JAWS Sounding Like It's in a Fishbowl

  • From: "Margaret Thomas" <iluvtoread@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:20:31 -0400

Hi All,

    Late last night JAWS started sounding like it's in a fishbowl.
I'm not referring to stuttering, but more of a nasal quality that it
hasn't had before.

    I had the computer on for hours when I noticed it and initially
chalked it up to that, however I  heard the same thing as soon as I
booted up this morning.

    JAWS 4.0, 4.51.131 and 5.00.809 are doing the same thing.

    I've tried different earphones, have changed the bass and treble
knob on my speakers, checked my pitch settings.  JAWS doesn't sound
quite right without the earphones either.  I use the GW Micro version
DECtalk Access 32 and Paul is still there.  Eloquence does not seem to
have the problem, but I hate it and wouldn't want to swear to the fact
that it sounds normal.  The fishbowl effect is in both OE and Word, so
it isn't application specific.

    I just checked and allow software synth with wav files is checked.
I've tried changing the reset frequency and that doesn't help.

    I'm running Windows 98 se.

    I've had a cold so my ears could be stuffed up, but I'm familiar
with the voice of the narrator of the audio book I'm listening to and
he sounds okay.

    Sometimes when I type there may be a change in the consistency in
the pitch and the keyboard is four and a half years old so it could be
going on me, but I'm hoping someone can think of something I've
forgotten to check that would solve this annoying problem.

    Thanks,
Margaret
iluvtoread@xxxxxxx

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