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Well, it's just as it says. A place to post your characters. I decided against PMing because I was having far too many difficulties remembering to.
A sample character includes the following fields:
Race (you can find the list of races here, http://www.animeonline.net/f59/great...fantasy-30963/)
Gender (You can be a Shnall which is nothing like a male or female it's a completely different gender that has it's own . . . qualities. . . however, you can only be that if you are a Forlock or an Apian)
Alignment (IMPORTANT: THIS WILL AFFECT WHAT YOU KNOW) You can only be good or bad, therefore only with heroes or with bad guys because neutral you eventually have to join anyway.
Distinctive features
Weapons (Weapons will have to be approved separately due to godmodding purposes, however you can make it do whatever you wish it to)
Usable Weapons (these include the weapons that your character has proficiency in and they are Swords, Lances, Bow, Axe, Gun (with limits), fire magic, ice magic, arcane magic, dark magic, lightning magic, healing magic, and exotic weapons you have questions about ask in your character sheets, try to limit your UW to ~4)
Character Bio (Anything you wish to add to you character's life is acceptable however, when you are RPing your past and heritage might come into play [hint, hint])
(optional) Character Portrait
Here's the character I'll be RPing with
Name: Shincotsu Intaya
Age: 24
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Alignment: Good
Distinctive Features: A scar across his right eye and a large scar on his back
Clothing: A black robe that is standard for most druids in training. However he also wears a blood-red cape that makes him look suspicious
Weapons: A black book that has the mysterious power to steal life force from the one that the black arm it summons touches and gives about half of that life to the caster
A simple steel sword.
A book that has a strange inscription on it. Shincotsu has never actually used this tome. And therefore doesn't know its capabilities. It's his treasure from the old witch doctor.
Usable Weapons: Swords, Dark magic, Bow, Arcane/Light magic
Bio: As a young boy his mother was poor and his father was mysterious and was never home at all. He grew up knowing only that he had nothing, and that he could do nothing. That is until a traveling warrior came to his village looking for a place to stay the night and eat and sleep. During the warriors stay, Shincotsu grew a bond with him and quickly picked up the ways of the sword. From that day, Shincotsu swore to protect his village as long as he lived. One day, however, bandits attacked while he was still young. The man who taught him the ways of the sword perished on that day along with most of the villagers including his mother.
He spent the next few years wandering around and found a hut where an old witch doctor lived. He spent a few days there and in that time he extremely rapidly picked up Dark and Arcane magic. He left the old witch doctor there to live out the rest of his days in peace. That witch doctor was something of a father figure to him.
One day, while Shincotsu was wandering, he saw a man who looked somewhat like the man that taught him the sword. When he spoke with him, and carried him to a nearby health clinic, the man said he was the offspring of a brave soldier that died at the hands of an evil force. One that threatens the land. The same one that did so many years ago. And Shincotsu made a promise to himself, "I will not let my fathers down. I shall vanquish this evil!" And with that he set off to find and destroy this evil. Unbenounced to anyone, he is doing it for the old man.


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All you need to do is select a contact for calling and texting, switch the function on, set sensitivity as needed and voila! you're done! You don't even have to care about force closing of the app since it is a service and shows you a notification in the notification bar. Thus, the service will theoretically run forever, until you switch off the service yourself of course, even when the phone is locked!!!
Select the Multiple Contacts option and have a list of favourite contacts to call or text every time you shake! So now, all your favourite contacts can be called or texted together if the multiple contacts option is selected.
A multifunctional app where you can SMS/Text message through SIM or WhatsApp, call/dial someone's number (through GSM/CDMA, Skype or Viber) AND unlock the phone(well, most phones)!!!!
1. Call through SIM or Viber or Skype !
2. Phone will vibrate once it senses a legit shake to notify the user.
3. You can choose if you want to, by default, SHAKE TO CALL or SHAKE TO MESSAGE, accordingly the app will work. Touch the text below the countdown to do the other (you can also call/message immediately by selecting the option)
4. THE SERVICE WILL ALSO RUN WHEN THE PHONE IS LOCKED AND WILL ALSO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE! BUT, the screen needs to be turned on in some phones (see point no. 5) dual functionality, just need to shake when screen is on to unlock and press return key to prevent a call! (Might not work when the phone has a lock pattern)
6. Excellent app when you're in danger, just shake the phone to call your favorite and trustworthy contact if you don't have time to look for the person's number manually(ladies!!). The app will not force close ever and will work even if the phone's locked!
7. NOTE that the app might force close in case the phone is critically low on memory, remove app from task killers' list and restart app as normal if force closed.
What's New
Viber- Free Messages and Calls
Viber is compatible with and optimized for Android tablets! Use Viber on your tablet and phone simultaneously.
On Viber, your phone number is your ID. The app syncs with your mobile contact list, automatically detecting which of your contacts have Viber.
• Text with your friends
• Make free phone and video calls with HD sound quality
• Share photos, video messages, voice messages, locations, stickers and emoticons
• Create group messages with up to 100 participants
• Follow Public Chats – get on the inside with your favourite celebs, brands and personalities; watch their conversations unfold in real-time, 'like' comments and share multi-media content
• Download stickers from the Sticker Market, to make messaging fun!
• Ability to sort and reorder stickers
• Push notifications guarantee that you never miss a message or call, even when Viber is off
• Integration with native contact list for calls and messages
• Support for the Viber Desktop application on Windows and Mac
Localized to: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (SP), Chinese (TR), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (PT), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
Viber is completely free with no advertising.
We value your privacy.
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Talkray - Free Calls and Text
Join Talkray and start chatting today!
Talkray Features:
★ BEST INTERNATIONAL CALL QUALITY: Clear and optimized for mobile calling across the world.
★ LOWEST DATA USAGE: Clear and optimized for mobile calling across the world.
★ GROUP CALLS AND MESSAGING: Supports up to 25 participants for both calls and messaging.
★ NO NEED TO ADD FRIENDS: Works just like regular sms & phone calls by integrating with your existing phonebook. As long as your friends have Talkray installed, you can text and call them all you want for free!
★ SHARE PICTURES, PUSH TO TALK MESSAGES, AND MORE: Share emojis, multimedia, voice notes, location, page friends, and much more. Even doodle and add effects to your photos before sharing.
Why Talkray:
★ FREE, NO HIDDEN COST: All features are free. No hidden costs. That means free group calls, free international calls, free texts, and more. Uses WiFi or a mobile data connection.
★ NO STORING YOUR CHAT OR CALLS: Talkray does not keep your texts or calls. Once you get the message on your phone, it's automatically deleted on our system.
★ NO ANNOYING ADS: Ditch all that ad clutter and focus on your talk and texting.
★ SUPPORTS MULTIPLE DEVICES AND LANGUAGES: Talkray supports Android Phones, Tablets, WEAR, as well as iOS. Talkray is available for dozens of languages including Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Telugu, Thai, and more.
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imo free video calls and chat
- Avoid SMS and phone call charges: Send unlimited messages and make free video and voice calls over your 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi connection
- Make high-quality video and voice calls
- Group chat with friends, family, roommates and others
- Share photos and videos
- Express yourself with hundreds of free stickers!
- Encrypted chats and calls
- Optimized for Android tablets
We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please follow us on Facebook:
FreePP is a free VoIP and multimedia SMS application that works across all platforms. You can enjoy FreePP on your Android phone and any other smartphones and tablets with any OS.
Wherever you are, as long as you are connected to the internet through WiFi or 3G, you can have one to one/one to many free voice calls, free texts, free picture sharing and messages with FreePP users around the globe.
Four main functions of FreePP:
1. Voice call: excellent voice quality that makes you feel like chitchatting with friends who sit right next to you!
2. Multimedia message: With FreePP, real time sharing is just within a click! It's fun and convenient. You can send texts, emoticons, pictures, voice messages, and other files to your FreePP contacts.
3. Many to Many group chat: FreePP enables a friendly group chat environment. Now you and your friends around the world can easily share lives through texts, voice messages and pictures.
4. File sending support: FreePP android version supported send for files, music, movies and many other types of files that transferred freely between Android phone! It's make you convenient to work, share and play anywhere.
Four main features of FreePP:
1. Free Services: Once you and your contact are both on FreePP, all your calls, texts, and multimedia messages will be free! International calls or calls across different devices/platforms would no longer be a trouble! They are still free. However, if you are calling someone who is not a FreePP user, you will be charged by local operators.
2. No missed messages: FreePP remains active even when you are not using it. You would never miss a single call or message. When your phones are turned off, notifications will arrive when you turn them on.
3. Security matters: FreePP is a real name social tool that's based on your contact list. Users do not have to worry about unnecessary friending invitations from strangers or spam messages. On top of that, FreePP is a high secured voice tool. Your calls will not be phone hacked.
4. User friendly: FreePP requires no registration, logging-in, or memorizing your password. All you have to do is validify your phone number. You don't even have to enter passwords everytime you activate FreePP. FreePP is integrated and synced with your contact list. You will find it easy to check out who's your FreePP friends in your contact list.
We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at:
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Yahoo Messenger
- Free Voice & Video calls (Beta) †
- Chat with Facebook friends
- Free international SMS ††
- Share Photos & Video
- Chat with Windows Live friends
- Stay online on Android & PC at the same time, receive messages only where you are active †††
********* Important *********
You need to install the latest Yahoo Messenger Voice and Video Plug-in to enable the call features
† Video (Beta) requires OS 2.3 and the Yahoo Messenger Plug-in (OS2.2+ for myTouch 4G and EVO)
†† SMS text messages can be sent for free to phone numbers in USA, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Pakistan, Kuwait and Thailand
††† Currently supported with the latest Yahoo Messenger for PC
Rounds Video Chat & Group Call
***** "The Best Video Chat App - Hands Down!" *****
• Featured over 200 Times on Google Play
• Best Mobile Messaging Apps (TNW)
• "The hottest new way to video chat" (Seventeen)
• "Thumbs up with a glorious 9/10 rating" (AppStorm)
• Reviewed on LifeHacker, CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, Mashable and more
► FREE VIDEO CHAT for Android: Video Call, Text Chat, Video Chat Rooms, Voice Chat, Group Chat, and Live Chat
► FUN GAMES: Candy Crush -like Jungle Bungle, Tetris -like Sky Tumble, Draw Something -like PenPals, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon and much more.
► COOL ACTIVITIES: Watch YouTube Videos, Take Snapshots, Share Photos, Scribble, Draw and much more.
✓ Unlimited FREE Videochat and Voice Chat over 3G, 4G / LTE and Wi-Fi so you can call and text your friends as much as you want
✓ Log-in with Facebook and instantly connect with your friends
✓ Easy invite through Facebook, Mobile Contacts and Whatsapp
✓ Automatically find friends that have Rounds and have fun using live chat together
✓ Video conference and group video chat room with friends on any Android device
✓ Send text messages for free instant msgs
✓ Save money with Free international video calls to other Rounds members
✓ Watch funny YouTube videos together, listen to music, and sing karaoke together.
✓ Use fun webcam chat effects to take live chat to the next level.
✓ Best camera app to take pics while friends and family video calling
✓ Create a funny chat experience by scribbling on your friend's video images.
Strengthen your friendship with Rounds video chats to make your conversation fun and interactive!
Rounds Video and Voice Chat is the best chat app to stay connected either with individual conversations or by group chat. Of the many video chat apps out there, we guarantee ours is the best for chatting!
Now, you can even answer calls from your Android Wear - See who's calling, and answer or decline the call right from the notification.
Please note - we ask permission to "Use one or more of: calendar, contact information" so that we can easily match you with your friends in just one click
About Rounds:
♥ Learn more at http://www.rounds.com
♥ Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/chatrounds
♥ Need help or have a suggestion? Email us at email@example.com
Telegram seamlessly syncs across all of your devices and can be used on desktops, tablets and phones alike. You can send an unlimited amount of messages, photos, videos and files of any type (.doc, .zip, .pdf, etc.). Telegram groups have up to 200 people and you can send broadcasts to up to 100 contacts at a time. Be sure to check our website for a list of Telegram apps for all platforms.
We built Telegram to make messaging speedy and safe again, without the usual caveats.
Why Switch to Telegram?
FAST: Telegram is the fastest messaging app on the market because it uses a distributed infrastructure with data centers positioned around the globe to connect users to the closest possible server.
SECURE: We made it our mission to provide the best security among mass messengers. Telegram heavily encrypts all your data with time-tested algorithms.
CLOUD STORAGE: Telegram seamlessly syncs across all your devices, so you can always securely access your data. Your message history is stored for free in the Telegram cloud. Never lose your data again!
GROUP CHAT & SHARING: With Telegram, you can form large group chats of up to 200 members, send broadcasts to up to 100 contacts at a time, quickly share large videos, documents (.doc, .ppt, .zip, etc.), and send an unlimited amount of photos to your friends.
RELIABLE: Built to deliver your messages in the minimum bytes possible, Telegram is the most reliable messaging system ever made. It works even on the weakest mobile connections.
100% FREE & NO ADS: Telegram is free and will always be free. We are not going to sell ads or introduce subscription fees.
PRIVACY: We take your privacy seriously and will never give third parties access to your data.
For those interested in maximum privacy, Telegram offers Secret Chats. Secret Chat messages can be programmed to self-destruct automatically from both participating devices. This way you can send all types of disappearing content — messages, photos, videos and even files. Secret Chats use end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient.
SUPPORT: For real-time support, please go to Settings in Telegram and select "Ask a Question" to send a message directly to our support volunteers. You can also email us at email@example.com.
• Make free calls all over the world
• Log messages with Visual Voicemail
• Stay in the loop with 'Moments,' a diary of your friend's activity
• Send instant texts and push-to-talk voice messages
• Create group chats with existing friends or join public chat rooms to create new ones
• Share photos, location, and contact information
• Meet people with social features such as People/Groups Nearby, Winks, and Shake Shake
• Communicate without interruption from in-app advertisements
Coco's mission is to distill the illusion of time, distance and language and provide a fun, free and functional space for all people to instantly connect.
Firefox Browser for Android
FAST. Access, browse and search the Web at blazing speeds.
SMART. Share and search just how you like, and keep your favorite Web content a tap away with our most customizable and intuitive features yet.
SAFE. Make sure your browsing stays safe and private with extensive security settings, add-ons and features like Do Not Track.
In the Press:
"For many Android users, Mozilla's updated Firefox app could quickly become their favorite mobile browser... I've found it to be the best mobile browsing experience I've had yet." – VentureBeat
"The first thing you'll notice about the new version of Firefox for Android is how fast it really is…Firefox stands out for quick page loads and really smooth panning and zooming around web sites. " – Lifehacker
"On my Samsung Galaxy S II, the new Firefox glides smoothly through any web page, whether it's optimized for mobile browsing or not." – TIME
"Firefox for Android is a lot snappier now. It starts up quicker and loads Web pages faster… What that means for the user is a much better browsing experience" – Information week
Key Features:
★ Customizable Home Panels: Customize and display your Firefox for Android Home panels however you like. Add new Web content any time and access your favorite feeds — like Instagram and Pocket Hits — instantly.
★ Sync: Sync your Firefox desktop tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords to all your devices and streamline your browsing.
★ Add-ons: Customize your Web browser just the way you like it with add-ons including Ad-Blocker, Password Manager and more.
★ Speed: Get to the Internet faster, with quick startup and page load times.
★ Accessibility: Over 59 supported languages can be easily selected through the browser settings.
★ HTML5: Experience the unlimited possibilities of the Internet on mobile with support for HTML5 and Web APIs.
★ Mobile Video: Firefox for Android has mobile video support for a wide range of video formats, including h.264.
★Security: Keep your browsing safe and private. Control your privacy, security and how much data you share on the Web.
For a complete list of features, check out mzl.la/FXFeatures
Learn more about Firefox for Android:
★ Have questions or need help? Visit support.mozilla.org/mobile
★ Read about Firefox permissions: mzl.la/Permissions
★ Learn more about what's up at Mozilla: blog.mozilla.org
★ Like Firefox on Facebook: mzl.la/FXFacebook
★ Follow Firefox on Twitter: mzl.la/FXTwitter
Curious about add-ons for Firefox for Android? Check them out on AMO:
★ Browsing: Adblock Plus, AutoPager, Full Screen mobile and more
★ Security: LastPass Password Manager, NoScript, Dr. Web LinkChecker and more
★ Reading: AutoPager, X-Notifier lite and more
★ Watching: Low Quality Flash, ProxTube and more
★ Social Networks: Shareaholic, Foursquare and more
Mozilla is a proudly non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the power of the Web in people's hands. We're a global community of users, contributors and developers working to innovate on your behalf. When you use Firefox, you become a part of that community, helping us build a brighter future for the Web. Learn more at mozilla.org.
Video Calling Free
Do you want to make Free! Call? if you want, how it be to choose? This Video Calling Free Application guide you how to choose the best Video Calling Free, tips and tick, top best Video Calling Free and more!
Video Calling Free app is created for peoples who want to make free and high quality video/voice call & sms.
It provides detailed tutorials covered the most popular free video calls apps, such as Tango, Viber, Lines, Skype, Whatapps etc. For your convenience.
• No phone numbers, just usernames.
• Filters that let you decide who to talk to.
• Memes, funny pics, celebrity news, videos, gifs... share what you like.
• Start a public group chat for up to 50 people with just a #hashtag. Or create a private group.
More than 200 million people use Kik to connect with friends, no matter where they meet them – at school, in a social app, or in an online game. Just ask: "What's your Kik?"
Chat with friends on Android, BlackBerry and iPhone:
• BBM is always on and always connected – no app to open
• Know when messages have been delivered (D's) and read (R's)
• Say 'hello' with BBM Voice – free voice calling between BBM Contacts*
• Quickly share photos, files, documents, voice notes and more
• Allow contacts to view your location live on a map, powered by Glympse*
• See when contacts are responding to your message
• Emoticons for every mood and emotion let you express yourself
With BBM, what you share is yours to control:
• Timed Messages: Set how long contacts have access to messages and pictures shared in a chat before it disappears from the screen.**
• Message Retraction: 'Retract' a message to remove it from your BBM chat.*
• You choose how to share your information - BBM uses PINs instead of phone numbers or email addresses so that it's more private, and you always control who can contact you
• You choose your contacts – 2-way opt-in means you have control over who is able to message you
Chat and Share with many at once:
• Groups – BBM groups help you share pictures, lists, and appointments with group members. You can even be in a group with people who aren't part of your own BBM contact list.
• Multi-person chats – Invite multiple contacts to have a chat together.
• Broadcast messages – Send a message to multiple BBM contacts at one time.
BBM Channels: Join conversations happening now about the things you love.
• Create a new channel to share your thoughts, ideas and passions.
• Subscribe to an existing BBM channel to join chats with others who share your interests.
Create your own BBM profile:
• Post a profile picture using images, pictures or even animated pictures (GIFs).
• Update your status to let people know what you're up to or how you feel
Download BBM for free today.
Data charges may apply
While these features are designed to remove the message or picture the recipient's BBM chat view, they do not prevent recipients from capturing an image of the content by taking a screenshot or using an image capture device. Retracting a message after it has been read by the recipient will remove the message from the BBM chat view, but will not affect copies of the message that the recipient may have made prior to the message being retracted.
*Note features not available on Android smartphones running 2.3.x (Gingerbread)
Libon – Free Calls & Voicemail
• Call all your contacts, even if they are not on Libon
• Call the landlines and mobiles from all around the world**
• More than 100 destinations** in Europe, Africa, Asia, South and North America and more
• Call all your Libon contacts in HD quality: you have unlimited calls from Libon to Libon
• FREE chat with everyone! Really EVERYONE! Your contacts don't even have to be Libon members.
• Send pictures, audio messages and localization to your friends, wherever they might be in the world
• Find all your conversations with each contact (calls, SMS, IM...) on the same screen
• The Libon app puts your voicemail on steroids!
• Amaze your friends with unique customized greetings
• Save precious time: Read your voicemails thanks to the speech to text feature***
BBC Click: "A great idea. Well executed."
You can buy as many Libon Out minutes as you want to make national and international calls and reach landlines and mobiles in more than 100 destinations around the world**.
Choose your Libon Out pack with 10, 100, 200 or even 400 minutes to call landlines and mobiles around the world and stay close to those who matter
• Your Libon Out calls will be counted of the Libon Out minutes available on your account and the countdown is made by seconds,
• The Libon Out functionality is not be available in some countries. Please check its availability in your app.
Any other costs?
• If you also choose to use the Libon voicemail for your mobile calls****, your operator will probably deduct minutes from your airtime bundle as the calls you missed will be redirected to a standard national number. Do not worry: we make sure to use the cheapest numbers available.
• If not connected in Wi-Fi, data charges from your operator may apply br/>
Follow us and let us know what you think about the app:
• For terms and conditions, please read:
• For privacy policy, please read:
** Call toward landlines and mobiles of 100 countries, including: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam...
See the full list in the app.
*** Features available in French, English and Spanish.
**** Features available only in United Kingdom, United States, France and Spain.
Minimum Android version: 2.3
Minimum screen size: HVGA
imo beta free calls and text
With imo beta, users can preview and try new and experimental IM features. However, the beta app is less stable than the official imo instant messenger app. For the latest stable version, download our official app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim.
We're actively adding new features to the beta app, so please send us feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com. We read every email!
* Free high-quality video and voice calls
* Share pictures and video with friends
* Create groups with friends, family, roommates and more
* Easily share and explore photos in your groups
Yahoo Messenger Plug-in
1. This is not a launchable app on its own, you need to install Yahoo! Messenger to enable the call features
2. To call, press the menu button in a Messenger conversation and tap the voice or video option
3. Video is only supported on Android OS 2.2+ (except for MyTouch 4G & EVO 4G where OS 2.3+ is required)
4. Yahoo! Messenger 1.5 and higher
5. The other user needs to use Yahoo! Messenger for Android, iPhone or Windows PC
Video calling is in beta. We are aware of incoming call volume issues and we will be addressing those soon. Help us improve the product by providing feedback and specific failed scenarios with device information to: email@example.com. Thanks!
WePhone - phone calls vs skype
★ Absolutely Ads Free! ★
★ Turn your pad to phone★
★ NO NEED to apply for account ★
★ Can display the Caller ID ★
★ Great voice quality at very LOW VoIP call rates for US and international calls★
★ Best Call Recorder - record phone calls for free★
★ Free gift credit to start★
★ Pay As You Go with Google Wallet ★
★ Buy More Get More ★
buy $20 get $1 gift credit
buy $50 get $5 gift credit
buy $100 get $15 gift credit
-----Customer REVIEWS-----
"Great phone. I use lots of phone ups and this one works wonderful. Cheap calls really, no complaints. Rates are great. I have six different lines. This one tops them all."
by BackToMInd
"This app is the best. The best app out there for recording calls. "
by Geekman120
"awesome!! This is by far the cheapest service I have found through all my research and the connections are very strong. I am so grateful for this app and would absolutely recommend it to anyone who is looking for an affordable and easy-to-use alternative to the old-fashioned calling card. Thank you!!"
by Grobie2002
With WePhone on your device , you can make worldwide cheap calls with CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND QUALITY.
★ VERY VERY EASY TO USE!! NO NEED to apply for account or make configuration! You get trial phone calls right after download with free gift credit.
★ CALL OVER WiFi/3G/4G/GPRS, NO ROAMING COSTS even make phone calls from abroad,call from anywhere with the same rates!
★ RATES ARE AMAZINGLY LOW! Only list a few:
United States: $0.0068/min
China: $0.019/min
India: $0.025/min
Kuwait: $0.061/min
Saudi Arabia: starts from $0.05/min
★ CALLBACK feature allows you make high quality calls even with bad Internet conditions.
★ DIAL DIRECTLY from your existing address book contacts.
★ BLUETOOTH EARPHONE supported
★ CALLS CONVERSATION CAN BE RECORDED, the recording wave file can be shared via email or download to your computer
★ CALL CONVERSATION IS ENCRYPTED. Phone service cannot be blocked in any countries.
★ easily purchase PAY-AS-YOU-GO credits using Google Wallet account right within the APP.
★ No hidden costs, no connection fee.
★ NO EXPIRATION DATE for your credits
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Thursday, 15 January 2015
Droid Mk7 - a colonial factory turned destroyer
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Big EyeA Big Eye could take in raw materials delivered by Hoppers and smaller robots and then produce just about anything from buildings to robots. Eighty colonial buildings could be built in a day, housing eight hundred people. Before the Droid war, every Fleet cruiser would carry between 8 and 10 Big Eyes to help colonies stricken by a natural disaster. The brightly painted Big Eyes were adored by the colonists that they served. They were named after local personalities and decorated with murals and bunting. Once a colony had built a more permanent manufacturing plant, the redundant Big Eye would become a proud restaurant or hotel.
Mk 7The Droid Mk 7 is an unpainted Big Eye programmed solely for the construction of Droids, which it can spew at a fearsome rate. Rather than minerals, the Mk 7 feeds on the colony buildings it was originally designed to construct. If the supply of raw materials is slick enough, the Mk 7 can create a Mk 3 Droid in a minute. This is much slower than a Droid-captured colonial manufacturing plant but is often enough to turn the tide.
How it is usedThe Mk 7 is usually deployed by a Droid cruiser if the resistance on planet is stiff and the Droids haven't taken over a manufacturing plant already. It is deployed into Orbit stocked with resources and then makes its own way to the surface in a few hours, building its own fighter defence (Droid Mk 4) on the way down. Mk 7s prefer to circle the edge of the city (an echo of their original programming) and will build a workforce of Mk 1s to feed its enormous gaping mouth.
The Mk 7 is part of the up-and-coming Fleet Setting. Check my progress on the Trello board.
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Droid Mk 6 (the pod) complete
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
That complete, I began diligently working on the Pod only to discover that what I was creating was far too similar to the WH40K Space Marine Drop Pod. No doubt while I was creating it, I was channelling a deep subconscious echo from my past.
This weekend I managed to squirrel myself away for just long enough to work on the model. Notebook sketches lay strewn across my desk, so it was easy to see it in my mind's eye.
As the Pod enters a planet's atmosphere, the rings eject and fly back along its path until there is just the base of the Pod with the Droids standing on it. It's important that the Droid Pods are not a perfect design; they were simply ideas in the Imperial intelligence when the Droid scourge came and the Droids are unable to evolve designs. Every time a Droid Pod lands, some of the Droids inside do not survive.
Now the Mk6 is out of the way (and not particularly exciting for me), I can take a deep breath and plough into the other remaining Droids.
Monday, 29 December 2014
An example of the graphics going not-so-well
Monday, 29 December 2014
A Droid pod is an egg shaped one-use space craft that can perform a single light jump up to 4 units (4 squares on the cluster map). A pod carries a selection of Droids with the intention of landing on a planet, securing a manufacturing facility and then destroying all life. Pods carry a variety of Droids up to Mark 3. All Droids in a pod are the same variant.So I started with 8 Droids Mk3s facing outwards. Even if a few are mashed in the landing, there's plenty there to ruin the day of a player team of Troopers. I began by arranging the Droids in a circle and then built the pod around them using lots of octagon sections and cloning in a circle. I stopped when I got this far:
It had the right kind of feel to it but looked a little too much like this:
Which is a Warhammer 40K Space Marine Drop Pod. I know I can't invent everything afresh but I think my model cuts a bit too close to the bone on this one.
Stop, salvage, start againAt times like this, you can either keep going or salvage what you can and start again. For me, I can't put art into a book that is so close to something else. Anyone would have thought that I had copied the Space Marine Pod. Perhaps there was a subconscious draw toward the familiar. I can salvage the eight Mk3s in the middle but the outside is going to have to go. I might have to be a bit more literal with the egg shape. I hope that these thoughts give a little solace to other RPG authors who struggle with their art; you're not alone!
I'll post up the finished Droid Mk6 pod when it is complete.
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Never leave well enough alone
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
I believe that if the ethos of the game's background is strong enough, you can swap out the mechanics without too much harm. DnD has done that successfully for years. You might not like the mechanics on any given iteration but the DnD ethos of background and core concepts remains familiar enough to be called DnD. I've even (semi-jokingly) suggested swapping out all the Icar mechanics for the lightweight Shared Pool; just to see if it was still fun to play.
Backgrounds can mature, mechanics can be swapped but that leaves the assets of the game: its art, layout and phrasing of text. As your experience grows and the tooling becomes more affordable, you will undoubtedly find that the assets do not age well. You can see how much the Droid poster-child, the Mk3 has evolved over the years on the right. It pains me to post the old images but I hope it helps budding artists see a very long progression!
Perfect is the enemy of doneI'm a tweaker. I tweak. Endlessly. I see something I am not happy with and I want to change it. Once I have seen something that I'm not happy with, it will eat away at me until I do something about it. I know that it is useless to fight it. It's part of what makes me me.
Raymond Loewy, a legendary industrial designer, wrote the book "Never Leave Well Enough Alone" where he made the case for looking at things that had a long established style and then changing them. When creating an RPG from afresh then I would recommend doing just that - looking at the long established style of fantasy/supers/sci fi/modern RPGs and then changing them. When you have a lumbering monolith of 20 years work, you can't do that - you would end up going around in circles. In that respect, working on mature games is just like writing a new one. Sometimes you have to accept that something wasn't quite right and move on to the next thing.
Not quite following my own adviceIcar began life on a Zenith 2Mhz PC, single colour (yellow Hercules monitor) with dot matrix printer and everything saved on a 360KB 5¼ inch disc. Today Icar is created on a PC running four cores at 2.67 GHz with 12GB of RAM. The current Icar assets folder is 11GB on a 2TB drive. When I started doing the 3D models in 1996, I had a 200Mhz computer and a modest render would take a day and a night, in 1999 I went to 400Mhz and it would take the same time because I would use more complex models! The more I learnt, the more power I needed. Spare time is my new enemy.
While working on the Fleet Setting book (check my progress on Trello), I have been detailing the Droids and I'm up to the Mk 5 (the Droid pod). The Droid pod is a one-use spacecraft for delivering a clutch of Droids to a planet's surface. I wanted to start the model by clustering together a clutch of Mk3 Droids (my favourites) and building around them.
Then I started to see the errors in the model and began fixing them. I finished four hours later. To help you understand why I had to change it, I've put together an image that points out what I see when I look at a render. You might need to click through to the large image as the details can be subtle. Icar's rulebooks are all created at 600DPI and downsized to 300DPI for the PDF, you'll see them at 300DPI.
Saturday, 23 August 2014
New vehicle: The Bull utility vehicle
Saturday, 23 August 2014
The size of the Bull is ideal for use within a Mex city; while not being too small to fit a powerful set of generators and a Grav engine. Orbit capability and a ubiquity means that it fills and important gap in the Icar universe that has been missing for a very long time. If your group are up to any dodgy shinanigans then you can't go far wrong with a Bull, they are everywhere and the vast majority are yellow with black stripes!
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Originally designed by The Vehicle Boutique in 34519, the Bull utility vehicle was an instant hit. Since then, the design has become a standard and Bulls are built without license by small manufacturing companies across Human Occupied Space. Reliability, simplicity and low cost, it can serve a huge number of functions from pulling spacecrates to medical evacuation.
The Bull itself is the cab of the vehicle, the rear part changes depending on its use. The most common Bull load is a common 10m cube space crate (pictured). Other common uses are flatbeds, heavy lifters and utility vans for small businesses.
The Bull can operate between the planet surface and orbit, although it is notoriously slow.
Being so commonplace, Bulls are connected with organised crime as they are the perfect vehicle for performing criminal acts in without raising suspicion.
Bulls lose their value immediately on purchase as second hand Bulls are difficult to determine the age or lineage. It can be difficult to tell if it is 10 or 1000 years old and what sort of a life it had.
Sunday, 10 August 2014
The Fleet Cruiser
Sunday, 10 August 2014
General statistics
- Command crew (Captain, First Officer, Chief Tech, Chief Medic, Chief Combat Operations)
- 200+ Stub Wing pilots with 300+ Stub wings.
- 20 Drop ship pilots with 40 Stone drop ships.
- 2+ Trooper Units (100 Troopers)
- 100 Engineers and Medic staff.
- 30 support staff (gunners etc).
Power and driveAll Fleet craft use Ion generators that pull energy in its raw form through from a parallel dimension (the second medium). The generators are situated around the spacecraft such that if catastrophic damage is taken then it can still operate. It has 15 light jump engines of three different kinds. The standard engine is the Curve Surf engine that can chew through roughly 15 light jump units in an hour. The second type is Point-To-Point Light Jump engine, which allows the craft to jump a little further and instantly but requires a "cool down" where the spacecraft cannot jump. This is the same type of engine as used by many civilian craft. The final type is a standard Light Jump engine, which can only be used away from heavy masses (such as planets and stars). The reason for having different types is that each engine is progressively more reliable when faced with oddities in the space-time continuum.
WeaponryThe Cruiser has 25 20-gauge pulse laser clusters, allow it to fire up 25 different targets at once. Like civilian craft, each of these must be operated by a human gunner. The Cruiser is also fitted with two "from orbit" weapons that are used to support troopers on the group. The first is an Orbital Canon, which can fire devastating area-affect kinetic shells at a planet's surface and an Ion Lance, which is a beam of energy akin to a constant nuclear blast without radiation.
Model Designer NotesThe shape for the Fleet Cruiser has been exceptionally difficult for me to nail down. I have had the shape in my head for more than twenty years and getting that into 3D modeling software is exceptionally difficult. I have had many failed attempts and notebooks filled with drawings, designs and ideas. I finished the model in April this year and set about texturing it, making use of very high resolution "UV" image maps and lots of detail - far more than put into any other model.
That's where it stalled. The shape was right but the renders looked wrong. While writing another post on "why spacecraft don't have windows", I realised that the Cruiser had to be smooth. I had piled on detail and with each line, indent, and sheen, I had stepped away from what a Fleet Cruiser is: a dark grey, featureless utilitarian craft. Smoothness is strength, every indent or nook is a weakness to be exploited. The semi-random "hull plate" patterns I use on the civilian renders would not be right on a Fleet Cruiser, the hull is woven in one piece, it's repaired by minuscule robots. The final render is plain but it is intended to be.
Where's the spec sheet?I do not plan to create one as the Fleet Cruiser is not something that players can own. Instead they are to be used for awe in most campaigns, support in the up-and-coming Trooper's campaign.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
The Pink Stripe - scavenger spacecraft
Saturday, 8 March 2014
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The Pink Stripe used to be a lot of things. It used to be a Blackwater. Bits of it used to be a Bailey. It used to be two perfectly serviceable spacecraft. It is typical of a Fringe "Salvage Vessel", modified on the move, making the best of components that are available without ever really having enough investment to make it a good vessel. A Scavenger would recognise it as one of their own instantly.
The Pink Stripe's heritage is firmly with a Blackwater. The Grav Plate fins have long since been replaced with larger, more capable plates. The legs that attach them to the forward crew compartment have been bent outwards and strengthened to make way for a rear cargo bay that shields the vital organs of the craft: its Grav Engine and Generator. The rear cargo bay also houses a weathered Orbihaul and enough room for a considerable amount of salvage. A number of hidden gun clusters provide the Pink Stripe with combat versatility and patchy armour toughens up the hull considerably.
Even with a stronger light jump engine and some suspicious Grav Engine modifications, this Scavenger craft is slow through light jump and does not have enough scape pods for the crew it can service.
One has to look deeper into the Pink Stripe before you really get a feeling for this vessel. The quality of the welds is exceptional, the energy web that serves power throughout the craft is armoured, the AI is tough and useful in an difficult situation and compared to its Blackwater bretheren it's exceptionally tough. The iris airlocks (usually a weak point) have been armoured, making them structural and the inside is in very good working order. For a small vessel, it really has had a lot of love poured into it.
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Words of Wisdom by Swami Satchidananda
- Finding Eternal Happiness
"The goal of human life is to find eternal
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"God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti."
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You cannot say exactly what will open your mind and when it will happen. The real knowledge or wisdom will not dawn slowly. Once you get it, you have it. If you don't get it, you don't have it. The realization doesn't come little by little. Realization is instantaneous. When will it happen? Nobody can tell you. Even a small, trifling thing could do it.
I will tell you a story about a saint named Patinatar. His father was a very rich man who had made a lot of money from shipping and other businesses. The father had seen many saints and sages and had studied a lot, but nothing had opened his mind to the Truth. He repeated his mantra regularly, performed religious rituals, did all the spiritual practices, but wisdom didn't dawn in him. One day he asked his son, Patinatar, to take his ship and go buy some merchandise. Patinatar went to an island and saw the poor people there. He spent all the money, millions of dollars, on helping these people. Patinatar realized that he couldn't go home with an empty ship, so he filled the entire ship with cow dung cakes, which were probably worth a hundred dollars or less. Then he sailed home.
As soon as the boat arrived, some of the boatmen ran to the father and told him, "Your son has gone crazy. He spent all of your money, and all he came back with is cow dung." The father was so upset that he didn't even want to see his son. When Patinatar arrived at the house, his father was not even there to greet him.
Patinatar gave a small package to his mother and said, "Please give this to my father when he comes. I will see you later." With that, he walked out. When the father came home, he asked, "Where is my son?" His wife told him that Patinatar had come and gone, and gave him the package. When the father opened the package, he found a broken sewing needle and a note. The note said, "Even the eye of a broken needle will not come with you on your final journey." As soon as he read those words, he immediately took off his fancy clothes, put on a loin cloth, said goodbye to his house and his businesses, and walked out. Realization had dawned in him. He had heard many hundreds of stories before, he had read volumes, he knew all the philosophy, but nothing had opened his eyes until he saw these few words.
Realization can dawn with the smallest thing. It doesn't have to be a big blow. That trifling thing is what you call the final straw. Wisdom dawns that way. At any moment, anything could be the last straw for you. Then you are enlightened. Until then, you are still preparing yourself. You are getting ready for that moment.
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In a facsimile system, an acoustic coupler is used to connect a facsimile machine through a telephone handset to a telephone line and a remote machine. When a machine is receiving, audible signals at the earpiece of the telephone handset are directed toward a microphone which is wired to the machine. The signal-to-noise ratio of received signals is improved by a preamplifier placed in the coupler as close as possible to the microphone. The preamplifier amplifies the microphone signals before they are subjected to noise or other interference in the wires leading to the receiving machine.
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United States Patent Sweenie et al.
[151 3,657,479 51 Apr. 18,1972
s41 ACOUSTIC COUPLER AND 3,277,243 10/1966 Fairbairn ..179/s1 PREAMPLIFIER FOR FACSIMILE 3,319,003 5/1967 Prager ..l79/l C MACHINES 3,449,522 6/1969 Crane ..l79/l C [72] inventors: Richard E. Sweenie, Champaign; James M. Primary Examiner Ra1ph Blakeslee Griffith, Urbana, both of lll. Ammey Richard seeger [73] Assignee: The Magnavox Company, Fort Wayne,
Ind. [57] ABSTRACT Filedl 1970 In a facsimile system, an acoustic coupler is used to connect a [21] A 1 N0 89 443 facsimile machine through a telephone handset to a telephone line and a remote machine. When a machine is receiving, Related U.S. Application Data audible signals at the'earpiece of the telephone handset are directed toward a microphone which is wired to the machine.
[63] 583321525 of 1968 The signal-to-noise ratio of received signals is improved by a preamplifier placed in the coupler as close as possible to the [52] U.S. Cl. ..l79/1'C microphone The Preamplifier amplifies the microphone [51 1 Int. Cl. ..H04m 1/00 Signals before they are Subjected noise other interference in the wires leading to the receiving machine.
[56] References cued 5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,402,341 6/1946 Patterson C l6] /fl I6 m lee 24 23 28 L 23 45 26 3s l I l 20 I as 35 n 30 22 34 32 33 m is U \I P l u 00 & IL C5 O 329 Q) o 6 U 2| PREAMPLIFIER 20 F l I re RECEIVING COUPLER liEIROPHONE MACHINE ll PawIIIed April 18 1912 3,7,49
3 Sheets-Sheet l I 0 (TRANSMITTER) ACOUSTIC COUPLER I4 INVENTORS RICHARD E. SWEENIE JAMES M. GRIFFITH BY W M ATTORNEYS Patented Aprili 18, 1972 3 Sheets-Sheet z E 4 WE EDOU UEIWDOU INVENTORS E mm VI H E W N R R .G O E T D T R A E mm M m Patented ApriI 18, 1972 3 Sheets-Sheet s PREAMPLIFIER ZOl TO RECEIVING MACHINE I I GROUND COUPLER g/IIEZROPHONE INVENTORS RICHARD E. SWEENIE JAMES M. GRIFFITH BY 91%, ML A TORNEYS ACOUSTIC COUPLER AND PREAMPLIFIER FOR FACSIMILE MACHINES This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 774,832, filed Nov. 26, 1968, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Our invention relates to an improved acoustic coupler for facsimile machines, and particularly to such an acoustic coupler that provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio when facsimile machines are used to receive.
Facsimile systems are used in business, industry, and other activities to scan a paper or document at one location and transmit electrical signals to a remote location where the scanned paper or document is reproduced. These facsimile systems are designed to be used with an ordinary telephone handset. A person who wants to send or receive a document by facsimile can use his telephone to call the desired distant person. After the call is established, the persons at both ends connect their facsimile machines to their telephone handsets through respective acoustic couplers. Each' acoustic coupler provides a two-way acoustic or audible link or coupling between a facsimile machine and a telephone handset, so that permanent or wired connections do not have to be made between the facsimile machine and the telephone lines. Such an acoustic coupler makes the facsimile machine much more useful and versatile, since the machine can be carried from one location to another and easily connected by an acoustic coupler to a telephone handset which in turn may be connected to any other telephone at any other location. When a facsimile machine is used to transmit through an acoustic coupler, good signals are provided because a relatively high level audio sound is applied by the acoustic coupler to the telephone mouthpiece. However, when the facsimile machine is used to receive through an acoustic coupler, the only available audio sound is that supplied by the telephone earpiece. This audio sound must be directed to a microphone in the acoustic coupler, and is subject to extraneous sounds and noises. Further, the electrical signal produced by the microphone is at'a relatively low level, typically in the order of 50 microvolts, so that this electrical signal is also subject to noise and interference. If the acoustic coupler and facsimile machine are at a location where there are relatively high level electrical signals, such as produced by electric motors or computing apparatus, these high level electrical signals are coupled into the cable between the acoustic coupler and the facsimile machine in the form of undesired noise. We have found that in some installations or locations, the signal level produced by the microphone in an acoustic coupler is so low and the extraneous electrical signals are so high that the signal-to-noise ratio is very poor. This very poor signal-tonoise ratio results in a reproduced document that either does not convey the desired intelligence or information, or does not convey the desired intelligence or information with the necessary clarity. The noise signals present along with the desired microphone signal may cause marks or other background indications on the document reproduced, so that the document is of very poor quality.
Accordingly, an object of our invention is to provide an improved acoustic coupler which can be used with a telephone handset and a facsimile machine to provide better documents when the facsimile machine is used to receive.
Another object of our invention is to provide an improved acoustic coupler having the advantages of versatility, and at the same time having a relatively good signal-to-noise ratio when the acoustic coupler is used for receiving.
Still another object of our invention is to provide an improved facsimile acoustic coupler having a receiving preamplifier which amplifies the microphone signals produced by received audible signals, so that a good quality of document can be produced by the facsimile machine.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Briefly, these and other objects are achieved in accordance with our invention by an acoustic coupler having a microphone for receiving audible signals and producing elec' trical signals, and having a loud-speaker for receiving electrical signals and producing audible signals. A preamplifier, preferably having a transistor, is mounted directly in the acoustic coupler as near the microphone as possible, so that the leads between the microphone output and the preamplifier input may be as short as possible. The electrical signals from the microphone are thus amplified before appreciable interference or noise signals are mixed in with the microphone signals. The preamplifier output is coupled to the facsimile machine input by leads in a cable which may also have other leads connecting the facsimile machine output to the acoustic coupler loud-speaker. This cable may be relatively long, but the signal-to-noise ratio for the electrical signals from the microphone will still be relatively good since the electrical signals from the microphone were amplified at the acoustic coupler. For a given location, we have found that an acoustic coupler with such a preamplifier for the microphone provides relatively better documents when a facsimile machine is used to receive.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The subject matter which we regard as our invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the claims. The structure and operation of our invention, together with further objects and advantages, may be better understood from the following description given in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a facsimile system which utilizes acoustic couplers in accordance with our l invention;
FIG. 2 shows an enlarged perspective view of a facsimile machine, an acoustic coupler, and a telephone handset used in the facsimile system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of an acoustic coupler in accordance with our invention for preamplifying the electrical signals produced by the microphone in the acoustic coupler; and
FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a preferred preamplifier for use in our invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In FIG. 1, we have shown a facsimile system having two facsimile machines l0, 11 connected over a telephone system 12. Usually, both facsimile machines 10, 11 are arranged so that either machine can be used to transmit or receive. In FIG. 1, we have assumed that the facsimile machine 10 is used as a transmitter for scanning a document which is to be reproduced by the facsimile machine 11, so that the facsimile machine 11 is used as a receiver. The facsimile machines 10, 11 are known in the art, so they will be only briefly described. When used as a transmitter, the facsimile machine 10 scans a document, such as with a moving spot of light, and uses a light sensitive device for producing electrical signals indicative of the specific area on the document being scanned. These electrical signals may take various forms, although frequency modulated signals are typical. The transmitting facsimile machine 10 converts the electrical signals into frequency modulated signals having an audio frequency indicating the relative lightness or darkness of the document area being scanned. These frequency modulated signals are connected by a cable 13 to an acoustic coupler 14 having a loud-speaker or similar acoustic transducer which converts the electrical signals into audible signals. The audible signals are directed toward the mouthpiece of an ordinary telephone handset 15. The telephone handset 15 is connected through the remainder of the telephone to the telephone system 12. By previous local or long-distance connections, a person at the transmitting machine can have established a connection with a telephone handset 16 at the location of the receiving machine 11. While we have shown the telephone system 12 as comprising simple open wire, it is to be understood that the telephone system 12 may utilize any conventional telephone facilities, such as cable, cable carrier, or radio carrier. The telephone at the receiving machine location has its handset 16 connected by an acoustic coupler 17 and a cable 18 to the receiving machine 11. When the acoustic coupler 17 is used in the receiving mode, the audible signals produced by the earpiece of the telephone handset 16 are directed toward a microphone in the acoustic coupler 17. The microphone in the acoustic coupler 17 converts these audible signals into electrical signals which are carried by a cable 18 to the receiving machine 11. The receiving machine 11 has appropriate electrical apparatus for converting the electrical signals into mechanical functions which mark or produce marks on a document. If the receiving machine 11 is properly synchronized with the transmitting machine 10, the document produced by the receiving machine 11 will be a fairly faithful and complete reproduction of the document scanned in the transmitting machine 10. From this description, it will be seen that the acoustic couplers 14, 17 make the facsimile machines 10, 11 more flexible or versatile. The facsimile machines 10, 11 do not have to be permanently wired to a telephone line, so that the machines 10, 11 can be used with any ordinary telephone handset at any location, and so that the telephone handset and its line can be used for conversation when desired.
FIG. 2 shows an enlarged perspective view of the receiving machine 11 connected to its acoustic coupler 17 by the cable 18, and the telephone handset 16 (shown in dashed lines) positioned on the acoustic coupler 17. When the telephone handset 16 is used for receiving, the audible signals produced by the earpiece are subject to some interference from extraneous audible sounds or noises. For this reason, the telephone earpiece is preferably positioned in a structure, such as the walled arrangement shown in FIG. 2, for blocking as many of these extraneous noises as possible. This improves the operation to some extent. However, we have found that the length of the cable 18 connecting the acoustic coupler 17 to the receiving machine 11 subjects the electrical signals produced by the microphone in the coupler 17 to electrical noise and interference. This is particularly true where the acoustic coupler 17 and the receiving machine 11 are used in locations having motors, computers, or other electrical devices. Such devices are relatively common, particularly where a receiving machine 11 is provided.
FIG. 3 shows the acoustic coupler 17 provided with a preamplifier 20 in accordance with our invention for improving the signal-to-noise ratio when the acoustic coupler 17 is used with a receiving machine such as the machine 11 in FIGS. 1 and 2. With reference to FIG. 3, the acoustic coupler 17 comprises a base 21, a top 22 positioned on the base 21, and a sound-shielding wall structure 23 positioned on the top 22. The wall structure 23 may hold switches and other electrical apparatus indicated by the reference numeral 26. A microphone 24 is positioned within the wall structure 23, preferably on pivots 25, so that the microphone 24 can be positioned as closely as possible to the earpiece 16e of the telephone handset 16. The wall structure 23 and the microphone 24 may also be moved along the top 22 to permit the microphone 24 to be adjusted for different sizes of telephone handsets. The microphone 24 is preferably encased around its sides and bottom in a suitable resilient material 28 (shown partially in section) to protect and cushion the microphone 24. The preamplifier 20 is preferably in the form of a printed circuit board which is of the proper shape and which is small enough to fit beneath the microphone 24 at the bottom of the material 28, so as to be as close as possible to the microphone 24. Thus, the leads from the microphone 24 to the preamplifier 20 are as short as possible, and reduce the possibility of noise or interference signals being coupled to the microphone signals. The output of the preamplifier 20 is coupled by a set of leads 30 to a second printed circuit board 31. This printed circuit board 31 is fastened to the base 21 by suitable supports or pillars 32, and may include a second amplifier, telephone line equalizers, a filter, and a limiter if desired. The printed circuit board 31 is connected to a printed circuit board connector 33. The connector 33 provides connections between the cable 18 and the printed circuit board 31, and also provides a connection over suitable leads 34 to a loud-speaker 35. The loud-speaker 35 permits the facsimile machine 10 to transmit. The loud-speaker 35 is also positioned on the top 22, preferably on pivots 36, so that the mouthpiece 16m of the handset 16 can be positioned as closely as possible to the loud-speaker 35. By positioning the preamplifier 20 directly in the acoustic coupler 17 and as close to the microphone 24 as possible, we have found that the ratio of microphone signals to extraneous noise is greatly improved, and thus provides improved reproduced documents. Electrical signals and noise around the facsimile receiving machine do not have the detrimental effect that they would if the signals from the microphone 24 were connected directly into the cable 18. As mentioned earlier, these microphone signals may be in the order of 50 microvolts or less, and are highly susceptible to noise over the length of the cable 18. However, by means of our preamplifier 20, the signal level is greatly increased so that the microphone signals are not as susceptible to extraneous noise.
FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the circuit for the preamplifier 20. The preamplifier 20 comprises an NPN type transistor Q1 having its base electrode connected to the microphone 24 through a capacitor C1. The emitter of the transistor Q1 is connected through a resistor R1 to a ground lead. Current feedback is provided by a resistor R2 connected between the collector and base of the transistor Q1. The collector of the transistor 01 is connected through a resistor R3 to a suitable source of positive direct current voltage 13+. The output for the preamplifier 20 may be derived from the collector of the transistor 01 through a capacitor C2. The three leads 30 are connected to the printed circuit board 31 or to the cable 18 for connection to the receiving machine 11 and the indicated B+, output, and ground connections.
The preamplifier 20 has been built and tested with an automatic electric Model 810 microphone being used for the coupler microphone 24. The preamplifier 20 was constructed on a circular printed circuit board mounted directly beneath the microphone 24 at the bottom of the material 28 as shown in FIG. 3. The preamplifier 20 had a circuit voltage gain in the order of 30 with the following components:
Transistor Q1 Type 2N2484 Capacitor C] 4.7 Microfarads Capacitor C2 4.7 Microfarads Resistor R1 10 Ohms Resistor R2 820,000 Ohms Resistor R3 1,800 Ohms B+ l8 volts This arrangement provided a much better signal-to-noise ratio, with a corresponding improved document.
It will thus be seen that our acoustic coupler with a preamplifier provides improved operation for facsimile machines used with acoustic couplers in the receiving mode. In many instances, our preamplifier provides signals which are useful or usable in conditions and environments where the signals would otherwise result in copy that is useless, or at best of poor quality. While we have shown only one embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that modifications may be made. For example, the preamplifier 20 may take various forms, and may be positioned in the base structure 21 of the acoustic coupler 17 if the leads between the microphone 24 and the preamplifier 20 are sufficiently short. Various leads shown in FIG. 3 may be shielded. Therefore, while the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment, it is to be understood that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or from the scope of the claims.
We claim:
1. In a facsimile system having a machine for receiving electrical signals and converting the signals into information on a sheet of paper, improved couplers for connecting the machine to a remote machine by way of standard telephone lines through two telephone handsets each having a mouthpiece and an earpiece, each said coupler comprising:
a. a base;
b. an acoustic microphone mounted on said base;
c. an acoustic loud-speaker mounted on said base;
d. said acoustic microphone and said acoustic loud-speaker being positioned so that a telephone handset can be rested thereon with the mouthpiece of the telephone handset being adjacent to said acoustic loud-speaker for transmitting acoustic signals into the mouthpiece of the telephone handset, and with the earpiece of the telephone handset being adjacent said acoustic microphone for receiving acoustic signals from said earpiece of the telephone handset;
e. said base comprising a wall upstanding about said earpiece to shield the earpiece and acoustic microphone from extraneous sounds;
f. annular resilient cushion elements carried by said acoustic loud-speaker and said acoustic microphone for engagement with said telephone handset and confining the columns of air standing between the acoustic loudspeaker and acoustic microphone on the one hand and the mouthpiece and earpiece respectively of the telephone handset on the other hand;
g. a preamplifier having an input and an output;
h. means connecting said preamplifier input to said microphone;
i. a common support means on said base supporting said acoustic microphone and supporting said preamplifier immediately adjacent said acoustic microphone;
j. means connected to said preamplifier output for connection to a facsimile machine whereby said preamplifier improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal;
k. and means connected to said acoustic loud-speaker for connection to a facsimile machine.
2. The improved coupler of claim 1 wherein said preamplifier is an integral package fixed directly to said acoustic microphone and having leads for supplying electrical power thereto and having leads for deriving electrical signals therefrom.
3. The improved coupler of claim 1 in which said support means on said base pivotally supports said acoustic microphone and said preamplifier.
4. The improved coupler of claim 3 in which said support means is adjustable on said base in a direction toward and away from said acoustic loud-speaker.
5. The improved coupler of claim 4 wherein said preamplifier comprises a single stage transistor amplifier.
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