Re: a request for someone to write a small utility program
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:12:11 -0700
Chip:
Try quickmix. I can't remember where I got it, but if u google for it,
you'll probably find it. Dunno if it worketh w/vista. If not, let me
know. I've written something using autohotkey though it may not be
quite as elaborate as what you're asking for, though possibly w/a bit
of tweeking it could be just what this doctor & u ordered lol.
On 12/1/08, Chip Orange <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a request for someone to write a small utility program.
>
> Many of us in vista, and likely in xp also, have found ourselves
> switching between audio devices (usually by just plugging in a USB
> headset, or switching to a bluetooth headset), and back again to our
> built-in audio card.
>
> Somewhere along the way the switch can leave us with no default audio
> output device, or perhaps with the volume turned all the way down, or
> the speakers muted, but what essentially happens is that this switching
> can leave us with no audio at all, and we don't have braille displays!
>
> Could someone write a program that we could run, which would set the
> default sound device back to the built-in audio card, unmute it, and set
> the volume to 50%?
>
> If knowing what the proper built-in audio device is, maybe the programs
> initial setup could save that info somewhere (it the registry or in it's
> own .ini file)?
>
> That would get many blind people out of a tough situation, which is
> getting worse as all these alternate sound output devices become more
> and more a part of our lives.
>
> thanks for any help.
>
> Chip
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> Chip Orange
> Database Administrator
> Florida Public Service Commission
>
> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (850) 413-6314
>
> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
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