title: VoiceRelay: voice key operation using visual basic.
abstract: Using a voice key is a popular method for recording vocal response times in a variety of language production tasks. This article describes a class module called VoiceRelay that can be easily utilized in Visual Basic programs for voice key operation. This software-based voice key offers the precision of traditional voice keys (although accuracy is system dependent), as well as the flexibility of volume and sensitivity control. However, VoiceRelay is a considerably less expensive alternative for recording vocal response times because it operates with existing PC hardware and does not require the purchase of external response boxes or additional experiment-generation software. A sample project demonstrating implementation of the VoiceRelay class module may be downloaded from the Psychonomic Society Web archive, www.psychonomic.org/archive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250, USA. abrams@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011930:Reaction Time; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000295:instrumentation*