The hardware that you have to use with ScratchLive acts as the sound card for the music and the regular sound card handles Jaws. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:32 AM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scratch Live Install >I have not used this program or any other DJ software lately. I am just > curious. If you regularly do this kind of work, wouldn't you want to use > a > second sound card anyway? I thought most blind DJs typically directed > JAWS > to another sound card and output so it is not heard mixed with the music. > I > would think a USB external sound card, and directing JAWS to headphones > would be the typical solution. This should certainly eliminate the DJ > program from distorting JAWS. > > Sorry if I am not understanding the purpose of this application or the > situation. > > Don Marang > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:05 AM > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scratch Live Install > > >> GianniP, what sound card or cards have you got installed on your puter? >> and >> Ann, what have you got. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:45 AM >> 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 >> > > __________ > 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