Re: jaws volume
- From: "Weinstone" <info.rczenterprise@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:25:41 -0700
Thanks for that Allan. I tried it but I have no luck. I attached my JFW.INI
below:
Synth1Name=eloq
Synth1LongName=Eloquence Software
Synth1Driver=eloq
Synth1Port=SoundMAX Digital Audio! Wave Device
Allan, I want jaws use my built-in sound card which is "SoundMAX Digital
Audio". So, I put on the fourth line, "Synth1Port=SoundMAX Digital Audio! Wave
Device".
My external sound card is "Creative SB Live 24 Bit External Sound card".
----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Wong
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: jaws volume
hi,
no, what you need to do is, add 1 more line at the bottom. e.g.
Synth1Name=eloq
Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
Synth1Driver=eloq
Synth1Port=SB Live! Wave Device
remember, if your .ini file is shown the number others then 1, the 4th line
must follow the number. e.g.
Synth3Name=eloq
Synth3LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
Synth3Driver=eloq
Synth3Port=SB Live! Wave Device
hth
Allan Wong
----- Original Message -----
From: "Weinstone" <info.rczenterprise@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 16:21
Subject: Re: jaws volume
----- Original Message -----
Thanks for the instruction.
In step 3, the list of lines says,
Synth1Name=eloq
Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
Synth1Driver=eloq
My question is, do I need to change the"Synth1Driver=eloq
" by replacing the line in step 4?
I just want to verify the procedures u gave so I'm sure that I'm on the
right track.
From: Stephen Faill
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: jaws volume
Weinston.
This is taken from the Freedom Scientific website and should help you to
set up your soundcards.
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.
Hope this helps.
Stephen
----- Original Message -----
From: Weinstone
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: jaws volume
stephen,
Seams, you are using two sound cards with JAWS. May I ask you about
setting up two sound cards using JAWS?
I'm using a laptop wit built-in sound card and I have one external sound
card. I would like Jaws to use the built-in sound card
while the window sound skims will go to the external sound card.
I don't know how to do that. So, I'm hoping you could help me. Thanks
in advance.
From: Stephen Faill
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: jaws volume
one answer is to purchase a second soundcard.
i have done this and would never go back to a single soundcard as the 2
work really well enabling me to use jaws at what ever
volume i want and also all other audio and window sounds at their own level.
stephen
----- Original Message -----
From: john coley
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: jaws volume
This problem has been posted before, but till now there hasn't been a
solution, the problem being that of Jaws using system
volume and not having its own.
If you're listening to audio, as I was this morning, in that
instance the main menu presentation on Jaws 8, and you turn
up the volume to listen the jaws volume relative to the volume you're hearing
will be very high. It would be very useful to be able
to turn down the jaws volume so it doesn't blast out at you when it speaks
something that pops up on the screen.
John.
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