love the tool! using the fireworks settings while writing an angry email is so enjoyable
for anyone struggling with installation on windows 10 try going to the installation folder and running 'setup.exe' as admin, that seemed to fix things for me :)
I run the setup (tried Run as Administrator too) and it states "Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor." It also gave a log which is a bit long to include here. Idk where I can contact your privately as the log contains file locations. Should I DM on Twitter?
You can try a portable version that doesn't require installing. In the extracted folder, navigate to the Application Files/SoundTypist_1_0_0_0/ folder. Run "SoundTypist.exe". You may need to try the right click / "Run as Administrator" if you're still getting permissions issues.
Another problem could possibly be that your Windows security settings are too strict to run random unknown files downloaded off of the internet. If you want to get it to work, open up the Windows settings, type "Reputation-based protection" in the "Find a setting" search bar, to show the "Reputation-based protection" settings window. Turn off "Check apps and files" and turn off "Potentially unwanted app blocking". Now try again.
You can actually add sound files yourself and add them to the configuration if you know or learn the simple JSON (Javascript object notation) format.
1. The sound configurations are stored in a text file called "AudioSets.json". I don't know where exactly windows will install Sound Typist on everyone's machine - you'll have to do a search for it. For me, the file is in this folder:
2. Copy your audio files (.wav format) to the Sounds/Misc subfolder under the Resources folder. Make sure they're named very simply and have no spaces for funky punctuation in them. You can get lots of sounds at freesound.org. If you can edit audio files (i.e. using Audacity), make sure you remove any silence in the beginning of the audio file first to increase responsiveness.
3. Edit AudioSets.json in a text/code editor. You can copy one of the blocks of text in there for the existing sounds, and customize it with the filenames of your own sounds, and the name & title. You can also adjust the min/max volume and pitch for some random variation.
4. Quit and restart Sound Typist, and your sounds should show up in the choices.
Alternatively, if you don't want to edit the AudioSets.json, you can simply replace any of the existing .wav files with your own .wav files.
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love the tool! using the fireworks settings while writing an angry email is so enjoyable
for anyone struggling with installation on windows 10 try going to the installation folder and running 'setup.exe' as admin, that seemed to fix things for me :)
I run the setup (tried Run as Administrator too) and it states "Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor." It also gave a log which is a bit long to include here. Idk where I can contact your privately as the log contains file locations. Should I DM on Twitter?
Yes you can DM me on Twitter @andyman404. Also let me know what operating system / version you're using. Thanks!
You can try a portable version that doesn't require installing. In the extracted folder, navigate to the Application Files/SoundTypist_1_0_0_0/ folder. Run "SoundTypist.exe". You may need to try the right click / "Run as Administrator" if you're still getting permissions issues.
Another problem could possibly be that your Windows security settings are too strict to run random unknown files downloaded off of the internet. If you want to get it to work, open up the Windows settings, type "Reputation-based protection" in the "Find a setting" search bar, to show the "Reputation-based protection" settings window. Turn off "Check apps and files" and turn off "Potentially unwanted app blocking". Now try again.
Could we please get a paper shuffling effect added?
You can actually add sound files yourself and add them to the configuration if you know or learn the simple JSON (Javascript object notation) format.
1. The sound configurations are stored in a text file called "AudioSets.json". I don't know where exactly windows will install Sound Typist on everyone's machine - you'll have to do a search for it. For me, the file is in this folder:
C:\Users\andyman\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\6QE5LO12.B0J\008MWQOZ.NEW\soun..tion_c6713391293800bd_0001.0000_8fb2cfcc9f0f3a91\Resources
2. Copy your audio files (.wav format) to the Sounds/Misc subfolder under the Resources folder. Make sure they're named very simply and have no spaces for funky punctuation in them. You can get lots of sounds at freesound.org. If you can edit audio files (i.e. using Audacity), make sure you remove any silence in the beginning of the audio file first to increase responsiveness.
3. Edit AudioSets.json in a text/code editor. You can copy one of the blocks of text in there for the existing sounds, and customize it with the filenames of your own sounds, and the name & title. You can also adjust the min/max volume and pitch for some random variation.
4. Quit and restart Sound Typist, and your sounds should show up in the choices.
Alternatively, if you don't want to edit the AudioSets.json, you can simply replace any of the existing .wav files with your own .wav files.
Whoa! this is super fun!
You should slap this little tutorial on how to add your own sounds into a readme with the program! :D
That way people know they can do cool shit!
Love this to bits. I'm using the Growls SFX to type this.
Its so cool! Just started using it. Gonna fill the feedback form after I use it for a while
This is so cool!