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Hi there! A lot of chums, new to Seniornet, do not yet have many WAV files in their sounds folder. If you would like to begin stocking up, I have saved more than 400 WAVs that you can download from this page. Simply click on the link and the download will begin. The file names allow you to note which files you have all ready downloaded to your computer.
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The Wordmap file allows your robot voice to recognize abbreviations and speak their equivalent. The standard wordmap with Filetopia is a 7kb text file. In Seniornet, we have added many additional abbreviations that our chums like to use and the resulting file is 14kb. The Wordmap.ini should be installed in your top Filetopia3 folder. You will most likely receive a warning: "Wordmap.ini already exists. Overwrite?" Simply click YES and the new wordmap will replace the standard wordmap. Anytime you wish, you may open this document as a text file and print it out so you will have a list of the abbreviations. You do not need to know them all, and you will become familiar with the most frequently used abbreviations while you are chatting in Seniornet.
The Hint and Tips for Filetopia is in MS Word format with illustrations. It is very useful, whether you are a beginner or experienced user.
You do not need to have WinZip on your computer to download these files. When the file has been completely downloaded to your computer, double-click on the file icon and the install procedure will begin. Because your Filetopia folder can be in several possible locations, depending upon the manner in which you installed it, these files will unzip to C:\UNZIPPED, unless you specify a different folder. WAV files should be saved to your sounds folder.
If you have not done much downloading before, I recommend that you download and install Download Demon, by clicking on this link. Click here. The Download Demon will automatically save all your downloaded files to a folder named C:\My Downloads making them easy for you to find. In case your Internet connection is broken during the middle of the download, Download Demon will automatically attempt to reconnect to the Internet and continue the download from the point where it was interrupted! In addition, you can download up to four files simultaneously, although this will increase the overall time required for downloading.
Most of these Zip files contain 30 WAVs. I have tried to keep the file size under 5MB, but that is not always possible.
How do you play a wav sound in the room? Simply type /sound filename and press enter, where filename is the name of the file you wish to play. You should immediately hear the wav, and so will anyone else who has that wav saved to their sounds folder.
Okay, you've typed /sound filename and pressed enter, and all you saw was text on the screen, no sound. Perhaps you misspelled the name of the wav? Many of these files have "shorthand" names, and you must type them exactly. If you don't hear the WAV, you probably made a typo or forgot to type /sound before the file name.
You can also find over 600 WAV files, available as single-file downloads at Linksplace. Thanks to Crazy Broad for providing me with the link.
Should you have any more questions, or need more help, send me an email and I'll try to provide some assistance. Click here for email.
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