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21.1 <tt class=
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This module allows you to access the Sun audio interface. The Sun
audio hardware is capable of recording and playing back audio data
in u-LAW
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defines constants which may be used with this module.
This module defines the following variables and functions:
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This function opens the audio device and returns a Sun audio device
object. This object can then be used to do I/O on. The
<var>mode
</var> parameter
is one of
<code>'r'
</code> for record-only access,
<code>'w'
</code> for play-only
access,
<code>'rw'
</code> for both and
<code>'control'
</code> for access to the
control device. Since only one process is allowed to have the recorder
or player open at the same time it is a good idea to open the device
only for the activity needed. See
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</i>(
7I)
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variable
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