I plan to do that very thing soon as time and energy level permits. David Ferrin http://www.jaws-users.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of G.Braille Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CREATING VOICE PROFILES FOR JAWS 12
Hi Dave, I would like to request if you would put the instruction at the Tips&Tricks site? It's really nice Tip! Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CREATING VOICE PROFILES FOR JAWS 12 > This is worth posting and thanks to you there will be no need for me to > re-invent the wheel so to speak. I knew the steps just never wrote them > down. > David Ferrin > You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to > skydive > twice. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Justice" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 1:52 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] CREATING VOICE PROFILES FOR JAWS 12 > > > There may be some users on the list who were confused about this as I was. > > I just couldn't figure out how to create a special voice profile for > different applications I'm using. > > Here's what I mean. I prefer to have my e-mail read with the default > Eloquence voice since that's the one used by Jaws to read the messages. > > But if I'm working in Word, I prefer to have another voice read documents. > Weird, maybe. But that's what I wanted to create. > > Below, are the steps taught to me by Dennis at Freedom Scientific > Technical > Support. > > They work quite well so I'm sending them along in case someone else might > be > having the same problem. > > > > > > CREATING APPLICATION SPECIFIC PROFILES IN JAWS 12: > > > > 1. Press Insert J to activate the jaws window. > > 2. Press Enter on Options which is the environment first offered by > Jaws. > > 3. Press V for the Voice and choose all Contexts or specific voices > as you choose. > > 4. Choose the synthesizer you want to use for both the standard > reading and Say All options, then move through the settings, creating the > profile with your preferred choices. > > 5. Tab past the Okay button to Save As and press Enter. > > 6. If Eloquence is your default, the name will appear in the field. > Erase it and replace the name with a new Voice Profile title. > > 7. I use the name of the application for each new profile: Word, > Outlook, Excel and so on. > > 8. Jaws will ask you if you want to change the default. Tab to no > and press Enter. > > 9. If the application you want to use isn't already open, open it > now. > > 10. Use the Control-Insert-S to open the Voice Profiles window. > > 11. Move the pointer down until you have focused on the new profile you > just created. > > 12. Tab to the dialog which asks you if you want that particular profile > as a default when opening the application you are now using. > > 13. Press Enter on Yes and the jaws window will close. > > 14. Your focus will be returned to the application window but from now > on, > every time you open that particular application, the new profile will be > used. > > 15. If you find it necessary to make changes, open the jaws window while > the application is running and the changes will apply only to that voice > profile and will not affect the default. > > > > CHANGING THEDEFAULT: Don't change the default jaws profile unless you are > absolutely sure that those settings can be used in all unspecified > environments. That is a risky choice and personally, I'd rather create a > separate profile for things like Internet Explorer or for any other > application. > > > > > > > > > > JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE > > WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY > > PERSONAL E-MAIL: <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected] > > 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/
