[ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard

Hey Phil!

Is this really necessary?

I have a Delta Audiophile exclusively for JAWS, and I didn't have to make 
any of these settings, and it worx fine!

Not criticising, I'm just interested?

Cheers

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Halton" <philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ddots-l" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard


> 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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