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megaphone (voice amplifier) software for WM

hi,
does anyone know software for windows mobile devices that make it act like a megaphone. or would this be easy to make ? input = magnified output or something ?
does not sound that hard.
but i have been looking on google and searched on several ppc software sites.
w/o any promising results.
its just for fun.
and dont say: 'BUY AN MEGAPHONE' pls
Thanks in Advance.
Jack.

I'm certain that you can yell louder than the maximum output level of the speaker on the phone. At any level, that may even be remotely close to louder than you could yell, there will be so much distortion from the device that it would be nothing more than noise.
Now if you had asked about a voice changing app. That may be fun if it could even be activated while on calls.
That is till you answer your phone with the female voice when your wife calls.

you got a point there about the maximum lvl of the speaker. lol
and i dont realy think those voice chaning app's work that good.
they come with my creative sound card.
some voices are changed quite good. others are not
thx anyway. you made this topic useless

Don't even think of it. At the very least the microphone will sense the amplified output and there will be a fading echo. In the worst case echo will be amplified up to the point where all you hear is a painfully loud high-frequency tone.

stepw said:
Don't even think of it. At the very least the microphone will sense the amplified output and there will be a fading echo. In the worst case echo will be amplified up to the point where all you hear is a painfully loud high-frequency tone.
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I love feedback!
Surely the speaker on the device isn't loud enough to make a difference?

what kind of topic,,,,hahahaha
you can yell louder than the speaker.....hahaha
...but the voice changing app will be a lot of fun

Is there voice changers for PPC?
adempozhari said:
what kind of topic,,,,hahahaha
you can yell louder than the speaker.....hahaha
...but the voice changing app will be a lot of fun
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Is there any good working voice changing apps for wm5/6 guys?

shiranmotha said:
Is there any good working voice changing apps for wm5/6 guys?
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Apparently this is impossible, because they don't allow access to the mic... I think... I don't think they wanted people to write programs to record coversations...

Why is it impossible? I have a voice recorder on my touch.....

pkoper said:
Why is it impossible? I have a voice recorder on my touch.....
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true, you can have a recorder, but altering it would be difficult- lets remember you might not want to be using a voice changer all the time..a recorder records sounds but doesnt alter it

JokeZony0u said:
true, you can have a recorder, but altering it would be difficult- lets remember you might not want to be using a voice changer all the time..a recorder records sounds but doesnt alter it
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yes you right but at least someone have to make an app wich record the voice and play it in altering mode...

adempozhari said:
yes you right but at least someone have to make an app wich record the voice and play it in altering mode...
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Yes, and there are recorders like RESCO recorder which records while in a conversation too... There are several crazy apps like call cheater (adds a background sound) and many more that I used in my symbian N70, but on WM6 I found nothing...

shiranmotha said:
Yes, and there are recorders like RESCO recorder which records while in a conversation too... There are several crazy apps like call cheater (adds a background sound) and many more that I used in my symbian N70, but on WM6 I found nothing...
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HA!! I loved call cheater on my Nokia.. Can't count the number of times I left work late and used the traffic jam background as I called the wife at 90+ MPH. "Yea stuck in traffic again."

Well, the HTC phones(or manufactured for other carriers) ain't supporting the in-line audio function ( which is a hardware feature), due to which I suppose you can't play background sound during call. Because of this the answering machine functionality doesn't work, which you find in the nokia's symbian based phones. Some phone of Gigabyte has this functionality & I hope in near future HTC looks into implementing it.
If you want answering machine functionality on ppc then you can try iSecretary 4.5. But remember it will route the audio through the loudspeaker, which might annoy you sometimes.

shiranmotha said:
Yes, and there are recorders like RESCO recorder which records while in a conversation too... There are several crazy apps like call cheater (adds a background sound) and many more that I used in my symbian N70, but on WM6 I found nothing...
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the windows mobile standard have that app. as conversations recorder are hundreds but I use PMRECORDER and it will be fun have such a app to add a background sounds to a conversations

its not as stupid as you might think
megaphones can be pretty loud, but for the most part are no louder than a human voice, the point of a megaphone is to talk into it and your voice amplified so you can shout without straining your voice.
obviously a phone speaker wont match your standard megaphone speaker but you should be able to amplifiy your voice with your phone.
not really practical but it is doable.

Heykrop said:
HA!! I loved call cheater on my Nokia.. Can't count the number of times I left work late and used the traffic jam background as I called the wife at 90+ MPH. "Yea stuck in traffic again."
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ahahhahaahahahhhhahaaaahahaa

Voice scrambler 'd be nice just to speak silently into the PDAs' mic and the voice would come loud and scrambled from the speaker (i need that for my mafia job )

I think there was something like this for the nGage.
Try to google that-maybe they did something similar for our ppc's!?

I would actually like such a program, but I wouldn't use it with the phone's speaker, I'd use it when connected to a speaker system. Say your at your party and you want to speak to everyone without yelling your lungs out, you simply plug your speaker system into the the phone, and everyone will be able to hear you. I know the Iphone has an app like this, so there has to be someone with WM coding skill to write a program like this. It's a simple concept: get audio data from the microphone and immediately give output through the headphone jack.

In Call Volume cab (I will donate if someone makes one)

I have a 8125(Wizard) and my wife has a 3125 (Startrek)
I have yet to find anyone that has a fix for Windows 6.0 and 6.1 to the low level of in-call volume. I have tried different headsets and every one of them has to be maxed for normal listening. Well try using it on a train or bus then. Very hard to hear.
I am willing to donate 30.00 to someone if they make an app or cab that will boost the volume of the in call (note not mic) when using them without a headset and with a bluetooth headset.
I'll also donate 50.00 if someone makes an application that works with all windows mobile devices with sliders for speakerphone levels, incall, mic, speakerphone and such. I'm sure there are many others that will also donate to this cause as everywhere i search people have "ideas" but nothing consistent, and they all seem to have failed for me.
If someone knows of an app that will do this for both Windows Mobile Pro 6.1 and Standard 6.1, i will donate it to the developer or purchase the program
Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395695
Hey buddy please take a look at the above link. I bound it to a hardware button and while in a call I raise the volume by that button. I tnink you owe this guy some money.

kinmont said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395695
Hey buddy please take a look at the above link. I bound it to a hardware button and while in a call I raise the volume by that button. I tnink you owe this guy some money.
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I've seen it but not tested it. The discription though doesn't say it will increase the volume as in boost. I'll watch that thread though and try it.

just use neuaudio or edit the audiopara file yourself. very easy to do.

I don't have an audiopara.csv file under windows on my phone..
I also installed nueaudio but i can't find a link nor sign of it. I have a wizard though and that utiltiy was made for the titan so i'm not sure if that is why.
Good thoughts though. Maybe it's the 6.1 AMP 2.0 rom i'm using. I'll check my wifes tonight.

The Q has a registry setting that can be modified to increase the volume. It's WM Standard and might apply to your wife's phone.

Hellou
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/647390-post1.html
Maybe this may help

nonegiven said:
The Q has a registry setting that can be modified to increase the volume. It's WM Standard and might apply to your wife's phone.
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and what might that be???

Legendary126 said:
and what might that be???
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he means Moto Q

ather90 said:
he means Moto Q
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He's asking what the registry setting might be, not the phone.

[APP] Sonar CE

Hi all.
I have searced around and I have found this neat little program.
http://nerdipedia.com/tiki-index.php?page=Sonar+CE
It is a sonar app for WM, but I have problems getting it to work. Can you?
I get a few feedbacks from the mic, but I think it dosnt work because the speaker is on the other side of the phone, than the mic.
Even the sourcecode is released so if any of you are bores, you might get it to work?
Have a nice evening.

the concept is worth a try...though with the speaker and the mike being placed the way it is, i guess it'd be difficult to get the intended results
great software though

Cool app...

did anybody get this working?

DeadShawn said:
did anybody get this working?
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Working not, but freezing...

it works on my diamond, but not correctly.. it starts, i can produce sounds, i can record sample sounds and hear them, but when i want to start "sonaring" i hear the beeps but the app doesn't recognize any beep... strange, coz the soundtest works and i can hear what i have said when i play it after recording :-/

When I put in a offset of 30000 it do record something. But only noice. :-/

have you tried to disable the automatic mic. adjustement in the settings?

Boy i was like thinking from the forum heading that an application was made....

sblop said:
When I put in a offset of 30000 it do record something. But only noice. :-/
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same here only yelow and red

Queries of a Newbie!

Am new to Windows Mobile and would really appreciate if someone could answer atleast some of my doubts.
1) The speakers ... is that the loudest we can go? I have a P1i that I tweaked thanks to Swmail and its like real loud!
2) Most decent Nokia have a feature that when a call is received "speaks out" the caller name from the address book. Do we have a similar option in Xperia/ Windows Mobile?
3) When I receive a call, the callers name is almost invisible ... I mean its so small that a person like me having below average vision has trouble figuring out the caller's name! Is there no in built tweak to rectify this problem?
4) I have downloaded and installed the MyLostBlog HTC Calculator.cab ... why are all the backgrounds black for most softwares around here??? Is it not possible to adjust colours to go with the theme? I mean, can I just not install any software and the theme gives the software the looks?
Having got the Xperia, I'm now in a stage where I have to learn the OS fresh ... feels uncomfortable with all the small fonts and buttons. I'm now wondering if this was a mistake and if I should give up so soon or work my way into comfort zone!
Your advises and help will help me hang on!
Cheers!

1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
2 - There are many programs that do this. I haven't tested them, because I find the feature annoying. Do it on your own risk:
Voice Call
Phone Tray Free
Ascendis Caller ID
Audio Caller ID
and many more. Just use google .
3 - You need a program like SPB Phone Suit or PhoneEx 1.3 (the one I'm using). PhoneEx is great. Big names and numbers. It is very finger friendly.
4 - Because black = cool. After all everyone wants to be Mr. Black (10 points to whoever caught the reference ). Anyways, HTC devices are black and the Xperia most people have is black, so people make programs with black fonts.
And no, the theme cannot change the colours of the programs that you install.
You say that you are a new WinMo user. Well, that means that you have to read and learn a lot of things. No way around that. WinMo is not intuitive. It is not like most of the smartphones or featurephones with their flashy, but often useless oparating systems. It is annoying at the beggining, but when you learn how it works and get the little quirks here and there, it will become the best operating system for ppc's.
Plus, there are literally countless number of applications for WinMo and a lot of them are free.
Xperia has great touchscreen that allows you to click even the little icons with ease. If it is not responsive, you should change the settings for the screen sensitivity. Start>Settings>Screen or use this method, but be careful what you do and read the instructions carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485037&highlight=screen+sensitivity
It really depends on what kind of phone you want. Xperia is perfect for me and as I have said before, I cannot imagine my life without it. If you want to have a pocket pc with you and if you are preapred to spend many hours reainstalling, hard-reseting and tweaking, then you have made the right choice.
A piece of advice I give to every newcomer:
Read the topics in this forum. Just open random topics and learn about your device. Use the search functions. 99% of all your question have been answered in other threads.
I had some experience with WinMo when I bought the X1, but I wasn't very good. Now, I have full control over every aspect of my device. It has integrated itself in my way of life. All thanks to this forum...
I don't want to promote myself in any way, but check this thread out. I have put some random thoughts concerning the X1 there :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506512
Cheers

For bigger incoming call notification you can also use a few other options:
-S2U2 has slide to answer support
-the touch HD caller also offers full screen caller ID
-resco (don`t know for sure)

orelsi said:
1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
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Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...

Shadowdh said:
Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...
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No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?

I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.

i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
thanks

Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks

Gibbs said:
I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.
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I prefer headphones too, but the N95's great stereo speakers + surround are something amazing...
loyjwe said:
i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
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I have tested many apps and I find that PhoneEx is the best for me personally. Remember that it messes with your 3G video calling though. I hope they fix that in future versions.
Paparasee said:
Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks
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No problemo. Feel free to ask , that's what I did hehe...
You can change the backgrounds in the menus of WinMo (the general theme), but I don't think you can change the colours of diff programs. That is what you wanted right?
I'm sorry abut the apps. I said that I never tested any of them. I just googled them . I asked around a little bit and here is what I got .
Try these:
Mobile Speak - (this one is for blind people, but maybe it can be set to say only callers' names and nothing else)
MS Voice Commander has such an option.
HollerID
Cheers

Seriously, if u hate the tiny fonts and un-user friendly UI on the X1, read up and flash a custom ROM.
Like "dumbphones", the ROM/firmware in WinMo phones can be upgraded. The biggest advantage / benefit of WinMo over any of the other "smartphone" OS's around is that there are loads of ppl who are willing to setup and build customised firmwares so u get the benefits and features of other (HTC!) phones....
Read up on "HardSPL" in the Custom ROMs section and give it a go - if u do it right there's no way u'll brick your phone and it'll come out the otherside like a brand new (completely different + better!) phone...

orelsi said:
No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?
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Hi mate... sorry for the seemingly terse post above, was studying for exams and so was trying to be quick...
Yes we are indeed mate... I did not have to turn it down due to rubbish quality rather it was very very loud... like another poster mentioned I tend to use earphones for listening to podcasts (rather than music) and when I play video its usually pretty decent if through the speakers... sure its not dolby etc but hey its such a little bitty speaker...

[Q] Better Sound on W.M.+ REQ. for .dll

How can I improve the audio of my device?
1---The volume is very poor and the quality is very bad.
2---Is there a patch or a sound driver?
3---Is there a software or an equalizer that can help me?
4---Android have "5.1" option for the surround, why it doesn't exist on W.M.?
5---Can anyone upload "Wavedev.dll" or "Waveapi.dll" files? (They are in the "Windows" folder)
6---Where can I download loud ringtones?
Thanks

I tryed the equalizer of CorePlayer but it's not good...

Mich-C said:
---Is there a patch or a sound driver?
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Search the web for "SRS_WOW_HD_ARM.cab"
Mich-C said:
---Android have "5.1" option for the surround, why it doesn't exist on W.M.?
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You should ask Microsoft this question.

Thanks, I found also others app like WOWHD but I don't remeber the name...
and if someone want to develop something for the sound and for the "5.1"...
Another question:
7---My device has 2 speakers for the audio: a Front one for the Telephone and a Back one for the System.
Is there a way to reproduce the audio of my video and my songs from the Front Speaker (that usually is used for calls) and not from the Back speaker?

Mich-C said:
Thanks, I found also others app like WOWHD but I don't remeber the name...
and if someone want to develop something for the sound and for the "5.1"...
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Why on earth do you need 5.1 surround playback on your mobile device?
Does your device have a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor - the only one I know of that brings the 5.1 surround sound theatre experience to mobile devices? Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GZBs7XoJvMI
Anyways, Windows Mobile is a dead OS and I'm afraid NOONE of the developers here will be willing to make efforts in writing a new "wavedev" driver for Windows Mobile ...
Mich-C said:
Another question:
---My device has 2 speakers for the audio: a Front one for the Telephone and a Back one for the System.
Is there a way to reproduce the audio of my video and my songs from the Front Speaker (that usually is used for calls) and not from the Back speaker?
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Did a quick Google-search and immediately found a solution for HTC:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/windows-mobile-software/60239-audio-router-switching-speakers.html
Probably for other devices also a solution exist. GIYF ...

I know W.M. is an old O.S. but for me it will be forever the best
I can found anything I want (the article on PPCgeeks that is just what I was looking for)
You didn't understand me, Surround playback can used with headphones (also worst Android phone do it)
If anyone can answer my other questions in the 1st post ...

WAVE related DLLs
Mich-C said:
If anyone can answer my other questions in the 1st post ...
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Here you go: http://www.findthatzipfile.com/search-44343300-hZIP/winrar-winzip-download-dumprombm.zip.htm

I use Kevintm_V4_puff601Regs_AudioPara3_LOUDEST.cab to boost the volume. Not the best for the phone and distorts sound sometimes... but I can hear it and I don't mind distortion.

Thanks eyeb, I will try it