Hi, Well, I have a feeling I've heard this explanation before, and it sounds right. And thanks for making me grin with the Parker reference. But I confess I have no idea how some Jaws users can do this sort of aural and mental multitasking, unless turning down what's meant to be background music really low is the key. I sometimes work at the computer with music playing on my stereo (most recently Branford Marsalis with Harry Connick, Jr.), and I can deal with that. But I can't imagine using the computer speakers right in front of me for both, no matter what the contrast in volume levels. It's stressful enough the way I begin my day, with Morning Edition playing on the radio or the tuner at the same time that I'm surfing the New York Times Online and latimes.com and reading articles and commentary. I think most people would have an immediate nervous breakdown after ten minutes of subjecting themselves to such confusion. I can't imagine having the computer acting schizoid, all day, after that! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: Re: realSpeak This is just a stab since I have no reason to think about a second sound card, but let's say you want to have Charlie Parker playing softly on your computer in the background and use Jaws at the same time. Going through different sound cards, you could control the volumes separately. As another example, our medical transcribing friends may play and control the file to be transcribed through one channel and Jaws through another. If I'm off base, I don't mind and will stand corrected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:55 PM Subject: Re: realSpeak Thanks, but would you mind answering a very simple question from someone inexperienced with these things? What makes a sound card "better," in the way you mean it? I have a Dell computer of recent vintage, a single sound card (I'm not a big techhie, so I have to launch Belarc Advisor to see what it is), it's a SoundBlaster Live 24-bit. Now, I have Jaws with the standard Eloquence software synth, and that works and sounds fine. Sometimes I stream audio or play an .mp3 file or a music CD, and that sounds fine, too. Given this, what use would I make of a second sound card? Something specialized that I don't know enough to be able to imagine, until you tell me? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: realSpeak I have two sound cards because I used an onboard card, and then I added a better sound card later. I use the most recent one, but since I reformatted my computer a few weeks ago, I think certain programs try to use the first card. I need to disable the onboard card in the bios, and hopefully that will fix the problem. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:09 AM Subject: Re: realSpeak Does a person actually need two sound cards in order to make use of these extra voices alongside the Eloquence voices? Or do you use two sound cards for some other reason, basically? I have never heard that I won't be able to take full advantage of the Jaws 8 upgrade unless I learn about dual sound cards and install something new in the way of hardware. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: Re: realSpeak Your suggestion worked. Now I just need to figure out a way to get it to recognize my second sound card. I edited the .ini file in JAWS to get eloquence to work, but that doesn't seem to work for RealSpeak. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: RE: realSpeak Hello Vicki. Do you have jaws for Windows starting automatically? If you have jaws for Windows starting automatically it is very possible that the RealSpeak voices are coming through the soundcard that was installed last. To see if this is your problem unload Jaws for Windows and restart it. I hope this helps. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vicki Wherry Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:19 PM To: JFW List Subject: realSpeak I can't get the realSpeak voices to read in the "say all" mode. The text is being read, that is, the curser is moving, but everything is silent. I somehow got it working yesterday, but I'm not sure what I did. Today, again, it's not working. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be? 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