[jaws-uk] Re: Fw: Re: Volume Control in System Tray

    Hi Dorothy,

I'm afraid I have to give one of those infuriating, non-committal answers.
It depends upon what happened to the sound on your laptop.

If the volume control was just turned down or the wave or master sound
controls were muted, my idea could have helped.  If, however, the sound
failed because of a more fundamental system problem, then this solution
wouldn't have been any use.

You probably already know that there are a number of different sets of
controls for wave, midi cd sounds etc. and a master set which governs all of
the rest.  All of these controls are brought up by the sndvol32.exe program.

Of course, if you have no sound to help you, remembering the placement of
each of the most likely of these controls is essential.

Having invoked the sndvol32.exe program, you are presented with several sets
of sound controls each of which comprises a balance control and a volume
control both of which are sliders and can be set to 0% to 100% by pressing
the end and home keys respectively.  Large increments in either direction
can be made by using the page down and page up keys and the very small
increments can be made by using the cursor down and cursor up keys.  The
third component of the set is a mute box which can be checked to mute sound.

The first set of three controls govern the overall balance and volume and,
the mute box would shut off all sounds if checked.

Jaws speech and Windows sounds are produced through a method called wave and
the second set of controls govern the wave sounds specifically whilst still
being sub-ordinate to the overall master controls.

If this solution had been of any use to you, I should have suggested the
following approach:

1.    invoke sndvol32.exe, either by using a shortcut described in a
previous mail or pressing WindowsKey+r, waiting a little for the box to open
then typing SNDVOL32.exe, waiting a little more for the controls to appear
then tabbing once and pressing the home key.  This would have the effect of
bringing the master volume up to 100%.

2.    If you still have no sound, tab three times and hit the home key.
This moves the focus to the wave volume control and the home key turns it up
to 100%.

3.    If there is still no sound, back tab, i.e. shift+tab,  twice to land
on the mute all box and press the space bar in case it has been checked.  If
your action has unmuted the master sound, you should have your sound back.
If not, you will have checked the unchecked box and need to press the space
bar again to revert to the unchecked state.

4.    If, yet again, you have no sound, the only other likely control is the
mute wave sound box which you can reach now by tabbing three times.  If this
box is checked, pressing the space bar will uncheck it to allow wave sounds.

5.    If you still have no sound, press the space bar again to reset the
state of the mute wave sounds check box, press alt+f4 to exit the volume
controls and give up on my suggestions.

All of this requires very accurate key control and careful note of where you
are at all times since you have no sound prompts to help you.

The number 32 in the name of the volume controls program denotes the fact
that this program has been written to run under a 32 bit operating system.
Microsoft have incorporated it in to the XP system with that name.

As for 32 bit matters, I  imagine that it would be a subject for another
list or at least for another thread.  Suffice it to say that early computers
ran under 8 bit systems, upgraded in time to 16 bit and normally run under
32 bit at the moment.  The latest machines, however, are using 64 bits.  All
of this increases the amount of memory which a machine can address and
extends the scope of the underlying instructions and calculations that can
be used which, mercifully, most of us mere mortals never have to think
about.

Apologies if this explanation is lengthy and convoluted but it was the only
way I could think of after a day in the Oxfordshire county council office.

Regards,

Phil Medway.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dorothy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <User@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 10:21 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Fw: Re: Volume Control in System Tray


Can you tellme  if what you indicate here would have helped me when on my
laptop I couldn't get the volume to work? as you may recall it was a flaw in
the Toshiba both myself Andrew Hodgeson he had and we were sent a patch to
fix it but for months I was not able to get the volume up. Did you just
create a number yourself. what does the 32 bit if you have time. I was just
reading  the last few in ,     list is quiet I think as  Sport on TV and
half term.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Medway" <philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Volume Control in System Tray


> Hi Belinda,
>
> I have always selected the volume item from the system tray, made my
> changes
> then hit alt+f4.
>
> However, your query got me thinking and I experimented a little.
>
> If you create a shortcut to the volume controls executable on the desktop
> then add a shortcut key, it works quite well and is less bother.  You
> still
> make your changes and press alt+f4 to exit.
>
>
> To create a shortcut on the desktop:
>
> right click on your desktop and find the new sub-menu from the list of
> items.
>
> Cursor right and then  cursor down to the shortcut item and press enter.
>
> You will be asked to enter the path to the item.  Just type sndvol32.exe
> and
> tab to the next button and press enter.
>
> Now you will be asked to type in a name for the shortcut.  overwrite the
> suggested name with whatever you wish.  I chose volume controls.
>
> Now, tab to the finish button and press enter.
>
> You now have a shortcut on your desktop with the name you gave it.
>
> Find this shortcut and press your applications key.
>
> Find the properties item and press enter.
>
> Tab until you find the invitation to enter a shortcut key and chose a
> letter
> which you are not using for any other shortcut.  I chose v.
>
> Now, tab to the ok button and press enter.
>
> If you and I have all of this right, you should now be able to press
> alt+control+v to bring up the volume controls directly.
>
> HTH,
>
> Phil Medway.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bcp Fizz" <bcpfizz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:21 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Volume Control in System Tray
>
>
> Please can someone tell me what is the quickest, easiest way to increase
> or
> decrease the volume in Windows?
> Thanks,
> Belinda
>
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