Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

7 Share a clip
The recorded messages are meant to be shared, and the
app has a dedicated button for this. It’s the furthest left of the
buttons at the bottom of the interface, and brings up its own
window in which you choose how you’d like to share. By default
only Mail and Skype are available, but if you have additional
messaging apps installed on your PC they’ll appear here, too.

8 Rename and delete a recording

Files are saved in Home > Documents > ‘Sound recordings’.

They’re given unhelpful names such as ‘Recording’ and ‘Recording

(2)’. Rename them in File Explorer and they disappear from the

Voice Recorder list, so rename them in the app using the button

second from the right at the bottom instead. You can deletefiles

either via File Explorer, or by clicking the Trash icon in the app.QQ

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Trim a clip
The app’s sound editor enables you to trim the beginning
and end of your clips. The Save button lets you choose between
updating the original recording, or saving the trimmed version as
a new file, so it’s possible to chop several messages out of one
recording. To start, click the button next to Share at the bottom
of the window. Move the black bars inwards to trim the clip.

3 Record a message
Begin speaking into the mic. The interface changes slightly
to one with three buttons and a counter, which shows you how
long you’ve been recording for. The big blue button in the middle
stops the recording. The flag places a marker in the file you can
see when editing, useful if you need to restart, and the Pause
button pauses the recording, ready for you to start it up again.

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All the trimmings

Any markers you put down appear on the timeline, so you

can move the trim bars to them. When you’re finished, click the

Save button (floppy disc icon) and choose either to create a new

file (save a copy), or to update the original. The latter discards

anything left outside the trim bars. A new file will have the

same name as the original, but with ‘(2)’ after it.

4 Finish your recording

Once you’ve finished speaking, stop the recording using the

blue Stop button. You’ll be returned to a version of the main app

screen, this time with your recording present on it. From here, you

can make a new recording with the blue mic button, or play your

recording back. If you’ve made several separate recordings, they’ll

be on this screen until you delete them.

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Record a voice message

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