Voice Email

Voice Email is an Outlook extension to reply to emails with recorded messages.

Features

• Natively integrated into Outlook (Shows up as tab on ribbon in message window)
• Attaches recorded audio as MP3 automatically
• Can add in template text (ie. "Reply in attached file")
• Unlimited pausing/resuming
• User-defined template text
• Two different template text messages (ie. business vs personal)
• Lightweight (about 2MB installed)
• Fast conversion to space-saving format (LAME MP3 encoder)

Development

• Set up Visual Studio for Office extension development as shown here
• Clone or download this repository, and open the solution in the source folder.
• Create a Test Certificate (Properties > Signing) to sign the extension, as shown here
• Set Outlook to open when debugging (Properties > Debug > Start external program > Outlook path)
• Configure Publish settings as necessary
• Add lame.exe and BasicAudio.dll to "path" on target system
• Verify installation of addon in Outlook

Credits

• Basic Audio for audio recording
• LAME MP3 for MP3 conversion
• Icons8 for application icons

License

Voice Email is licensed under the MIT License, copyright (c) 2014 Aditya Dalal