Number 311 - April 2009

Are You Dyslexic?
by Frank Varano, Computer Club of Menifee Valley
I am dead serious. I have a friend who is dyslexic and has trouble reading texts. She emails me a voice message when she needs help. It occurred to me that many don't know how to make a voice message and send it by email.    Of course, you need a microphone. (I like to use the head set with a boom mike for talking on Skype or Yahoo Messenger to my lady friend in England.) You can use your speakers instead of headphones. Here's how.	Click on Start, Programs (hey, by the way, I am talking about XP), Accessories, Entertainment then Sound Recorder. Use Effects to control the volume to keep the spectrum to minimize the distortion. Try it a few times and play back the messages until it sounds OK. Press the button with the red dot to record a message. What you record is a file which you can save with File and Save. Now when you compose an email, you can make it an attachment to the email. There is an extensive Help menu for things you can do including playing the file backwards which has some interesting possibilities if you have a mistress. Send her a backward reading file if you want to bug her.
Number 311 - April 2009