Sending your messages as emails

To email an mp3 created by SentenceShaper, you'll start by opening your Export Folder, which you set in the Export Settings Screen. If you selected "JUST ONE PAGE" as your export format, then SentenceShaper will create an mp3 sound file (named "SentenceShaperMessage.mp3") containing all the utterances in the Story Area of the page you exported. This file will be placed in the Export Folder.

If you selected one of the other export formats, then all the mp3s in the workbook will be put in that workbook's subfolder within the export folder. The mp3 files will be named "Page_1_Speech.mp3" etc.

Two ways to email an mp3 file

1. If you already know how to send attachments (like pictures) in your regular email program, then you can just open this email program and attach the SentenceShaper mp3 file like any other attachment. All you need to know is the location of your Export Folder. If you forget, just open the Export Settings folder and look at the bottom of the screen, where the location of the folder is displayed.

2. Or you can open the Export Folder, locate the mp3 file you want to email, and then right-click on it. From the context menu that appears, choose the "Send to" submenu; then choose "Mail recipient". (The wording may vary across different versions of Windows.) This will open a new email window in your default email program, with the file you selected attached to the email. All you need to do now is to pick the email recipient and send the email as usual.

Unfortunately, the email program that you actually use for email may not be the one that your computer thinks you use, so it may open an unfamiliar email program that does not have your contacts and existing emails. in that case, you'll probably want to use the first option above.

Email issues

Some email programs automatically remove attachments from emails, and mp3 files sometimes get stripped off in this way. We will be posting more information about how to deal with this, so please check back with this web page in the future.

Also, some people may not see your pictures and captions when they play an mp3 file from you. We suggest that they copy the mp3 file to their computer, then right-click on it and choose "Open with...". The pictures should show up in Windows Media Player and in iTunes, but other players may not show them. It depends on the individual player...whether they handle the "ID3" tags which carry the embedded pictures.