JAWS - Soundcard is muted

JAWS - Soundcard is muted

Problem

A JAWS user may encounter a problem where no speech is being heard from JAWS software even when it is running.

Resolution

One possible likely scenario is that the soundcard has become muted, onen may attempt to fix the problem using the Windows sound mixer utility.
  1. Open SNDVOL.EXE app for the volume panel. 
  2. Along the bottom check the buttons next to each slider, any that show a red circle with a line through next to the loudspeaker symbol indicates the channel is muted.  Click to disable mute on any channel. 
  3. If speech is not heard ensure that either main volume or the slider for FSSynth level is not set to zero.




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