Since we don't know what you are recording, we can't advise you about the best course of action in your case. We can make general statements. You can turn off JAWS speech. In recent versions of JAWS, over the last number of years, the sequence to turn off JAWS speech is JAWS key space followed by typing s. To turn speech on, use the same sequence again. If you are recording something such as an Internet stream, you would have to get a second sound card if you intend to use Audacity for this recording or turn off JAWS speech before you start recording. If you turn off JAWS speech, you will not have any means of verifying that you are actually recording. If you are recording using a line in jack, such as from a stereo, you can change the source to line in in Audacity. Depending on how Audacity is set, you may be able to do this in the sound card but if Audacity is not set correctly, doing this in the sound card won't solve the problem because Audacity will automaticallly change the setting to what it was before every time you run it. If you use the line-in setting, you can have JAWS speak. The speech will not be recorded. Since I don't know what you are recording, it is not clear to me that stopping speech or changing the source will lessen the amount of editing you will do. I doubt you want blank space at the start of the recording. If the choice is between JAWS speech and blank space, you may still not save yourself any editing. Gene ----- Original message ----- From: Jennifer Bose Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:27 PM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi, listers. > > Just wondering what I should do, in either JAWS or Audacity, so that > messages from JAWS aren't recorded when I'm working on something in > Audacity. Do I have to set a different preference in the Audacity > devices menu? Do I do something in the JAWS verbosity settings? For > example, what do I do so that my recordings don't all start with JAWS > giving an indication that I'm in the track table and which track I'm > on? I've been editing this out of the recording, but there must be an > easier way. > > Thanks. > > Jen > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > > The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe