there in the manual ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Medlar To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:25 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scratch Live Install You mentioned some key strokes; could you give me a couple key strokes to get started? Where did you learn these key strokes? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:45 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scratch Live Install >I am using version 1.8.3 on a regular basis with no problems. I have > started messing around with 1.9 and I cannot confirm the problem with > fuzzy > speech. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:16 PM > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scratch Live Install > > >> Woopse. sorry Ann, did not see this before I sent my last. >> Ann I don't know this program at all and will await other's comments who >> know it. but, when you say below that you, "use the jaws key,", do you >> mean >> you examine the screen with the jaws Cursor? and are you saying you >> cannot >> read any text on the screen with that in this scratch live software >> program? >> as far as the jaws sounding "off station," ... wow, >> man that does seem very strange. I wish I could actually hear what your >> talking about here. we can't have attachments to the list posts can we >> everet? such that ann could send an audio clip of a "normal," and >> "fuzzyness," of eloquence sound? >> I presume you are using the default eloquence speech synthesizer are you >> Ann? for remember that jaws is just the screenReader and can be made to >> pipe >> it's output through a number of differing synthesizers. Though to me >> eloquence is still the best quality for the negligible performance usage >> it >> seems to require. >> >> now I will tell you, that over the years, I have found something quite >> odd >> with eloquence and top end clarity on differing computer systems. Glen >> from >> FS even called me up about it one day after a post I made to some list >> about >> it, and we talked about it for quite a while, seeking to get to the >> bottom >> of what might be going on. >> Being an audio man/musician myself, my claim was, that on my 98 machine, >> fitted with an old creative labs sound blaster live platinum sound card I >> think it is, >> eloquence had a certain beautiful top end clarity, that it simply did >> absolutely not have, on my xp machine, under a sound max digital audio >> sound >> card. >> And the other caveat was, that when window eyes was run on the xp box, >> through it's own rendering of the eloquence synthesizer, all the same >> nice >> top end was present, which as I say, absolutely wasn't present, when >> running >> jaws through it's eloquence output implementation. >> >> What I think we established, might, have been going on in the end, was >> that >> the issue had something to do with the way the sound max drivers, handled >> the default 11khz sampling rate output, that the jaws rendering of the >> eloquence speech synthesizer, was presenting to it. >> Glen concluded that he thought that my sound blaster sound card, was >> actually up sampling the eloquence output, to 22.5.khz, actually >> seemingly >> to allow for an increase, in the top end frequencies produced, but did so >> using such a nice algorithm, that it also filtered out all the >> undesirable, >> fuzzy sounding, digital artifacts, called aliusing, that naturally tends >> to >> occur when this is done unless it's been very carefully filtered to >> remove >> those. >> whereas my sound max digital audio sound card, was leaving the eloquence >> alone at the 11.025 khz sampling rate, and just allowing it to be output >> at >> that, without mmesing with it at all. hense the duller top end when >> compared >> to that produced by both window eyes rendering of eloquence, which I >> think >> we determined might also have been up sampling the output to 22khz, and >> jaws >> through eloquence on the sound blaster box. >> Now I'm afraid I don't really have time over the next couple weeks, to do >> any more decent research about this,, would you say that the, >> "fuzzyness," >> and, "off-station," sound of jaws/eloquence your seeking to describe, is >> a >> drop in clarity/top end frequencies? or would you say it sounds more like >> it's got added top end, but with kinda fuzzy ugly digital artifacts >> thrown >> in on top. >> >> I'll nearly bet it's the latter, and if so, I'd hazard a guess that the >> scratch live software may've put a driver in the chain, which is forcing >> everything that comes out of that sound card, to be up sampled to 22.khz, >> not expecting that anyone these days is going to have sounds on their >> puters >> of such a low grade 11khz sampling rate, but doing so without seeking to >> properly filter the aliusing from the sound? ... maybe! it's just a >> guess. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ann Medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:45 AM >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Scratch Live Install >> >> >>> Don't know why original message did not show up when I replied to Jeff's >> message. >>> Hi, >>> When I press start key, p for programs enter on Serato enter on Scratch >> Live >>> it sounds like Jaws is off station. I press insert+F4 to unload and >> restart >>> Jaws again but Jaws still sounds like an untuned radio station. Fuzz >> sound >>> in Jaws only goes away when I reboot. >>> When I installed Scratch Live I went directly to site and downloaded and >>> saved >>> version 1.9 to my desktop. I then went to Serato folder which had a >>> setup.exe, and a driver folder which contained Vista, Vista64, and XP >> were >>> sub folders. I went into XP, 57 sl, MP4, SL1, and SL3 were sub folders. >> I >>> just used the setup.exe and installed using automatic rather than >>> custom. >>> When I launch Scratch Live, alt key does not bring up menus. I use Jaws >> key >>> and nothing speaks. >>> Do you know if I need to install differently? >>> Any help is appreciated. >>> Ann >>> >>> __________ >>> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >>> http://jawsscripts.com >>> >>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >>> >> >> __________ >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> > > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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