Thanks for that. My gosh, it was driving me bonkers! -----Original Message----- From: chris hallsworth [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:49 PM To: Melissa Smith Cc: GW Info Discussion List Subject: Fixing sound issues was Re: GWSkype
All, Please do the following to fix any sound issues relating to Skype. This is on Windows Vista and above. 1. Open the Sound multipage dialogue box. 2. Ctrl-tab to the communications page. 3. In the group of radio buttons, select, "do nothing". 4. Click ok. What this does is prevent programs that communicate via audio, such as Skype, from adjusting audio output from other programs, including screen readers using software speech, Window-Eyes included. Christopher H On 19/12/2011 22:15, Melissa Smith wrote: > I do not currently have a microphone for this computer. It's on the > Christmas list. smile Anyway, earlier this summer I tried using the > official Skype client on a Windows 7 machine, and noticed that all > other sounds were turned down to such a level that they could barely > be heard and not understood. As soon as I'm able to get a microphone > for this machine, I intend to download GWSkype, so I'm very interested > in the rest of this conversation and any fixes. > > Melissa Smith > > On 12/19/2011 3:53 PM, Stephen Clower wrote: >> Chris, >> >> Thanks for the feedback. One thing we have seen is that when a Skype >> call is active, Windows Vista and above will automatically turn down >> other Windows-related audio, including screen readers. If you go to >> the Sounds applet in the control panel and choose Communications, >> what do you see for the selection in the radio button group? >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> On 12/19/2011 4:34 PM, chris hallsworth wrote: >>> Sorry to reply to my own message, but I have more information on the >>> bug outlined below. >>> It appears to not be a SAPI issue at all, because when I received a >>> couple of calls using it with Window-Eyes, I couldn't get audio >>> output either. I turned off the speech settings with no joy. I then >>> ran the free screen reader and all is well again. >>> Once again, I am not expecting this to be right first time, but for >>> starters it works very well. I do however feel that the more bugs we >>> report, the better. Also to the GW Micro community, I have spread >>> the word about your program. >>> Once again, thanks for the Christmas present. It is greatly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Christopher H >>> >>> On 19/12/2011 20:50, chris hallsworth wrote: >>>> I would like to thank GW Micro for putting us Skype users out of >>>> our misery by making an alternative, fully accessible interface to >>>> Skype. It was very thoughtful of you and it must have taken you >>>> lots of time and development into the project. It is running well, >>>> however I have a suggestion. I realize this is 1.0 so I understand >>>> if this would take time to implement. >>>> Could you perhaps allow GW Skype to use the screen reader's own >>>> API, and not just SAPI 5. I'm thinking what if you want to use the >>>> free or competetive screen reader to use GWSkype instead of >>>> Window-Eyes. The other reason I am suggesting this is I think I >>>> found a bug in the SAPI support. Whenever I try to make and receive >>>> a call, SAPI blocks all audio output to the call and, in one >>>> scenario, actually caused the program to crash. I have for now >>>> turned off all speech related events in the speech tab of options. >>>> This of course means I will have no idea who has signed in and out, >>>> but at least I get the sounds and will be aware of any other >>>> events, like incoming calls or chats. >>>> Thank you very much for taking this into consideration. I would >>>> like to wish all the staff at GW Micro a very merry Christmas and a >>>> happy New Year. >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>> sender only. 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