Early in prerelease builds and the officially released Creators Update, Microsoft changed the underlying logic for assistive technology to duck the volume of other apps while running, but Microsoft fixed the breaking via Windows Update. NVDA was already adapted in a way for audio ducking to work also in Windows 10 Creators Update, so I expect Freedom Scientific adapt JAWS soon too. Another compatibility aspect which nobody told in this thread is that audio ducking is not available in Windows 7 and earlier in both JAWS and NVDA. I think it could be implemented in Windows 7 by registering the speech output as the one of a communication program such as Skype, to honor the setting for lowering volume of other sounds when using the computer for making or receiving calls (Communications tab of the Sounds Control Panel applet), both no screen reader do this at this time.
2017-07-27 9:33 GMT-03:00 hwolcott <[email protected]>: > hi: > I'm surprised no-one has caught this as of yet. > > as of now, audio ducking is broken in jaws because of the windows creator > update. > freedom scientific hopes to re-enable it in a future update or release. > > HTH > > > > > > Howard Wolcott > -----Original Message----- From: Kevin > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 8:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking > > oops that's insert+6 > see I do it too! > > -----Original Message----- From: Justin Williams > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 1:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking > > Below is how to get to the audio ducking in setting center. I should have > been more explicit in my instructions. I apologize. > Justin > > Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center. > Press CTRL+SHIFT+D to load the JAWS default settings. > In the Search edit box, type "volume" without the quotes. > Press DOWN ARROW to move to "Lower the volume of other programs while JAWS > is speaking" in the filtered search results in the tree view. > Press SPACEBAR to toggle this option. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kevin > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking > > tells me a lot! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Williams > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking > > Setting center. > Justin > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kevin > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] audio ducking > > I heard audio ducking can be used in jaws 18 in that it reduces the audio > of > everything but keeps jaws voice at regular volume. > how do you toggle it on , I’m guessing it’s a toggle thing. > Email is golden!!! > Kevin Lee > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
