[jaws-uk] Re: SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:02:57 -0000
Sorry wendy - wasn't following the early part of this thread, what
version of jaws are you using, where the ability to change synth
settings has changed in latter versions, in version 8 for example in the
jaws application window, under the utilities menu, select the
synthesizer and braille manager item. In earlier versions I would
expect that these functions are still found in the jaws maintenance
area. Certainly in this version if I select to install a dectalk 32 I
am prompted to set the parameters for the device including the output
port. Maybe try looking again at the settings area for individual
synths to see if you can set this value.
Adrian Higginbotham
Project manager, Standards
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Wendy Sharpe
Sent: 24 January 2007 13:29
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
Adrian
Within programs on the start menu I can find JAWS maintenance, but not
JAWS setup wizard. I use JAWS maintenance to modify, checking Dec-Talk
Express synthesiser, but it does not then give me an option to assign a
port to it.
The next screen is choosing the primary synthesiser, which I want to
keep as Eloquence so that JAWS always starts up with that when I boot
up. Can you tell me where I am going wrong?
Wendy
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On Behalf Of Adrian Higginbotham
Sent: 24 January 2007 09:14
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
Wendy - sounds like you are nearly there, serial ports appear on the
system as com ports, the existance of com4 shows that your system has a
new com port - you now just need to assign the dectalk to use com 4
rather than com 1. I suspect that it is currently set to com 1 just
because it defaults to 1 rather than because it prefers com 1 over other
ports. Just a matter of going back in to the jaws set-up wizzard and
adjusting the dectalk settings.
In case of future mis-hap it might be worth you getting yourself
familiar with the keystrokes to fire up jaws with eliquence which in
latter versions is under start menu, jaws.versions, tools, start jaws
with eliquence.
Or alternatively install something low cost such as thunder (which is
free) which can easily be started from the desktop to get you out of
sticky situations when you lose speech with your main screenreader.
Adrian Higginbotham
Project manager, Standards
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=3D20
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Wendy Sharpe
Sent: 23 January 2007 21:52
To: Jaws
Subject: [jaws-uk] SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
I originally asked the BCAB list whether it is possible to separate JAWS
speech from the sound card so that I could listen to radio broadcasts,
etc, without JAWS coming through the same sound source. This is because
the volume varies a lot, depending on what you are trying to hear, and
if you need to turn the volume up and then want to issue a command to
JAWS, JAWS speech is far too loud.
Two suggestions were made. The first was to get an external sound card
with another set of speakers and have JAWS on the main sound card and
other things directed to the external card. The second suggestion was
to attach a Dec-Talk Express synthesiser and install it using the JAWS
maintenance tool to add the Dec-Talk as a second synthesiser. A member
kindly sent me his Dec-Talk, which he no longer uses.
If I go into the whole story of what happened next you will be here all
night, but it did appear that I had a serial port next to the parallel
port on my PC, and although it was a female port and the plug on the
Dec-Talk was also female, I bought the relevant gender bender and fitted
the Dec-Talk to my PC. Having modified JAWS to add the Dec-Talk, I
tried changing synthesisers, but got no speech. I had first made the
mistake of installing Dec-Talk as the default synthesiser instead of
Eloquence, and then had to ask for my sighted neighbour's assistance to
get speech back. As he knows nothing at all about computers, and
doesn't want to, this proved a little difficult, but we managed, and I
re-modified JAWS to make Eloquence the default again.
I then had a lengthy discussion on the BCAB list about what this female
serial port might be. Went into Device Manager and found it to be a
secondary display adaptor, although Compaq had told one member who was
trying to help me that it was a serial port. After much arguing to and
fro, I decided to buy a USB serial adaptor which I received today. The
Dec-Talk fitted perfectly, but before fixing it up I installed the
serial adaptor using the driver CD provided. Installation was
straightforward, and then I went to Device Manager to verify the port.
This is what it said:
Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM4)
Even if the port beside my parallel port is a serial port, I only have
one, so why has this adaptor been installed as COM4? I know that
Dec-Talk likes COM1, and when I fitted the unit to the serial adaptor
and tried to change synthesiser, I was not surprised to get no speech
and have to re-start the computer. I know the Dec-Talk is ok, as it
tells me it is running when I turn it on.
Am I on a hiding to nothing here? Is it possible to do either of the
following?
Change the serial adaptor from COM4 to COM1
Change Dec-Talk from COM1 to COM4
Are there any other ways to separate JAWS speech as I have outlined
above?
Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.
Wendy
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