UML Documentation with Voice

UML abstract big problem visually for easy to understand. Traditionally, modeler describes model element by text. Visual Paradigm for UML supports both text and voice documentation to UML model element. This tutorial will walk you through how to use the voice documentation to record, manage and playback voice documentation. Voice documentation feature also good for recording decision in requirements capturing meeting.

September 16, 2009
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To create voice documentation:
  1. Let's try to create voice documentation for the Place Order use case. Select the Place Order use case and switch to Documentation pane.
    select element
  2. Press the Record button in the Documentation pane, a Record Voice dialog will be shown.
    record
  3. Name the voice as Meeting with John, then press the Record button to start recording.
    record
  4. Once you finish record the voice, you can press the Stop button to end the recording. The Play button allows you to playback the recorded voice directly. You can also press the Cancel button to discard the voice and record it again. Press OK to confirm the recorded voice.
  5. One you confirmed the voice, it will then listed in the Documentation pane. You can click on the voice to trigger the playback.
    playback
  6. Let's record voice for the Return Item use case.
  7. Select Play when selected checkbox in the Documentation pane when you still on the Return Item use case.
    play when selected
  8. Now select Place Order use case, the voice attached to the use case will be played automatically. You can uncheck this option if you don't want VP-UML play the voice automatically for you.
  9. Besides recording voice from VP-UML, you can also attach existing voice file (.wav) to the model. Press the Manage button in the Documentation pane to open Manage Voice dialog.
    manage
  10. Press the Add button, and then select the voice file from your file system.
    add voice
  11. By default the Manage Voice dialog will show the voice for the current working nickname. You can select Show all nicknames to display all voice attached to the model, no matter it is under which nickname.
    show all nickname
  12. You can play specific voice by selecting it and press the Play button at the bottom of the dialog.
    play
  13. You can also reorder the voice using the Up and Down buttons.
    sory

Resources

  1. Customer survey report.wav
  2. OnlineShopSystem.vpp

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written by Sequoia on December 16, 2011

This has made my day. I wish all potsnigs were this good.

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