[jaws-uk] Re: Help: JAWS not speaking at logon
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:33:54 +0100
Many of these Skype phones seem to cause problems with the onboard sound of
PCs. The very worst seem to disable the onboard sound for the duration the
device is plugged in and Jaws comes through the handset. This one sounds
like it has altered the configuration of the PC even when it is not plugged
in. A suggestion would be to use the Eloquence trick to direct it to the
correct sound device, note that this will only work if the phone has not
disabled the onboard sound, which in your case it doesn't sound like it has.
You will have to adaptor the example below to accomodate your Sigmatel
soundcard but the procedure is the same.
Information below will help you get Jaws to address the right soundcard the
example is for SB live but just subsitute the name windows gives the
soundcard in "sounds and audio" control panel on the "audio" page.
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.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: Norman Octon
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Help: JAWS not speaking at logon
Hi,
Can anyone throw light on this:-
I installed a USB Skype phone on my home machine. Subsequently, Eloquence
did not speak at logon. I then uninstalled the Skype phone, but the problem
still persists. Once at the desktop, if I unload and reload JAWS it speaks
ok.
If I make JAWS default to SAPI5 it works at logon.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling JAWS, also uninstalling
Eloquence, running a previous version of JAWS, but JAWS never speaks at
logon when using Eloquence. I have even tried restoring my system to a
previous state, but it didn't seem to let me.
Has anyone any idea of what might be happening, or how I might cure the
problem? The soundcard is an onboard Sigmatel Audio, and the JAWS version
is the latest 8.0.
Cheers,
Norman
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