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NAME
       autool - audio play/record tool compatible with audiotool

SYNOPSYS
       audiotool [-audio servername] [-volume percent] [-display displayname]
       [-geom geometry]  filename

DESCRIPTION
       The autool program is a replacement for the Sun audiotool program used
       to send audio files to Network Audio System servers.  It can be used
       either by making a symbolic link name audiotool that points to autool
       and is before the OpenWindows version or by changing the OpenWindows
       deskset bindings database with the binder(1) command.

OPTIONS
       The following options may be used with the autool program:

       -audio servername
               This option specifies the Network Audio System server on which
               the files should be played.

       -volume 0-100
               This option specifies the volume at which the data should be
               played as a percentage of the maximum possible volume.  The
               default is 10 percent.

       -display displayname
               This option specifies the X Window System on which the control
               panel should be displayed.

       -geom geometry
               This option specifies the position and size of the control
               panel.

CONFIGURING OPENWINDOWS TO USE AUTOOL
       OpenWindows users can configure deskset applications to use autool to
       play audio files through following steps:

       1.      Run the deskset configuration program binder.

       2.      Locate the entry in the scrolling list named audio-file click
               on it once with the left mouse button.

       3.      From the Props menu, select the Icon... entry with the right
               mouse button.

       4.      Click on the button marked (+) in the lower right corner with
               the left mouse button.  This will expand the window, adding
               another panel to the right.

       5.      On the line marked Application in the panel on the right,
               change ``audiotool'' to ``autool'' (you will need to specify a
               full path name if you have not installed autool in a directory
               in your path).  The initial volume (which is a percentage
               relative to the recorded level; the default is 10) can be
               increased by inserting the ``-v percent'' option between
               ``autool'' and ``$FILE''.

       6.      Press the Apply button in the left panel.

       7.      Back in the main binder window, press the Save button in the
               upper left corner.

       8.      Restart any deskset applications such as filemgr to have the
               updated values take effect.

       Double clicking in filemgr on file names that end in .snd will now
       cause autool to invoked.

ENVIRONMENT
       The following environment variables are used by autool:

       AUDIOSERVER
               This variable specifies the default audio server to contact if
               -audio is not specified on the command line.

       DISPLAY If AUDIOSERVER is not set, this variable is examined to find
               the name of the corresponding X Window System display.

SEE ALSO
       nas(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.

AUTHOR
       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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