diff --git a/docs/desktop/gnome/decibels.md b/docs/desktop/gnome/decibels.md index 7cb46fa28e..29b51353c9 100644 --- a/docs/desktop/gnome/decibels.md +++ b/docs/desktop/gnome/decibels.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Decibels Audio Player author: Wale Soyinka -contributors: +contributors: Ganna Zhyrnova tags: - gnome - desktop @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ tags: - flatpak --- -## A Simple, Modern Audio Player +## Introduction **Decibels** is a modern and elegant audio player for the GNOME desktop. It is built on a philosophy of simplicity, designed to do one thing exceptionally well: play audio files. -Unlike full-featured music library applications like Rhythmbox, Decibels does not manage a collection of music. Instead, it focuses on providing a clean, straightforward experience for playing individual sound files. Its signature feature is a beautiful waveform display that allows for easy and precise navigation through the audio track. +Unlike full-featured music library applications like Rhythmbox, Decibels does not manage a music collection. Instead, it focuses on providing a clean, straightforward experience for playing individual sound files. Its signature feature is a beautiful waveform display that enables easy, precise navigation through the audio track. This makes it the perfect tool for quickly listening to a downloaded podcast, a voice memo, or a new song without the overhead of importing files into a library. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The recommended way to install Decibels on Rocky Linux is as a Flatpak from the ### 1. Enable Flathub -First, ensure you have Flatpak installed and the Flathub remote configured on your system. +First, please make sure Flatpak is installed and the Flathub remote is configured on your system. ```bash # Install the Flatpak package @@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ After installation, you can launch Decibels from the GNOME Activities Overview b To play a file: -1. Launch the application. You will be greeted by a clean, simple window. +1. Launch the application. A clean, simple window will greet you. 2. Click the prominent **"Open a File..."** button in the center of the window. 3. Use the file chooser to navigate to and select an audio file on your system (e.g., an `.mp3`, `.flac`, `.ogg`, or `.wav` file). 4. The file will open, and its waveform will be displayed. Playback will begin automatically. ## Key Features -While simple, Decibels has several useful features: +While simple, Decibels has several valuable features: -* **Waveform Navigation:** Instead of a simple progress bar, Decibels shows the audio's waveform. You can click anywhere on the waveform to instantly seek to that part of the track. +* **Waveform Navigation:** Instead of a simple progress bar, Decibels shows the audio's waveform. You can click anywhere on the waveform to seek to that part of the track instantly. * **Playback Speed Control:** A control in the bottom-right corner allows you to adjust the playback speed, which is perfect for speeding up podcasts or slowing down audio for transcription. * **Quick Skip Buttons:** Dedicated buttons allow you to jump backward or forward by 10-second intervals, making it easy to re-listen to a missed phrase.