Thank you, Bill, I'm definitely looking for a simple approach - Shari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gallik" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Adding a second sound card
Several years ago, I purchased a Turtle Beach USB sound device (to call it
a card hardly seems appropriate -- it looks much like a flash memory
stick) and have no regrets. It does have some limitations such as not
producing a broad range of volume and tone differentiation such as one
might configure for upper case voicing and spelling mode differentiation,
but if your intention is to use this "secondary sound card" for your JAWS
output it is quite adequate and not very expensive. This will give you
the ability to control the "normal sound" differently from your JAWS
speech output and I do believe you will be quite satisfied.
Also, this was something I was experimenting with when my beloved died; my
intention was to deploy the Turtle Beach USB Sound device for JAWS with a
set of earphones and install Naturally Speaking as a voice recognition
using the native sound card to handle that application. My thought was
that the two separate sound devices would, as a result of being deployed
for the two differing purposes, allow JAWS and Naturally Speaking to "play
nice" with each other. I realize this last thought is somewhat off the
topic of this thread, but I thought it may be a useful thought to throw
out there since I never pursued any further after Carol's death.
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To You & Yours: A Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !!!
Holland & Bill
- "`There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I
have not profited, I dare say,' returned the nephew. `Christmas among the
rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has
come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin,
if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time; a
kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in
the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to
open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if
they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of
creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has
never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has
done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!'"
- "A Christmas Carol," 1843, Charles Dickens
-----Original Message-----
From: Shari
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 1:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Adding a second sound card
Hi All,
I'm using Jaws 13 and Vista on a laptop. Right now I have only the
internal sound card. I want to add an external sound card. I went to
Amazon, thinking this would just be a simple purchase, but of course,
there are tons of choices, and I have no clue what I need. I was initially
looking for a USB external card. Then I also saw there are cards that
connect to speakers, and then several items called "adaptors" showed up in
the results list, too. Actually, there were only a couple options for USB
sound cards amidst the long list, and customer ratings weren't all that
good. I don't need anything with lots of bells and whistles, and I don't
care where I order from. I just went to Amazon because I thought I could
make a quick purchase and be done. I simply want to be able to have Jaws
coming from a sound card separate from music or sporting events so I can
control the volumes separately. Any pointers on how to make a selection
would be a big help.
Thank you,
Shari
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