Hi Stuart and all,
In persisting with Rock B and Flor on the night of the event, I learned the
few tweeks which got me going and passed them on to Flor whom is trying them
out on his own program. Essentially the following settings and preference
settings will assist in getting one up on air so to speak. If anyone wishes
to use my following suggestions and wishes to try them out, please email me
and we can arrange a time on channel. My email address is: gershan@xxxxxx
<mailto:gershan@xxxxxx>
1. As Stuart mentioned, headset or earphones are needed in order to
cut out feedback from jaws, nvda and other voice screenreaders. People
might get slightly confused in the event that you have a newer computer and
a more recent sound card. I have a win 7 laptop and in a conversation last
night and wearing my earphones, I was able to cut out the feedback from the
screen reader and amazingly, the conversation came through over the laptop
speaker. Older machines may only give sound all through the earphones but
this wont be a real problem once you set up the hot key for speaking on the
channel.
2. A very important point of good reception on the channel are the
following items. A. open teamtalk and tab through the window, you will
find an item called microphone volume put this up to 100% then tab to
microphone gain and increase the level to 60%
3. Select the client menu and select the preferences option. You will
land in the General tabsheet: first item says nickname but you can put in
your own name , next is the usual boy/girl male/female button options. Next
item is away status. This has a default value so tab to next item which is
deactivate voiceactivation when inactive: leave unticked tab to next item
speech transmission mode push to talk tick this box and tab to the next
box which is vitally important to note my hotkey selection: this is called
speech transmission mode setup keys.. press spacebar on this item and
listen to the instructions. Hold down one of the control keys for a few
seconds and release to make it the hot key to speak on the channel.
Important note! When you are connected in teamtalk, hold down the control
key you have selected as a hot key while you are speaking and then release
it once you have finished speaking This action acts in the same manner as
you might have used walkie talkies in the old days. Next tab to the next
box which shows the hot key combination you have created and jaws will say
control so you know the key you have selected as it is confirmed here.
Next tab to the next tick box which is voice activation and check that it is
unticked then tab to the ok button and press spacebar or enter to close the
preferences window. Lest anyone wishes to check my correctness in this
issue, my only right of passage is the fact that Rock B the American voice
on the channel who is assisting in setting up communication coaxed me
through the process as I used text chat to communicate when I couldnt make
voice contact and we worked things out from there.
4. Final point, Stuart did mention that one has to use the control and
tab key to move between the voice window and the chat message window, maybe
it is me but I found the chat window by continuing to tab through the
window. After your screen reader says microphone volume and microphone gain,
you will hear screen reader saying Chat one more tab and you will be in
the text box for writing a message to the channel and the following 2 tab
points are the send and cancel buttons. So! If you find that you are after
making the above adjustments and still you arent getting through, use the
text chat to alert people or channel operator to your presence. In the
event you have inadvertently changed your main window and you find the chat
window, the text writing box but cant see the send and cancel buttons, go
into the user menu and select the text message option and press enter, In
the event you cant get out of the text message window to find the tab key
finding the microphone volume or microphone gain then go into user menu,
select the text message option and press enter which will hide the window.
Window. Personally speaking, I think it is best to leave up the message
window in the event you wish to fire off a message to assist in setting up
voice communication in order to be able to communicate with the channel
members. In the event that anyone wishes to try out the above options and
test them out, Ill try to be on the channel between 9.30pm -10pm. Also,
Remember if you havent checked it already, you should use the following
settings in the sound system tabsheet: direct sound option, imput device
microphone high definition, output device speakers, pr3ess the test
button to see if you have sound, you should hear the sound of your keyboard
or speech as you talk. The duplex tick box should be ticked, next is the
echo removal tick box leave empty, ensure the microphone automatic gain is
ticked and the noise reduction box is ticked and next is the volume which
should be around 50% then press spacebar on ok button. I hope this helps
and doesnt cause confusion.
Regards
Gerry Shanahan
From: Stuart Lawler [mailto:stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx] ;
Sent: 07 April 2017 08:05
Cc: John Paul Corcoran <JP.Corcoran@xxxxxxx <mailto:JP.Corcoran@xxxxxxx> >;
Paul Traynor <Paul.Traynor@xxxxxxx <mailto:Paul.Traynor@xxxxxxx> >
Subject: Following up after yesterday's virtual technology event
Importance: High
Hello everyone,
Firstly, thank you sincerely to each of you for taking the time to join our
first attempt at a virtual technology event last night. I use the word
attempt as we all know it did not at all go according to plan.
We have learned some valuable lessons from last nights event however, and
we really want this initiative to work, as we believe strongly that it can
have huge benefits in allowing us all to share knowledge.
Some of the key things weve learned are:
1. Everyone using the system needs to have headphones or a headset to
avoid hearing room noise or screen readers, or indeed the sound from your
speakers of other participants speaking.
2. I mistakenly suggested that people should use voice activation
and not push to talk which is apparently the recommended method for the
TeamTalk system. We have now made changes to the virtual room which will
force everyone to use push to talk and Ill send a separate email about
that in the next few days so that people will understand how it works and
how to set up your equipment to use it.
So, once again we sincerely value your time and patience as we work through
the glitches in what is for us a very new system, and we really hope youll
join us in a repeat and hopefully much more useful session in the next week
or so. Again, Ill send an email to everyone here later today with a
suggestion for a second run.
Finally, Bert, I wonder if you could please pass this email on to Michael? I
know he was in the room last night but unfortunately I dont have an email
address for him.
Best wishes, and again thank you everyone.
Regards,
Stuart
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