[j-say list] Re: Help: Still Problems with microphone after upgrade
- From: Fiona Williams <fiona.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:49:28 +0100
Great, Brian!
Sorry should have been clearer: didnt know Dragon could wake-up itself when I'm
not talking & working in a quiet environment!
I'll let you know how I get on
On 19 Oct 2011, at 09:38, "Brian Hartgen" <Brian.Hartgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Fiona
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> You wrote:
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> Didnt know that Dragon could wake/up by itself.
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> BH Yes, I have had it happen to me. I was on the telephone, Dragon awoke and
> transcribed my end of the call!
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> Will be interested in reading further findings and we’ll try and help you
> resolve the problem.
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> From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Fiona Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 9:35 AM
> To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [j-say list] Re: Help: Still Problems with microphone after upgrade
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> Following up on Brian's note.
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> I get your point about Volume for JAWS. But it is at a low level already.
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> Didnt know that Dragon could wake/up by itself.
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> I will try with microphonecompletely off. Though keyboard alternative is not
> a great option at the moment.
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> Thanks, Fiona
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> On 19 Oct 2011, at 09:19, "Brian Hartgen"
> <Brian.Hartgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Fiona
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> I don’t want to point out the obvious, but, have you tried turning down the
> volume of the speech? I just wonder if jaws is being captured by the
> microphone. Starting with Dragon 11.0, and quite prevalent in 11.5, when the
> microphone is asleep it does tend to capture unwanted sound more than the 10
> or 9 series. I don’t know why that is. Presumably if you physically turn off
> the microphone with shift F11 things are OK?
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> Brian
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> From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Fiona Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 8:26 AM
> To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [j-say list] Help: Still Problems with microphone after upgrade
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> Hello,
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> Would appreciate the list’s help. Still have problems with microphone after
> upgrade. Original email below. I’ve done the microphone check and replaced
> the voice profile from an earlier back-up. Please let me know your
> suggestions.
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> Thanks,
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> Fiona
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> From: Fiona Williams [mailto:fiona.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 October 2011 17:03
> To: 'j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Help: Problems with microphone after upgrade
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> Hello,
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> I upgraded to Jaws 12.0.1170, Dragon 11.5 and J-Say 9.1 this afternoon
> (running on Windows 7).
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> My microphone is suddenly behaving very strangely. It’s the one which comes
> with Dragon and has been fine until now. Now my microphone will turn itself
> on from sleep mode by itself. Also when microphone is asleep, and JAWS is
> reading a document, it will suddenly turn itself on. Then it tries to
> interpret background sounds or JAWS speech.
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> As an aside, now occasionally my laptop will suddenly try bring up the Print
> Dialog window – when the microphone is asleep, and JAWS is reading.
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> Suggests for fixes please!
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Fiona
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