Voice User’s Manual

Table of Contents
Topic Page
System requirements for Voice at SMART Recovery Online 3
Testing out hardware for Voice on your PC 4
Entering Voice from the SMART Home Page 5
Entering Voice from the Message Boards 6
Welcome to the Evoice Cafe 7
Registering your first time to get a special username and password for Voice 8

Logging into Voice 9

The Voice Meeting Rooms 10
The Main Meeting Room and using text chat in voice 11

Setting up your microphone to work in Voice chat rooms 12

Initiating a voice conversation in a SOL Voice chat room 13
Using the Advance key functions 14
How does a custom look appear in Voice - using webcams 15
Final tips 16
Appendix: Using PM; Getting additional HELP; Switching Rooms 18-22
 System Requirements

Macs are not supported.

You must use a PC for
Voice.

Voice will not work with

FireFox or any browser
other than IE

Additionally:

• All popup blockers must be turned off. This includes popup blockers
included in toolbars such as the Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar, etc.

• The first time you enter voice, you may have to install a plug-in called
ActiveX. This will only take about 30 seconds and will not harm your
computer.
 Start by Testing Your Hardware
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1. Open the Control Panel on your computer
2. Select Sounds and Audio Devices Properties (or the equivalent on your
system).
3. Make sure your microphone is plugged in and selected in the “Voice
recording” area – also make sure the speakers you will be using are
selected in the “Voice playback” area. Click on “Test hardware” to test
your microphone.
4. Follow the instructions in the pop-up window – “Sound Hardware Test
Wizard”. Make sure the green bar moves up and down as you speak.
Go to the SMART Homepage

Start at the SMART

Homepage. Click on
Meetings and scroll
down to OnLine
Meetings – Voice to
get started.
Welcome to the Evoice Cafe

• You will now be directed

to the entry page for
voice.

• You will come here your

first time to register and
get a username and
password that is specific
to voice.

• You will also come here

every time you want to
access voice – to attend
voice meetings or just
voice chat.
Registering for a Voice Username and Password
• The voice login window appears
after you click “Click here to go
to Evoice Café.”

• Your first time, you will need to

register to get a specific
username and password used
only for voice.

• Click “Register” and a “member

registration” window will open.

• Fill this out with a valid e-mail

address, and your voice-only
username and password will be
mailed to you – usually within a
day or two.

• Keep this unique username and

password for voice in a safe
place; you will need it each time
you want to enter the voice
environment.
Logging Into Voice

• Your voice username will be a

5 digit number, like the one
shown here.

• Your voice password will be a

7 digit number.

• Enter them in the appropriate

boxes and click enter to gain
access to the meeting rooms.
The Meeting Rooms

Voice has three meeting rooms

available 24/7.

They are:
1. The “Main Meeting Room”
(circled here) where voice
meetings are held.

2. A “General Chat” room

where members can hang out
and chat by voice.

3. “Meeting Room 2” for

smaller gatherings and some
special meetings.
 The Main Meeting Room

Participants
are listed
Type your text here.
here – just
You do not need a
like in
microphone for Voice,
Parachat.
it’s optional.
 Setting Up Your Microphone in Voice

The “Communication Control”

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panel will open up.
Make sure:
• “Set Mic” is checked.
1 • “Microphone” is selected from
Right the pull-down menu.
click on • “Recording volume” is set all
the the way to the right.
“Talk”
button • “Playback volume” is set all
the way to the right.
 Now That I’m Set-Up, How Do I Talk?

3 To use your microphone or headset to speak in voice,

simply click the “Talk” button (1) in the lower left once
2 to take the microphone. You can now speak.
You will know you are talking and that people can hear
you 3 ways:
1. Little orange bars will vibrate on the “Talk” button.
2. The text screen will identify you as talking.
3. A microphone will appear next to your name and
icon.
When you are done talking, press the “Talk” button
once again, and you will relinquish the mic to the next
person who wants to speak.
Alternately, you can press and hold down the F9 key
to speak. When you release the F9 key you will release
the mic so others can speak.
1 Only one person at a time speaks in voice – which
makes following the discussion very easy.
 Using the “Advance” Key
Click on the
1 “Advance” key
at the bottom of
the screen to
open up a menu
of options

2 Send a member a private text message

Make sure these are checked Use these keys to adjust screen text font, size and color

Special Functions:
• “Talk Req.” – put yourself on the list to be the next to speak
• “Icons” – change the icon that you have (the default is Garfield)
• “VPM” – initiate a voice private message with another member – you do not have to use the “Talk” or
F9 key to speak in this two way conversation.
 “My” Voice Environment

See a
member’s
webcam
image

Turn on my
webcam

You can position

webcam images
anywhere on your
screen
 Final Thoughts
• Don’t be intimidated by the technology or the
environment: Voice functions just like chat with
speakers - if you don’t want to talk.
• Come to your first meeting a few minutes early;
the host will help you get set up.
• Use a headset unless you are using a webcam with
a built in microphone. If you wish to use a
webcam and it has a built in mic, use that for best
quality.
• Have FUN!
 Appendix

• Using text and voice Private Messaging

• Getting additional technical HELP
• Switching Rooms in Voice
Initiating Text Private Messages

Sparky initiates a Text Private Message with BVD

1. Sparky selects (highlights) BVD from the member list
2. Sparky checks the PM button
3. Sparky types the text which only BVD will now see in the Text Bar
To exit private messaging and return to speaking with the main room,
click “[All]” above the member names and uncheck the PM button.

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 Initiating Voice Private Messages

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BVD initiates a Voice Private Message with Sparky
1. BVD selects (highlights) Sparky from the member list
2. BVD clicks the VPM button in the Advance Menu
3. BVD and Sparky are now talking one on one to each other; no other members
can hear the conversation. Two talking smiley icons indicate these two
members are in a private voice chat.
You do not need to hold the F9 key or press the “Talk” button in VPM. Talk
is initiated automatically.

1 To leave a VPM, simply click the button “LeaveVPM” (2)

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Getting Additional Help: Online User Guide

The Online User

Guide can be accessed
by clicking on Help in
any voice chat room.
It can also be accessed
from the bottom of the
Evoice Café Entry
Page .
This guide provides
definitions of the
buttons and commands
in Evoice.
The guide opens in a
separate window and
will not disrupt your
voice chat session.
Getting Additional Help: Evoice Help Button

Additional technical
help can be accessed
by clicking on Evoice
Help in the Evoice
Café entry page.
You should come here
if:
• You cannot connect
to the voice chat. Or
• You cannot hear
other people
talking
 Switching Rooms in Voice
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BVD starts in the “Main This bar is then The three meeting BVD is now
Meeting Room” and wants displayed and BVD rooms are now transferred to the
to go to “General Chat” clicks on “Welcome displayed. “General Chat”
He clicks on “Chat to Smart Recovery” room.
BVD clicks on
Rooms” “General Chat”