Steve:

Will this strategy you suggest run Jaws on one sound card, and the logging
audio wave files on the other?

Again, forgive me ..... I'm a bit slow with this stuff, but am getting
there.  HI!  HI!

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: another thought on old ham shack computer and n3fjp


> It might very well be a solution, Tom.  From what I just read about this
> product, it acts like an external soundcard.
>
> Here's how to configure JFW to run with a separate soundcard:
>       Question: I have two sound cards on my computer. How do I make sure
> JAWS uses the one I want?
>       Answer:
>       Many JAWS users who also use music or audio production software want
> JAWS and Eloquence to speak through one sound card, while using the other
> for their production work. To do this, you need to edit a file called
> JFW.ini and install the updated Eloquence Speech driver in the
accompanying
> zip file.
>
>       Editing the jfw.ini file:
>
>       1. Using My Computer or Windows Explorer, browse your hard drive to
> the
>       currently running version of JAWS and find the jfw.ini file in that
> folder.
>
>       2. Press ENTER to open.
>
>       3. You should find some lines that read:
>
>       Synth1Name=eloq
>
>       Synth1LongName=Eloquence for JAWS
>
>       Synth1Driver=eloq
>
>       The number doesn't matter, it may be 1, 2, or 3, but it must be the
> same for all entries for Eloquence.
>
>       4. Add the following line after the driver line: Synth1Port=SB Live!
> Wave
>       Device Of course, you need to make sure that the synth number
matches
> the
>       other lines, so that if the Driver line read:
>
>       Sytn3Driver=eloq
>
>       Then the port line would read:
>
>       Synth3Port=SB Live! Wave Device
>
>       The text after the = sign in the Port line comes from Control
> Panel/Sound & Multimedia/Audio tab It must be one of the entries that can
be
> chosen for the Preferred Playback device.
>
>       5. Save your changes and exit Notepad.
>
>       Now you must install the updated driver.As long as JAWS is running
and
> speaking through Eloquence, eloq.jls cannot be simply overwritten when
>       unzipping the file. You will need to switch to NoSpeech or MS SAPI
to
> get the eloq.jls to overwrite properly.
>
>       1. Download the file from
>
> ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/eloq.zip
>
> 2. Unzip the zip file into the root of the active JAWS directory where you
> made the change to the jfw.ini file.
>
>       3. Restart JAWS and it should now be speaking from the sound card
you
> wanted.
>
>       4. If not, make sure the entries are correct in the jfw.ini file and
> that
>       your sound card is indeed installed correctly. Most audio and music
> production software allows you to select a sound device for it as well, so
> it can use one sound card while JAWS uses another.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>