Re: jaws volume

  • From: "Stephen Faill" <stephen.faill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:40:17 +0100

Weinston.

I am glad it works for you.

You can now enjoy experimenting with volume levels of jaws and any audio media 
you have.

Smile.

Stephen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Weinstone 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:45 PM
  Subject: Re: jaws volume


  Steven, JAWS is now using my built-in sound card.  I remove the word "Wave 
Device" and it works.  Thanks allot to you and to all people who helps me.

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Stephen Faill 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:12 PM
    Subject: Re: jaws volume


    Weinston.

    your lines should read as follows:

    Synth1Name=eloq
    Synth1LongName=Eloquence for Jaws
    Synth1Driver=eloq
    Synth1Port=SoundMAX Digital Audio! Wave Device

    hth.

    stephen


      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Weinstone 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 11:25 AM
      Subject: Re: jaws volume


      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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