Fumihiko SHINOHARA
Tokyo Gakugei University
Tokyo, Japan

1. Text data
(1) With keyboard
        (method) with keyboard text data together with numeric data are directly input 
                 to the materials.
        (hardware) word processors associated with the Multimedia PCs (MMPCs).
        (software) text editor, word-processing software, both with the MMPCs.
(2) With the use of conversion software (conversion text files to MS-DOS text files)
        (method) converting one into MS-DOS text file and to integrate into the material.
        (hardware) not specified.
        (software) many Text converter are available except a module in the word-processing
                   software such as MS-WORD95, WORD-PRO95,etc.
(3) With the use of Scanner
        (method) with software like optical character reader (OCR), printed materials may 
be input and be converted into text file.
        (hardware) Scanner.
        (software) OCR software such as WinReader, OmniPage, etc.

2. PAINT-type graphic data (image data)
(1) With the use of Pointing Devices
        (method) graphic data created with using software are input directly into the 
                 material.
        (hardware) not specified, but sometimes Tablet will be useful.
        (software) PAINT-type graphic software such as SuperKids, SuperPaint, etc.
(2) With the use of Scanner
        (method) still-pictures and  illustrations are input to integrate into the material.
        (hardware) Scanner
        (software) scanning software such as ColorMagician, PhotoShop, etc.
(3) With the use of video camera
        (method) still-image taken by video cameras are input to video-captureboard and 
                 converted into multimedia material as still-image data.
        (hardware) video camera, video-captureboard, etc.
        (software) software which packaged in the video-captureboard, or software like PhotoShop.
(4) With PhotoCD
        (method) integrate directly still-image on CD-ROM which contains 35mm film pictures in 
                 digital and is produced by DPE shops.
        (hardware) CD-ROM drive, but not old fashioned.
        (software) software such as PhotoShop, etc.

3. DRAW-type graphic data
(1) With Pointing Devices
        (method) with using draw-type graphic software, digital-data are produced.
        (hardware) none , but Tablet will be useful.
        (software) DRAW-type software such as Illustrator, FreeHand, etc.

4. Sound data
        (method) with using software like Windows95 and application software such as Commend, 
                 Q-Media, etc., which has the capability of sound recording, and/or with sound 
                 editing software.
        (hardware) sounddigitizer such as SoundRecorder or sound-board which should be connected 
                   to a serial port or PCI-bus of the computer.
        (software) sounddigitizer software like SoundBluster, SoundEdit Pro, etc.

5. QuickTime and/or WinVideo  
(1)Movie recording through video-captureboard
        (method) With video-captureboard and software, movies (moving image) will be recorded 
                 on the board to integrate into the material, but sometimes a higher capacity 
                 of hard disks or other peripherals such as Magnetic Optical Disk (MO), ZIP disk
                 drives, removable hard disks etc. might be needed.
        (hardware) video-captureboard
        (software) Drivers associated with hardware and/or authoring software such as 
                   AuthorwareProfessional, Q-Media, ToolBook, Director,ExpandedBook etc., and/
                   or presentation software such as PowerPoint, Freelance, Commend, MediaBliz, 
                   etc.

6. Control of audiovisual equipment
(1) Audio CD, LD, VCR Control
        (method) With the use of authoring software such as AuthorwareProfessional, PIONEER 
                 Multimedia ToolKit, the audio CD, LD and VCR equipment are controlled.
        (hardware) Control of audio CD: CD-ROM drive.
                        Control of LD: LD with RS-232C interface.
                        Control of Video equipment: Video with VISCA specification and Vbox 
                                                    interface kit.
        (software) Drivers associated with authoring software and/or software such as PIONEER 
                   Multimedia ToolKit.

Renewal/Updated: Mon, 12 May 1997 22:44:16