Nature Sound Clips



This app records short sound clips, perhaps of noises you hear in nature, or even dictation or music.

To use the app, just tap the top yellow button to start recording, record the noise and then tap the yellow button again to stop recording.

You can save a sound clip to a selected name. After, you have finished the recording, scroll down the screen to the white edit box. Enter the file name and then tap the yellow button labelled Rename.

After you have completed a recording, you can replay the sound clip by tapping Replay Recording. You can enter a comment into the upper blue Edit Box.

The file is now saved within the Notes directory on the SD card of the phone. If you back out of the app an re-open it, the new file name appears at the top of the drop-down menu near the bottom of the screen. Tap Replay This to listen to the selected file.

You can delete this file and remove its name from the menu, by selecting the file in question and then tapping Delete Above From List. Next the button at the bottom right turns red and asks Confirm Delete? Tap it if you want to proceed, otherwise tap Undo Delete Request to the left.

Be careful not to delete a clip unless you really want to, as the delete itself is irreversible.

If you do not name a file, it is automatically assigned a name based on the time and date of the recording, for example 9_02__26_04_2013 . This timestamp will identify the file in the Notes directory of the the SD card.

To delete an un-named file, you will have to access the Notes diectory by connecting your device to your home computer using the USB cable and then selecting USB Connected. Then on the home computer, tap MyComputer and select the mobile device.

The phone shows up as Devices With Removable Storage - Removable Disk E. Open the Notes directory to delete the unwanted files.

There is the option to send an email to a pre-selected email address. This message lists the sound clip name on the SD card and also has a link to Google Maps showing the location where the reading was measured.

To use this feature after a reading has been recorded, and also named and commented, tap the button Email The Reading. When you are ready, tap the blue button Email the Reading to send the message to your email.

Before you send a message, you should ensure that the Satellite Location is enabled on your phone and that the phone has established an accurate location reading. This may take a few minutes after the Satellite Location is switched on, and works mostly only outdoors with a clear view of the sky.

You can check if the Location is established by using the built-in Maps application on the phone and ensuring that it centers to your true location.

Also you must preset the destination email. This only has to be done once, the first time you use this function. Thereafter the phone will remember your setting.

To set your email, tap the button labelled Email SetUp _ First Use Only. This leads you to page called Set Receiver Email. Type your email address into the top box and then tap the middle button to save it. You can check that it was saved correctly by tapping Review Email Setting. After this is complete, use the Back button to return to the home page.

If you have named the sound clip and then send the email summary back to your home account, the new name of the file appears in the email instead of the default timestamp file name. Also the maximum decibel reading of the recording will be shown, up to a maximum of about 81 decibels.






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