Enhanced readme

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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Step one is to open Tools -> Options and set the system up in the way you need.
want to set the audio settings - select the device or sound system you want to record from and
play back to. For Linux you probably want to select "the ear-candy mixer" for PulseAudio.
Create yourself a new book either using File -> New Book or by pressing the New Book icon in the toolbar.
Create yourself a new book either using File -> New Book or by pressing the New Book icon in the toolbar (![toolbar icon](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MajenkoProjects/AudiobookRecorder/master/resources/uk/co/majenko/audiobookrecorder/icons/new.png)).
Your first action with a new book should be to record the "room noise" (![toolbar icon](https://github.com/MajenkoProjects/AudiobookRecorder/raw/master/resources/uk/co/majenko/audiobookrecorder/icons/record-room.png)). This is 5 seconds of silence recorded
from your microphone. It is used to both calculate the "noise floor" for audio detection (see below) and also
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ where the audio amplitude rises above the backround noise).
The phrases also have a "post gap" associated with them. This is the amount of room noise (in milliseconds) to place between
the current phrase and the next phrase when playing or exporting.
Speaking of playing - you have the option (in the toolbar) to either play the currently selected phrase in isolation or
to start playing from the currently selected phrase on to the end of the chapter. This is good for testing your post gaps.
Speaking of playing - you have the option (in the toolbar) to either play the currently selected phrase in isolation (![toolbar icon](https://github.com/MajenkoProjects/AudiobookRecorder/raw/master/resources/uk/co/majenko/audiobookrecorder/icons/play.png)) or
to start playing from the currently selected phrase on to the end of the chapter(![toolbar icon](https://github.com/MajenkoProjects/AudiobookRecorder/raw/master/resources/uk/co/majenko/audiobookrecorder/icons/playon.png)). This is good for testing your post gaps.
Exporting the project creates MP3 files for each chapter using the settings selected in Options.