Re: changing voice volume

  • From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:18:08 -0500

Now I find this to be quite interesting!  Please do pass on any information 
you find out.
Odd that they would have scripts that serve no function.   I'm interested in 
this as well.   Jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:11 PM
Subject: changing voice volume


> Some days ago, several people posted messages about the inability to 
> adjust
> the volume setting of Eloquence. Although there are seemingly 
> well-conceived
> scripts in the default script source file for Jaws 6.0, namely,
> IncreaseVoiceVolume and DecreaseVoiceVolume, neither script works for any 
> of
> the four soft synthesizers available with 6.0. FS developers are 
> apparently
> aware of this since they have assigned no keystrokes in default.jkm for
> these two scripts, at least none that I have seen. In the voice settings 
> of
> the Jaws options menu, volume is explicitly stated to be adjusted by 
> system
> controls. Either the two scripts referred to above have bugs in them or 
> they
> have been included for non-specified soft synthesizers, the latter a 
> little
> puzzling in my view. Since Eloquence is the default soft synthesizer for
> Jaws and since scripts, specifically written for adjustment of voice
> parameters for soft synths, are included in the default script source 
> file,
> I would expect such scripts to adjust all parameters, including volume,
> unless otherwise specified, in documentation and in source code files.
>
> I'm going to take a closer look at the script files and attempt to contact
> the developers of Eloquence, or whatever name the software people give it,
> and write back to the list, should I discover anything of substance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerry
>
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