diff --git a/2001/coupard/README.md b/2001/coupard/README.md
index 9b189172a..2de6e454b 100644
--- a/2001/coupard/README.md
+++ b/2001/coupard/README.md
@@ -14,19 +14,8 @@ make
 
 ## Try:
 
-If you have access to `/dev/audio` or `/dev/sound/dsp`:
-
 ```sh
-./coupard > /dev/audio
-./coupard > /dev/sound/dsp
-```
-
-If you do not, first install [sox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoX). If you
-use macOS you might install it from [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org) or
-[Homebrew](https://brew.sh). Then you can try:
-
-```sh
-./coupard | sox -q -traw -r8000 -b8 -e unsigned-integer - -tcoreaudio
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/2001/coupard/try.sh b/2001/coupard/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..315af9412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2001/coupard/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2001/coupard
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+[[ -z "$CC" ]] && CC="cc"
+
+# in this case we won't fail if we can't compile the code because we can still
+# run the supplementary program.
+make CC="$CC" everything >/dev/null
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+# hopefully sox(1) is installed but we check for it just in case that it's not
+SOX="$(type -P sox)"
+AUDIO="/dev/audio"
+DSP="/dev/sound/dsp"
+
+if [[ -n "$SOX" ]]; then
+    echo "$ ./coupard | $SOX -q -traw -r8000 -b8 -e unsigned-integer - -tcoreaudio" 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    ./coupard | "$SOX" -q -traw -r8000 -b8 -e unsigned-integer - -tcoreaudio
+    echo 1>&2
+elif [[ -S "$AUDIO" ]]; then
+    ./coupard > "$AUDIO"
+elif [[ -S "$DSP" ]]; then
+    ./coupard > "$DSP"
+else
+    echo "SoX not installed. Please install it and try again." 1>&2
+    echo "Tip: see https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/faq.md#sox." 1>&2
+fi
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index f4f8ef7f9..8e34cc346 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -2808,14 +2808,19 @@ void e(n,h){
 
 ```
 
-This was not really worth a thanks per se but it was originally done by adding
-`int`. The better solution is to disable the warning which is what was done
-later on to make it more like the original.
+and for some reason it was being reported as an error. This was not really worth
+a thanks per se but it was originally done by adding `int`. The better solution
+is to disable the warning which is what was done later on to make it more like
+the original.
 
-Yusuke provided a proper command line for macOS (to do with sound; see his
+[Yusuke](#yusuke) provided a proper command line for those without `/dev/audio`
+or `/dev/sound/dsp` (which is most everyone nowadays, it seems, and especially
+those with macOS) (to do with sound; see his
 [/2013/endoh3/README.md](/2013/endoh3/README.md) entry where he also refers to
 sound devices in macOS).
 
+Cody added the [try.sh](/2001/coupard/try.sh).
+
 
 ## <a name="2001_ctk"></a>[2001/ctk](/2001/ctk/ctk.c) ([README.md](/2001/ctk/README.md]))