[audacity4blind] Re: Question about Recording from an External Source

  • From: "Michelle Creedy " <michelle.creedy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 19:59:36 -0800

Thanks so much for all the suggestions.

 

 

Michelle

 

 

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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 11:07 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Question about Recording from an External
Source

 

Michelle, might also have to do with some or other virtual audio hardware
that's automatically mapping devices to each other in/out.

 

Another thing you could try, just in case is see if things like narrator,
and/or NVDa also go quiet, and, starting from the old days, the simplest way
to double check if a PC has audio output working at all - on a lowish level
is to hit the left shift key 5 times in quick succession - do it first while
jaws is working to get an idea of the beep sound you should get along with a
dialogue from sticky keys popping up - you can just hit escape key to cancel
that, but, it's always been one of the first ways I would use to check if
audio was working at all, starting from windows XP.

 

Stay well


Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Michelle Creedy  <mailto:michelle.creedy@xxxxxxxxx> 

To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 8:17 PM

Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Question about Recording from an External
Source

 

Great, thanks!

 

Michelle

 

 

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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:40 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Question about Recording from an External
Source

 

If you continue to have problems and a good solution isn't presented by
other list members, I'll experiment with JAWS and Audacity on my Windows 7
machine.  I have two sound cards so I can experiment.  

 

I haven't used audacity with NVDA to any extent.  My impression is that it
works reasonably well in general but that when you do something such as
export or import a file or apply an effect, NVDA pretty much stops working
in Audacity until the operation is finished.  I'd have to experiment to see
if my recollection is correct since I've very seldom used that combination 

 

but when you are recording with NVDA and Audacity, I don't think you will
have problems.  If you know how to set NVDA to use your internal sound card,
you may want to try that as well as checking the JAWS settings.

 

Gene

----- Original Message -----

From: Gene <mailto:gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>  

Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 10:43 AM

To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Subject: Re: [audacity4blind] Question about Recording from an External
Source

 

for anyone who may be wondering, I didn't deal with this topic in my
tutorial.  

 

Did you check to be sure that the setting in JAWS is correct?  Even if you
set it correctly, something may have happened and the setting may have been
lost.  

 

If you check and find that the setting is correct, perhaps I or other list
members can present a solution or work around.  

 

It may help those who have suggestions to know what version of Windows you
are using.  

 

Gene

 

From: Michelle Creedy  <mailto:michelle.creedy@xxxxxxxxx> 

Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 10:25 AM

To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Subject: [audacity4blind] Question about Recording from an External Source

 

Hello All

 

Well, I think I need to re-listen to the wonderful recording Gene did but I
have a quick question. When I plug in my tape machine into the USB port,
JAWS quits working. I can only think that it is trying to speak through the
device even though I have the internal speakers designated to deal with
JAWS. Any thoughts on how to fix this? I'm putting all my tapes into digital
format. 

 

Michelle

 

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