Walt:

I am using elloquence, not an external synthesizer.

And, I do have the instructions for configuring a second sound card to run
with Jaws.

I will try them at some point if what I am doing now prooves to be
ineffective in solving the basic problem.

Thanks for your suggestions and concern.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: getting ham shack computer to work better with Jaws and n3fjp
logging software


> 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.
>
>