[ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard

  • From: "Mike Christer" <m-christer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:05:35 -0000

Please don't tempt fate, it looks like I'm gonna have to do just that next 
week!!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard


> Life is too short to look for problems.  On a scale from one to ten, this 
> one doesn't even rate.  There are a lot worse ones.  For instance, be 
> forced to reformat your hard drive, before you learn to use your back up 
> software...  Been there and done that one!!!.
>
> At 08:35 AM 12/29/2006, Phil Halton wrote:
>>I get it-"why is everything working so well?  What's wrong here"?
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Christer" 
>><m-christer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 6:41 AM
>>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>
>>
>>>Wow!
>>>You gotta be one of the first listers to admit he's looking for problems?
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "neville" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:54 PM
>>>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>>
>>>
>>>>I didn't have a problem with Jaws using the wrong sound card. I was 
>>>>asking because I wan'ted to know why it was working fine with the ones I 
>>>>have.
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Christer" 
>>>><m-christer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:19 PM
>>>>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    I reckon if you've got a problem with JAWS coming thru the wrong 
>>>>> soundcard, then the way to go is as Phil said in his original posting.
>>>>>I guess some of us just don't have an issue with this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Neville" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:22 PM
>>>>>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I was wondering about what you said. I have a sound Blaster Live and a
>>>>>>Delta 10 10. I don't remember having to set up anything like that. 
>>>>>>Jaws has
>>>>>>always spoken through my sound blaster. I can go into the control 
>>>>>>panel and
>>>>>>change it, but there is no need for that.What do you think? .
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Christer" 
>>>>>><m-christer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:38 AM
>>>>>>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hey Phil!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is this really necessary?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have a Delta Audiophile exclusively for JAWS, and I didn't have to 
>>>>>>>make
>>>>>>>any of these settings, and it worx fine!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Not criticising, I'm just interested?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Halton" 
>>>>>>><philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>To: "ddots-l" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:42 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: [ddots-l] Set jaws to speak through a different soundcard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here are those directions for making jaws use the soundcard you 
>>>>>>>>specify
>>>>>>>>for speech output.  This is an excerpt from a JFW tech support 
>>>>>>>>bulletin.
>>>>>>>>Make sure you don't do step two--installing the elloq.jls 
>>>>>>>>driver--its
>>>>>>>>not necessary for versions of jaws above 5.0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Question:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have two sound cards on my computer. How do I make sure JAWS uses 
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>one I want?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Answer:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Many JAWS users who also use music or audio production software want
>>>>>>>>JAWS and Eloquence to speak through one sound card, while using the
>>>>>>>>other for their
>>>>>>>>production work. To do this, you need to edit a file called JFW.ini 
>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>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
>>>>>>>>currently running version of JAWS and find the jfw.ini file in that
>>>>>>>>folder.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>2. Press ENTER to open.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>3. You should find some lines that read:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Synth1Name=eloq
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Synth1Driver=eloq
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The number doesn't matter, it may be 1, 2, or 3, but it must be the 
>>>>>>>>same
>>>>>>>>for all entries for Eloquence.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>4. Add the following line after the driver line: Synth1Port=SB Live!
>>>>>>>>Wave Device Of course, you need to make sure that the synth number
>>>>>>>>matches the other
>>>>>>>>lines, so that if the Driver line read:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sytn3Driver=eloq
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Then the port line would read:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Synth3Port=SB Live! Wave Device
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The text after the = sign in the Port line comes from Control
>>>>>>>>Panel/Sound & Multimedia/Audio tab It must be one of the entries 
>>>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>can be chosen for Preferred
>>>>>>>>Playback device.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>5. Save your changes and exit Notepad. With JAWS version 5.x and 
>>>>>>>>higher,
>>>>>>>>you are done.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you have JAWS version 4.x, you will also need to install the 
>>>>>>>>updated
>>>>>>>>driver. As long as JAWS is running and speaking through Eloquence,
>>>>>>>>eloq.jls cannot
>>>>>>>>be simply overwritten when unzipping the file. You will need to 
>>>>>>>>switch
>>>>>>>>to NoSpeech or MS SAPI to get the 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 made the change to the jfw.ini file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>3. Restart JAWS and it should now be speaking from the sound card 
>>>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>>wanted.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>4. If not, make sure the entries are correct in the jfw.ini file and
>>>>>>>>that your sound card is indeed installed correctly. Most audio and 
>>>>>>>>music
>>>>>>>>production
>>>>>>>>software allows you to select a sound device for it as well, so it 
>>>>>>>>can
>>>>>>>>use one sound card while JAWS uses another.
>>>>>>>>
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