Depending on the model of your pSeries computer, you may be able to record high quality voice segments from a microphone or a DAT player using an integrated audio adapter.
Your pSeries computer might have built-in audio support. You can check this by looking at the sockets on back of the machine or looking in its manual.
If your pSeries computer does not have audio support built-in on the planar, prepare your high quality voice segments on a separate pSeries computer or Personal Computer and import the files using one of the standard formats supported by Blueworx Voice Response. These are:
Note that high quality voice can sound very different when played over the telephone. This is mainly due to the bandwidth limitation (from over 15 kHz to under 4 kHz) which occurs when voice is sampled at 8 kHz for digital transmission. Some voices, especially female, which are predominantly high frequency, may sound very “flat” when played over the telephone.
You can record audio data through a variety of input devices, such as microphone, digital audio tape (DAT), or analog audio tape. You can listen to your recordings (both during and after recording) through a speaker or headphones.
The line input should accept any line output from standard commercial audio equipment that provides output in an unbalanced form on one (mono) or two (stereo) phono jacks. Normal unbalanced audio line output is around 700 mv (peak-to-peak), and this should therefore be able to drive the audio adapter input without the possibility of overload (and subsequent clipping distortion). If you are using professional audio equipment which has balanced audio output (for example, on an XLR-3 connector), you will need to convert it to unbalanced before it can be connected to an audio adapter. Commercially available units can be used to do this. Consider taking advice from a professional audio engineer if you are trying to connect anything other than standard commercial audio equipment to the audio adapter.
Refer to the instructions in Recording voice segments using a microphone to record voice segments using an audio adapter.