volume Control.
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