Butch, you are headed in the right direction.
Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 9:19 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Why do I do this?

Who'd want to listen to the Cubs on anything!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 08:19 AM 3/4/2015, you wrote:
>yep, you are right, I wasn't on that machine when I wrote previous 
>reply, I use a speakout on the other machine.  On this one, with the 
>590, I do use software speech.  Anyhow, under devices and synthesizers, 
>you'll see the one you are using.  If you tab over you'll see where you 
>can specify the sound card.  I recall now why I specified the realtech 
>in control pannel, I use record mp3 direct cut to record baseball on 
>this machine and I want it to use internal card instead of the radio.
>Anyone want to listen to the cubs on 20 meters?  hi hi.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Wed, 4 Mar
>2015, Steve Forst wrote:
>
> > While you can do this in Windows sound devices, it might be better to do
> > it from within your screen reader.   Don't know about WE, but in JAWS:
> > Open  the JAWS window, and in the drop down menus go to 
> > utilities/sound cards.  you will see "default" most likely selected.  
> > Change this to whatever your on board sound card is, and JAWS will
always use it.
> >
> > While you can change in Windows sound devices what sound card Windows
> > uses as default.  This can  change down the road.    It may work fine
> > for years, but after some crash, or Windows update, or some reason 
> > known only to Microsoft,  Windows may  change  things around.
> >
> > If you get in a jam with this, kill DC power to the radio to make the
> > Kenwood USB sound device go away.   Turning off the radio doesn't help
> > since as long as DC power is  applied to the radio, it is  still "on"
> > just asleep.
> >
> >
> > 73, Steve KW3A
> >
> > On 3/4/2015 8:45 AM, howard kaufman wrote:
> >> Thanks Butch.
> >> I was thinking about control pannel, I hope I can tell windows to 
> >> only use the realtech sound card.
> >> Now when I loose sound I loose the ability to access control
> pannel to tell
> >> it anything.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators 
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 5:58 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Why do I do this?
> >>
> >> You need to tell the computer which to use as the default sound 
> >> card.  It has been a while, but as I recall, I went to control 
> >> pannel and then to sounds and audio devices.  There are some 
> >> control tabs, I set audio and voice to the internal sound card, my 
> >> computer uses realtech and
> usb device.
> >>
> >> As far as seeing your router, you can get high gain antennas if
> your router
> >> has removable antennas.  You can get a range extender or a
> repeater, or you
> >> can get a usb wireless device with a much better antenna.
> >> I can do some searching, there is one I have I bought a cdouple
> yoears ago,
> >> not even sure where, but it is very sensative.  I'll look for that
link.
> >> 73
> >> Butch
> >> WA0VJR
> >> Node 3148
> >> Wallace, ks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >