1AUPHONE(1) General Commands Manual AUPHONE(1)
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6 auphone - a simple telephone client
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9 auphone [-a servername] [-v volume] [-l latency] [-r filename]
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12 auphone allows two-way real time voice communication between two audio
13 servers.
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16 The following options can be used with auphone:
17 -a servername
19 This option specifies the audio server to which auphone should
20 connect.
21 -v volume
23 This is the volume, in percent, for the incoming ring sound.
24 The default is 15 percent.
25 -l latency
27 This is the latency, in seconds, of the auphone connection. A
28 lower value will result in better real-time communications at
29 the expense of possibly overloading the server (causing
30 dropouts) and a greater network duty cycle. A higher value
31 will lessen the load on the server and decrease the network
32 duty cycle but will increase the communications delay. The
33 default value is .25 seconds.
34 -r filename
36 You can personalize your incoming ringing sound using the -r
37 option. Simply specify the filename of an audio file to use
38 for the incoming ring sound. Note that this sound will be
39 looped.
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42 To place a call, enter the address of the audio server that you wish to
43 connect with in the Who text field. Then hit RETURN or click on the
44 Call button. If the callee is accepting calls, you should hear a ring‐
45 ing sound. If the callee answers, the username and server address of
46 the callee will be displayed. To disconnect, click on the Hangup but‐
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48 To receive incoming calls, you must already be running auphone. To
50 answer an incoming call, click on the Answer button. You may also
51 determine who's calling before you answer by clicking on the Caller ID
52 button.
53 Once you're connected, the Volume slider controls the volume of the
55 speaker output and the Input Gain slider and Input Mode toggle control
56 the gain and mode of the microphone or line input.
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59 auphone uses the X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set. For
60 more information, see the Athena Widget Set documentation.
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63 In addition to the standard toolkit environment variables, the follow‐
64 ing environment variables are used by auphone:
65 AUDIOSERVER
67 This variable specifies the default audio server to contact if
68 -a is not specified on the command line. If this variable is
69 not set and the -a is not specified on the command line,
70 auphone will attempt to connect to the audio server running on
71 the X Window System display.
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77 Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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80 Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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