[accesscomp] FW: creating a windows 7 volume control shortcut revised, Dan's tip for tuesday august 19 2014
- From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tektalk discussion" <tektalkdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:32:21 -0700
Robert Acosta, President
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From: dan Thompson [mailto:dthompson5@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 6:44 PM
To: dan Thompson
Subject: creating a windows 7 volume control shortcut revised, Dan's tip for
tuesday august 19 2014
First I genuinely express great regret in assuming some
directions sent to me were correct. I had made my volume control shortcut a
few years ago and must admit to not completely checking that actual run
command out. I believed the person knew their stuff. I also wish to
believe it was a genuine mistake on their part. So I have now went through
these steps by setting them up again on my computers. I delete my old
hotkey and made new ones. They do work. Very sorry again. You know what
assuming does, smile.
Easy Steps to Quickly Adjust Windows 7 Volume Control
by Brad Dunse
And adapted by Dan Thompson
Below are two different sets of directions for creating a volume control
shortcut key. The first just makes a shortcut to the master volume
control.
The second is for making a shortcut to the complete volume mixer controls.
In the first shortcut, there is a space after the command and then a -f is
added at the end to only open the master volume control.
In the second situation, there is no -f at the end so the shortcut will open
the volume control mixer with all controls.
There is an asterisk at the start of each set of directions. So using the
find/replace feature of your word processor, one can jump to the set of
steps of their choice.
The first set of directions is labled "master volume only.
The second set of directions is labeled "mixer controls."
*I. Master Volume Only:
Windows 7 Volume Control Keyboard Shortcut
1. First you must copy the line below to the clipboard for later pasting in
to a shortcut edit field.
a. Using a mouse, highlight the line below that starts with windir. Then
click the right mouse button and click copy.
Sndvol.exe -f
b. Using a keyboard with a screenReader,
place the cursor at the beginning of the line that contains sndvol shown
below. Do this by arrowing down to that line and pressing the home key.
Next press shift plus the end key.
Finally press control plus the letter c. This copies the line to the
clipboard.
Sndvol.exe -f
2. Right click on an empty area on the desktop. Alternatively when using a
screenreader, from the keyboard You can do this by
a. Press windows key plus the letter m. The cursor is placed on the
desktop.
b. Hold down the control key (left or right, it doesn't matter), and tap
the spacebar until hearing "not selected."
3. From the keyboard, press the application key or shift plus f10 followed
by the letter w until hearing "new." If there is only icon starting with w
in this menu, the submenu will automatically open. However, if there is an
additional icon starting with w, you will need to press enter when reaching
your choice of "new" as in this instance.
b. Next press the letter s for "shortcut."
If using a mouse and the pointer is currently on that blank space mentioned
above, click on "new." Then click on "shortcut."
4. In the location area, paste the clipboard's contents by:
a. Using a mouse, click the right mouse button and click on paste.
b. From the keyboard, press control plus the letter v.
5. Tab to the "next" button and press enter
6. In the name area, type in the word volume or whatever you wish to call
this shortcut and then hit enter.
This will put an icon on your desktop.
Now, to assign a shortcut key to the desktop icon, do the following.
1. Focus on the newly named volume icon.
2. Press ALT+Enter to pull up the icon's properties window
3. Tab to the shortcut area and press the letter v or whatever letter or
numeral you wish to use for this shortcut. Windows will insert the keys
control plus alt in that window. So do not be concerned if when pressing
the letter v and the screenreading software says "control plus alt plus v",
or if sighted, you see the keys of control plus alt automatically added.
4. Tab to okay and hit enter.
The shortcut is now created.
To access volume control from anywhere, press alt plus control plus the
letter v.
If you wish not to hear that anoying ding ding as the volume is changed, do
the following:
1. Go to Sound in your control panel or press the start button, type sound
in the search box. Then arrow down to sound and hit enter.
2. Press control plus tab until reaching the sounds tab. If using amouse,
click into the sounds tab.
3. Tab until reaching "to change a sound, click a program in the
following list."
4. Press the letter d until reaching "default sound."
5. Tab twice and arrow up to (none).
6. Tab to apply and hit the spacebar.
7. Tab to okay and tap enter.
Note: Assigning no sound to the Windows default is system wide, but
generally it is a non-important sound notification.
Now, when you want to adjust your music, simply press CTRL Shift V, or
whatever key combo you assigned it, it will pop up right on the slider ready
for you to make adjustments. Use the up and down arrows, Page Up and Page
Down, or your End and Home keys to make your adjustments.
Just press Escape to close it.
The above will also adjust your screen reader if it is also assigned to your
computers sound card or head phones. You can always consult your screen
reader's adjustments or help files to assign it to a different device such
as a headphone or second sound card, that way you can adjust your music
coming from your speakers and not your screen reader in your headphones.
*II. Mixer Controls:
1. First you must copy the line below to the clipboard for later pasting in
to a shortcut edit field.
a. Using a mouse, highlight the line below that starts with windir. Then
click the right mouse button and click copy.
Sndvol.exe
b. Using a keyboard with a screenReader,
place the cursor at the beginning of the line that contains sndvol shown
below. Do this by arrowing down to that line and pressing the home key.
Next press shift plus the end key.
Finally press control plus the letter c. This copies the line to the
clipboard.
Sndvol.exe
2. Right click on an empty area on the desktop. Alternatively when using a
screenreader, from the keyboard You can do this by
a. Press windows key plus the letter m. The cursor is placed on the
desktop.
b. Hold down the control key (left or right, it doesn't matter), and tap
the spacebar until hearing "not selected."
3. From the keyboard, press the application key or shift plus f10 followed
by the letter w until hearing "new." If there is only icon starting with w
in this menu, the submenu will automatically open. However, if there is an
additional icon starting with w, you will need to press enter when reaching
your choice of "new" as in this instance.
b. Next press the letter s for "shortcut."
If using a mouse and the pointer is currently on that blank space mentioned
above, click on "new." Then click on "shortcut."
4. In the location area, paste the clipboard's contents by:
a. Using a mouse, click the right mouse button and click on paste.
b. From the keyboard, press control plus the letter v.
5. Tab to the "next" button and press enter
6. In the name area, type in the word volume or whatever you wish to call
this shortcut and then hit enter.
This will put an icon on your desktop.
Now, to assign a shortcut key to the desktop icon, do the following.
1. Focus on the newly named volume icon.
2. Press ALT+Enter to pull up the icon's properties window
3. Tab to the shortcut area and press the letter v or whatever letter or
numeral you wish to use for this shortcut. Windows will insert the keys
control plus alt in that window. So do not be concerned if when pressing
the letter v and the screenreading software says "control plus alt plus v",
or if sighted, you see the keys of control plus alt automatically added.
4. Tab to okay and hit enter.
The shortcut is now created.
To access volume control from anywhere, press alt plus control plus the
letter v.
If you wish not to hear that anoying ding ding as the volume is changed, do
the following:
1. Go to Sound in your control panel or press the start button, type sound
in the search box. Then arrow down to sound and hit enter.
2. Press control plus tab until reaching the sounds tab. If using amouse,
click into the sounds tab.
3. Tab until reaching "to change a sound, click a program in the
following list."
4. Press the letter d until reaching "default sound."
5. Tab twice and arrow up to (none).
6. Tab to apply and hit the spacebar.
7. Tab to okay and tap enter.
Note: Assigning no sound to the Windows default is system wide, but
generally it is a non-important sound notification.
Now, when you want to adjust your music, simply press CTRL Shift V, or
whatever key combo you assigned it, it will pop up right on the slider ready
for you to make adjustments. Use the up and down arrows, Page Up and Page
Down, or your End and Home keys to make your adjustments.
Just press Escape to close it.
The above will also adjust your screen reader if it is also assigned to your
computers sound card or head phones. You can always consult your screen
reader's adjustments or help files to assign it to a different device such
as a headphone or second sound card, that way you can adjust your music
coming from your speakers and not your screen reader in your headphones.
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