There are already JAWS Scripts for increasing and decreasing both the master and voice volume. They just do not have any keystroke normally set. Go into the Keyboard Manager, press Control + Shift + d to open the key assignments for default. Look for the individual functions, like IncreaseVoiceVolume(), press Control + a to add a new key assignment and follow the prompts. These scripts have been around since 5.1 or earlier. Now that Windows 7 and Vista can individually set volume levels for each application with the volume mixer, I wanted JAWS to be able to adjust the volume level for the current application. I have been looking at this for a while. There is a small command line program, nircmd.exe, that I can call from a script to perform the action. The difficulty I ran into was what you were thinking. The program does not physically open the volume mixer, but the exact application name string in the volume mixer needs to be provided. Not only do I not know how to get this, but it is different between Vista and Windows 7. If anyone figures out how to do this, let me know. I think it would be nice to lower the volume of any application, such as Internet Explorer quickly! Don Marang There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. Dean Kamen -------------------------------------------------- From: "Andre Williams" <andre.williams.1965@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:03 PM To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [jawsscripts] Jaws and volume control > Hi everyone. > > I have just joined this list in an attempt to save my hearing. (laugh). > > I am curious if anyone has managed to script jaws so that within the > Windows > 7 master volume control, the jaws entry can be adjusted with hotkeys. > > As many may or may not know, Window eyes uses a different volume control > for > windows sounds and the screen reader. If they can do it then why can't > jaws, > right? I would like to find a way of scripting jaws to accomplish this > same > goal. > > To begin, does anyone know the exact name of the volume mixer entry for > jaws > output? I imagine I first need to know what it is I'm going to manipulate > before I can script it. > > So far I go to run and type sndvol and hit enter. The volume mixer pops up > and I can tab to the separate audio streams. > > How can I find a path to the jaws audio stream in an effort to create a > script that will allow me to adjust the volume? > If this has already been done, please please convey how I can do this. > > I'm using jaws 12 on a Windows 7 home premium 64 bit computer > > Thanks > > Andre > > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > __________� View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts