Re: external sound cards and jaws
- From: "stephen faill" <stephen.faill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:21:55 +0100
i am using a soundblaster live external u s b soundcard for jaws and my
internal one for audio work.
i am having no problems with using the external card.
here is something i picked up from freedom scientific:
Question:
I have two sound cards on my computer. How do I make sure JAWS uses the one I
want?
Answer:
Many JAWS users who also use music or audio production software want JAWS and
Eloquence to speak through one sound card, while using the other for their
production work. To do this, you need to edit a file called JFW.ini and install
the updated Eloquence Speech driver in the accompanying zip file.
Editing the jfw.ini file:
1. Using My Computer or Windows Explorer, browse your hard drive to the
currently running version of JAWS and find the jfw.ini file in that folder.
2. Press ENTER to open.
3. You should find some lines that read:
Synth1Name=eloq
Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
Synth1Driver=eloq
The number doesn't matter, it may be 1, 2, or 3, but it must be the same for
all entries for Eloquence.
4. Add the following line after the driver line: Synth1Port=SB Live! Wave
Device Of course, you need to make sure that the synth number matches the other
lines, so that if the Driver line read:
Sytn3Driver=eloq
Then the port line would read:
Synth3Port=SB Live! Wave Device
The text after the = sign in the Port line comes from Control Panel/Sound &
Multimedia/Audio tab It must be one of the entries that can be chosen for
Preferred
Playback device.
5. Save your changes and exit Notepad.
Now you must install the updated driver.As long as JAWS is running and speaking
through Eloquence, eloq.jls cannot be simply overwritten when unzipping
the file. You will need to switch to NoSpeech or MS SAPI to get the eloq.jls to
overwrite properly.
1. Download the file from
ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/eloq.zip
2. Unzip the zip file into the root of the active JAWS directory where you made
the change to the jfw.ini file.
3. Restart JAWS and it should now be speaking from the sound card you wanted.
4. If not, make sure the entries are correct in the jfw.ini file and that your
sound card is indeed installed correctly. Most audio and music production
software allows you to select a sound device for it as well, so it can use one
sound card while JAWS uses another.
----- Original Message -----
From: dennis
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: PC audio discussion list.
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:15 PM
Subject: external sound cards and jaws
hi listers. hope you can help. is anyone succesfully using jaws with an
external soundcard? i just got a new machine and there is a soundblaster
onboard card along with a soundblaster second card. the second card takes over
because of some kind of soundblaster issue whare 2 of them cant run at the same
time or something. so if anyone is using an external soundcard with jaws could
you tell me the brand and whare to get it and so forth? thanks a tun for any
help gang.
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