[jaws-uk] Re: SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
- From: Chipmunks <chipmunks@xxxxxxx>
- To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:49:54 +0100
hehehe. I did not get the joke. <g> Sorry about that. <g>
Cheers,
Doris
At 11:21 PM 1/23/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>Sorry, my get another PC comment was a tongue in cheek one! Only a joke!
>
>Admittedly not a very good one as it turns out - smile.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chipmunks" <chipmunks@xxxxxxx>
>To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:04 PM
>Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: SEPARATING JAWS SPEECH FROM SOUND CARD
>
>
>| Hi,
>|
>| No separate pc is necessary for this.
>|
>| For one, if winamp is used, the volume of the music being listened to
>| can be adjusted independent of the ccomputer's overall system volume,
>| which is what affacts jaws's volume. Secondly, if eloquence is being
>| used, with versions beginning with jaws 4.5.x speech can be put on a
>| second sound device. instructions on doing so can be found in the
>| tech notes up on FS's webpage.
>|
>| A cheapie internal soundcard like an onboard ship or a second pci
>| sound card can be used or for the most easy way, Ian external usb sound
>device.
>|
>|
>| hth
>|
>| Doris
>| At 10:00 PM 1/23/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>|
>| >Hey Wendy, might be easier for you just to buy another PC!
>| >
>| >Darran
>| >
>| >
>| >----- Original Message -----
>| >From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>| >To: "Jaws" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>| >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:51 PM
>| >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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