[ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
- From: "Sarah" <kales2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:42:53 -0800
Hm. ok. my onboard lower end sond card is the Conexant AMC Audio
and my other ones are SB Audigy 2 [FFC0] and Audio Advantage Micro Device.
i had to do a repair on jaws so I can'tremember if I have the line in there
like it is in the instructions.
> Sarah, that's a good question.
>
> As it was explained to me by jaws tech support, when jaws boots, it
> grabs
> the first soundcard it finds. And, it always finds the card
> alphabetically.
> I have two cards--an Echo indigo, and a Soundmax. The soundmax is the
> built-in cheapy, and thats the card I want to assign to jaws, but
> unless I
> override the normal jaws boot procedure, it always comes up speaking
> through
> the echo indigo which is the high-end card I want to use solely in
> sonar.
>
>
> I'm real curious what the names of your soundcards are as listed in
> control
> panel. I'll bet the one you want jaws to use has a lower
> alphabetical name
> than the other one. And, thats why you don't have this problem.
>
> Please write back with those names as they appear in control panel.
> Maybe
> it'll shed some light on the problem for the rest of us.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah" <kales2@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:06 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>
>
>> Hmm. why not do what i do and set the recordin and playback devices
>> in the ctrl pannel and then check the always use default devices
>> box? Take care SA&G
>>
>>> Here are those directions for making jaws use the soundcard you
>>> specify for
>>> speech output. This is an excerpt from a JFW tech support bulletin.
>>> Make
>>> sure you don't do step two--installing the elloq.jls driver--its not
>>> necessary for versions of jaws above 5.0
>>>
>>> Question:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have two sound cards on my computer. How do I make sure JAWS uses
>>> the one
>>> I want?
>>>
>>> Answer:
>>>
>>> Many JAWS users who also use music or audio production software want
>>> JAWS
>>> and Eloquence to speak through one sound card, while using the other
>>> for
>>> their
>>> production work. To do this, you need to edit a file called JFW.ini
>>> and
>>> install the updated Eloquence Speech driver in the accompanying zip
>>> file.
>>>
>>> Editing the jfw.ini file:
>>>
>>> 1. Using My Computer or Windows Explorer, browse your hard drive to
>>> the
>>> currently running version of JAWS and find the jfw.ini file in that
>>> folder.
>>>
>>> 2. Press ENTER to open.
>>>
>>> 3. You should find some lines that read:
>>>
>>> Synth1Name=eloq
>>>
>>> Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
>>>
>>> Synth1Driver=eloq
>>>
>>> The number doesn't matter, it may be 1, 2, or 3, but it must be the
>>> same for
>>> all entries for Eloquence.
>>>
>>> 4. Add the following line after the driver line: Synth1Port=SB Live!
>>> Wave
>>> Device Of course, you need to make sure that the synth number
>>> matches the
>>> other
>>> lines, so that if the Driver line read:
>>>
>>> Sytn3Driver=eloq
>>>
>>> Then the port line would read:
>>>
>>> Synth3Port=SB Live! Wave Device
>>>
>>> The text after the = sign in the Port line comes from Control
>>> Panel/Sound &
>>> Multimedia/Audio tab It must be one of the entries that can be
>>> chosen for
>>> Preferred
>>> Playback device.
>>>
>>> 5. Save your changes and exit Notepad. With JAWS version 5.x and
>>> higher, you
>>> are done.
>>>
>>> If you have JAWS version 4.x, you will also need to install the
>>> updated
>>> driver. As long as JAWS is running and speaking through Eloquence,
>>> eloq.jls
>>> cannot
>>> be simply overwritten when unzipping the file. You will need to
>>> switch to
>>> NoSpeech or MS SAPI to get the eloq.jls to overwrite properly.
>>>
>>> 1. Download the file from
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/eloq.zip
>>>
>>> 2. Unzip the zip file into the root of the active JAWS directory
>>> where you
>>> made the change to the jfw.ini file.
>>>
>>> 3. Restart JAWS and it should now be speaking from the sound card
>>> you wanted.
>>>
>>> 4. If not, make sure the entries are correct in the jfw.ini file and
>>> that
>>> your sound card is indeed installed correctly. Most audio and music
>>> production
>>> software allows you to select a sound device for it as well, so it
>>> can use
>>> one sound card while JAWS uses another.
>>>
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