[JAWSLite] Re: reading voices strange in say all

Problem solved. Thanks much for your help.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchaltain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:17 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: reading voices strange in say all


> It sounds like you have Say All configured to use SAPI 5. Go into
> configuration Manager for your default configuration and go to Set
> Options -> Say All Options .... There you can tell JAWS not to use SAPI
> 5 during Say All or you can change which voice is being used.
>
> The Elf wrote:
>> if the prior suggestions don't cure the problem, please get back to us,
>> there are a few "not on the surface" items hidden in the jaws menu's that
>> can affect such unusual behavior, but I would have to go digging for 
>> there
>> names and exactly where there at.
>>
>> regards,
>> inthane
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:58 PM
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: reading voices strange in say all
>>
>>
>>
>>> Absolutely! Thank you so much for your suggestions.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:13 PM
>>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: reading voices strange in say all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Sherry,
>>>>
>>>> First, determine which screen reader is actually producing the voice by
>>>> Alt-Tabbing through your running applications.  If the voice is coming
>>>> from
>>>> Narrator, simply close it from its user interface and launch JAWS from
>>>> the
>>>> Run dialog (Windows key-R, then type in Jaws 9) or using its shortcut 
>>>> key
>>>> (usually Alt-Control-J).  If the voice is coming from JAWS, focus on 
>>>> JAWS
>>>> and press Insert-Control-S to bring up the list of synthesizers and
>>>> select
>>>> Eloquence.  Once you have set the synthesizer to Eloquence, you can
>>>> change
>>>> the actual voice in the Individual Voice Adjustments dialog box of the
>>>> Voices submenu of the JAWS Options menu.  In this dialog box, tab to
>>>> Person
>>>> and select Reed, the first item in the list of voices if you want the
>>>> default Sapi 4 Eloquence voice that most users prefer.  Of course, you
>>>> can
>>>> also change the voice rate and pitch in this dialog box.  Hope you find
>>>> this
>>>> helpful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jaws-users-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Cc: <jaws-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:09 PM
>>>> Subject: [JAWSLite] reading voices strange in say all
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>>>>> charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>> I just installed Jaws 9 on my computer which is using Windows XP home 
>>>>> =
>>>>> and Outlook Express. I also have a new disk drive and had the people =
>>>>> that installed it put Microsoft Office 2003 on the computer as well. 
>>>>> Any
>>>>> =
>>>>> time I use the read command (insert-down arrow), no matter what 
>>>>> program
>>>>> =
>>>>> I'm in, it reads in this strange slow old-man-sounding voice. I do not 
>>>>> =
>>>>> think it is a jaws voice. They may have set it up for Narrator to kick 
>>>>> =
>>>>> in, but that is just a theory. It seems to do this when I use that =
>>>>> command no matter what program I am in. How can I stop this and just =
>>>>> have it read in the usual elloquence voice? Any help would be =
>>>>> appreciated and thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sherri
>>>>>
>>>>> Check out the link and send your cell phones to help the blind
>>>>>
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>
> -- 
> Christopher
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