Are you using the JAWS built-in speech (Eloquence) or an external
synthesizer? Eloquence is a terrible burden on a system like yours and you
might get better results with an external synth like DECtalk. The problem
might be contention for access to the sound card. Another possibility is to
add a second sound card exclusively for use by Eloquence--I've known people
who did this and I think that instructions for configuring a second sound
card for exclusive use by JAWS are available on the Freedom Scientific Web
site and if they're not there, any of the JAWS-related public lists would be
able to produce the information. It's not a difficult task to do this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: getting ham shack computer to work better with Jaws and n3fjp
logging software


Hi, all.

This might be another case of trying to get a dinosaur computer to do what
is not possible, but I just thought I'd ask the opinions of the group before
I think seriously about replacing another computer.

In the ham shack, I currently run an old HP Pentium 566 computer.  The
machine has windows 98 SE as its operating system, and is running on Jaws
3.7.

I am trying to get the computer to work effectively with the n3fjp logging
software.  I am finding that, when I install and use the audio Wave files
that accompany the n3fjp software, Jaws fights with it, and often the Wave
files do not get spoken as they should when I tab from one entry field to
the next.

The Wave files work very effectively if I turn Jaws completely off, but
then, of course, I can't double-check what I have typed into the logging
program.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might solve this problem, short
of getting a newer and faster computer?

Perhaps the 566 just doesn't have enough power to do what I'm trying to do.

I noticed on my program list that I have Jaws 3.7 and Jaws 3.7U, but don't
want to take the chance of removing one of the programs unless I know for
sure that I won't loose my Jaws speach in the process.

Thanks very much, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ