Quite easy when using Jaws 12 or 13. One caveat though. If you are using Windows 7, and you plug in an external sound card, the computer will try to use that as the primary sound card. You'll have to go into the Control Panel and reassign your internal card for everything except Jaws.
John and Linda Justice With guide dogs Jake and Zachary PERSONAL E-MAIL: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Goodtimes Roadshow Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Seperating JAWS from music output thanks for the relies. Is it easy to point the jaws speech to a specific sound card? Thanks Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Seperating JAWS from music output > Either a hardware synthesizer, something like a DECTalk, Doubletalk, > etc. or a second dedicated soundcard. > > With the hardware synth, a used one with a serial to usb adapter will > do nicely usually and with a soundcard, any cheap cardfor US$20 or > less will do for speech output. > > hth > > Doris > > At 07:50 AM 4/10/2012 +0100, you wrote: >>I am a Wedding DJ and compare and at the moment I use conventional >>Pioneer DJ twin CD players and also a specialist Denon DJ HDC2500 >>hard drive controller. The Hard Drive Controller is just about >>manageable as I know most of my music and in many cases I just have >>to type a particular search string and I know it will find the track >>I need, I can then quickly check that I am on the right track by >>using headphones. Problem is I don't always know if I have the >>track and also if I do have it it could be a fair way down a >>specific folder.[you can only search the first path and then its >>manual using a viewing window] i.e. Walk of Life would be a fair way >>down the Dire Straits folder. I am able to search for the Dire >>Straits folder but then there is no facility to do a search string >>within that folder. This means that sometimes I have to rely on >>someone being there to tell me what is displayed in the viewing window. >> >> >> >>I want to try using a laptop to replay some tracks, at the moment >>I'm not that bothered about using any specialist mixing software >>although I understand that OTTS DJ is compatible with Jaws. For now >>I would be quite happy being able to use a standard folder such as >>My Music and playing directly out from there using Windows Media >>Player or alike. >> >> >> >>My mixer has multiple lines so I intend to keep my CD players and >>the HDC and just use a laptop for when I need to do a search. >> >> >> >>I need to know if it is possible to keep the JAWS output separate >>away from the actual music output in order that JAWS is not heard >>through the PA system.and if so how? >> >> >> >>I wondered about a multi channel sound card such as a Gigaport or >>even using the built-in sound card and also another basic sound card >>as well, one for the music and the other for JAWS, my other concern >>is could I get a high enough output from JAWS so it can be heard via >>headphones in a noisy environment. I haven't bought the laptop yet >>either so if there is a laptop out there that has the facility to do >>this without any additional sound cards that would be interesting too. >> >> >> >>Many thanks in advance for any help and advice >> >> >> >>Andy >>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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4325 - Release Date: 04/09/12 18:34:00 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/
