RE: jfw and sound cards

I don't believe so. This driver was made around the release of JFW 4.02, so=
 Eloquence with newer versions of JFW should be able to support alternate=
 sound cards.


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On 11/19/2003 at 12:00 PM Chip Orange wrote:

>Is it necessary to update the elloquence driver if you have jfw 5.0?
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karen J [mailto:kkj10@xxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:31 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: jfw and sound cards
>> 
>> 
>> Below are the instructions on how to do this.
>> Question:
>> 
>> I have two sound cards on my computer. How do I make sure 
>> JAWS uses the one=3D
>>  I want?
>> 
>> Answer:
>> 
>> Many JAWS users who also use music or audio production 
>> software want JAWS=3D
>>  and Eloquence to speak through one sound card, while using 
>> the other for=3D
>>  their
>> production work. To do this, you need to edit a file called 
>> JFW.ini and=3D
>>  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=3D
>>  currently running version of JAWS and find the jfw.ini file in that=3D
>>  folder.
>> 
>> 2. Press ENTER to open.
>> 
>> 3. You should find some lines that read:
>> 
>> Synth1Name=3D3Deloq
>> 
>> Synth1LongName=3D3DEloquence for JAWS
>> 
>> Synth1Driver=3D3Deloq
>> 
>> The number doesn=3D92t matter, it may be 1, 2, or 3, but it 
>> must be the same=3D
>>  for all entries for Eloquence.
>> 
>> 4. Add the following line after the driver line: 
>> Synth1Port=3D3DSB Live! Wave=3D
>>  Device Of course, you need to make sure that the synth 
>> number matches the=3D
>>  other
>> lines, so that if the Driver line read:
>> 
>> Sytn3Driver=3D3Deloq
>> 
>> Then the port line would read:
>> 
>> Synth3Port=3D3DSB Live! Wave Device
>> 
>> The text after the =3D3D sign in the Port line comes from 
>> Control Panel/Sound=3D
>>  & Multimedia/Audio tab It must be one of the entries that 
>> can be chosen=3D
>>  for Preferred
>> Playback device.
>> 
>> 5. Save your changes and exit Notepad.
>> 
>> Now you must install the updated driver.As long as JAWS is 
>> running and=3D
>>  speaking through Eloquence, eloq.jls cannot be simply 
>> overwritten when=3D
>>  unzipping
>> the file. You will need to switch to NoSpeech or MS SAPI to get the=3D
>>  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=3D
>>  made the change to the jfw.ini file.
>> 
>> 3. Restart JAWS and it should now be speaking from the sound card you=3D
>>  wanted.
>> 
>> 4. If not, make sure the entries are correct in the jfw.ini 
>> file and that=3D
>>  your sound card is indeed installed correctly. Most audio and music=3D
>>  production
>> software allows you to select a sound device for it as well, 
>> so it can use=3D
>>  one sound card while JAWS uses another.
>> 
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>> On 11/18/2003 at 9:13 AM golden wrote:
>> 
>> >hi
>> >How can I install two sound cards and have it configured one 
>> for PC audio
>> >output and the other one for JAWS speech? I want to separate 
>> JAWS from my
>> >PC audio because I don't want to distract the class 
>> unnecessarily with
>> >JAWS screen reader.
>> >thanks so much.
>> >golden
>> >
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>> 
>> Music is the stuff my dreams are made of. To me, everything else is=3D
>>  secondary.
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