Hi Ronan,
I’m not aware of any better solution than the one you came up with.
However I believe I heard about a new feature coming to either Windows 11 or to
Jaws 2022, which will allow you to have system audio in one ear and Jaws speech
in the other ear. If so, that could be helpful when it comes. Hopefully I
haven’t just imagined that and someone can clarify, lol.
Dave
On 22 Oct 2021, at 14:08, ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
A problem that I have from time to time is how to do something on my PC
while I am at a conference call in Teams, Zoom Skype for Business or Webex.
I was looking for a way to temporarily silence the call, or reduce its
volume, so that I could do something with the screen reader.
I found the following approach which might be useful to others.
* Hit Windows B. This brings up the Information area (used to be
called System Tray).
* Use the cursor to move to the button called speaker or
speaker/headphones
* Don't press the button, but use shift F10 or the application key to
open the context menu
* Move to Volume Mixer with the cursor and press enter
This opens a dialog box that shows the different sound systems running on
your PC. You can change the volume or mute some items as necessary.
I think another option is to put the call on hold. This is different in each
conference application. I am not sure if this reports the on hold status to
other participants or not.
Has anyone else any suggestions in this area?
Thanks,
Ronan
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