Can I Hear Your Web Site?

A web site makes great eye candy, but can your web site engage senses other than sight?

Believe it or not, there are actually companies working to add smell and taste to your web sites and emails! For fun, check out www.trisenx.com.

At this time, adding smell requires that your web visitors have special hardware, but adding audio to your web site, e-mails or newsletters can be enjoyed by nearly everyone because most computers already have sound cards and speakers.

The good news is that it is very inexpensive to add audio to your web site, emails and newsletters and you may already have all the tools you need!

Finding or creating sounds.

You can search for sound effects to add to your web site using the sound search engine, www.findsounds.com.

Windows 98 and newer computers come with a program called Sound Recorder that you can find under the [start], then [accessories] then [entertainment] menu. If you have a microphone for your computer, only a $10 - $99 purchase, you can use Sound Recorder to record audio clips you can add to your web site. I