A digitized sound file (.WAV file) is just a digitized sound file, and nothing else ... isn't it? Surprising to some, some digitized sound files actually contain an information header which can contain extra information about a sound, which can include:

Archival Location (Where the sound is located)
Artist (The artist who made the sound)
Comments (General sound comments)
Commissioned (Who commissioned the sound
Engineer (Who engineered the original sound)
Genre (The sound genre
Keywords (Keywords categorizing the sound)
Medium (The original sound medium
Name (The name of the sound)
Product (The product the sound is in)
Software (The software the sound is in)
Source (The source of the recording used for the sound file)
Source Form (The form of the source recording used for the sound file)
Subject (The sound file's subject)
Technician (The technician who edited the sound file)

Although not every sound contains all (or part) of this information, it may be interesting to find sounds which contain some of this data. To find such information about a sound with Windows 95 (if it exists), simply right-click on a .WAV sound file, choosing "Properties." from the menu which appears. Choose the "Details" tab from the multi-tabbed dialog box "(sound file) Properties" which appears. Follow the instructions under the text "Other Information" to view the information (if you do not see this text, there is no extra information for this sound file). Click "OK" when done.

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