[Electronics-Talk] I-phone audio ducking

Tue May 30 04:27:08 UTC 2017

It's called "lower the volume of other programs" in JAWS. According to 
the JAWS 18 What's New article, it says the following:

https://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/JAWS/JAWSWhatsNew

Lower the Audio from Other Programs While JAWS is Speaking

In Windows 8 and later, you can now specify that the volume of audio 
from other programs be lowered while JAWS is speaking. This is commonly 
known as audio ducking. For example, if you are listening to music or 
playing a video and JAWS begins talking, the volume of the music or 
video will be slightly lowered so you can comfortably hear JAWS and then 
raised back to its current level when JAWS stops talking.

For JAWS users with a braille display, you can also choose to mute JAWS 
speech (INSERT+SPACEBAR, S) while listening to audio from other programs 
and still use JAWS with braille output only, without the audio from the 
other programs being reduced.

By default, audio remains at the same volume as JAWS speech. To change 
this, there are two ways. The easiest way is to open the Startup Wizard 
from the JAWS Help menu and select the Lower the volume of other 
programs while JAWS is speaking checkbox located on the Speech Settings 
page.

Alternatively, you can change this option through Settings Center by 
doing the following:

     Press INSERT+F2, and select Settings Center.
     Press CTRL+SHIFT+D to load the JAWS default settings.
     In the Search edit box, type "volume" without the quotes.
     Press DOWN ARROW to move to "Lower the volume of other programs 
while JAWS is speaking" in the filtered search results in the tree view.
     Press SPACEBAR to toggle this option.

Finally, you can also press INSERT+SPACEBAR, followed by D to quickly 
toggle this feature. If audio ducking is off by default, it will turn it 
on, and if it is on by default, it will turn it off. The current setting 
will remain in effect until you press the layered keystroke again, or 
JAWS is restarted. The audio ducking toggle can also be located using 
the Command Search feature (INSERT+SPACEBAR, J).

Note: Turning on JAWS audio ducking is most useful if both JAWS speech 
and other program audio are coming through the same sound device. If you 
use multiple sound devices, such as a USB headset and external speakers 
connected to your computer's sound card, you can configure JAWS speech 
to use the headset while other audio comes through the external speakers 
which you can then control using the physical volume control. To 
configure the sound card JAWS uses, from the JAWS application window, 
open the Utilities menu, open the Sound Cards submenu, and then choose 
the sound device you want to use for JAWS speech.

On 29/05/17 23:16, cheez via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Dave.  Is it called Audio Ducking pertaining to JAWS?
> I've only known volume control when media players are running, e.g., 
> Windows Media Player or iTunes.
> 
> Vince
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews via Electronics-Talk" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 2:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] I-phone audio ducking
> 
> 
>> It is a setting somewhere, don't know off the top of my head. Search 
>> for it in help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 04:28 PM 5/29/2017, you wrote:
>>> How does jaws do this? I need to hear other things sometimes with 
>>> jaws and audio ducking will be useful.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 2:41 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>> Cc: David Andrews
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] I-phone audio ducking
>>>
>>> It isn't just a VoiceOver thing, JAWS can do this too, and I think
>>> NVDA added it in its latest upgrade.  Don't know about System Access?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> At 12:37 PM 5/29/2017, you wrote:
>>>> Hi Jenny,
>>>>
>>>> When audio ducking is turned on, it temporarily reduces the volume 
>>>> of other
>>>> sounds, such as music, whenever Voice Over is talking.
>>>> This makes it easier to hear what Voice Over is telling you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 12:10 PM
>>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Jenny Keller <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] i-phone audio ducking
>>>>
>>>> I know, I'm a little behind on my mail, but what is audio ducking or
>>>> something like that. I've never heard of it before
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jenny
>>>>
>>>> > On May 27, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr via Electronics-Talk
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > on your phone, go to settings/general/accessibility/VoiceOver/audio.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Sent from my iPhone,
>>>> > the only smart phone with full accessibility for the blind built-in
>>>> > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,
>>>> >
>>>> > Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone7+ and Apple TV > 
>>>> user!!!!!
>>>> >
>>>> >> On May 27, 2017, at 4:23 PM, William Vandervest via Electronics-Talk
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> i have an i-phone 5s with the latest ios update
>>>> >> question:  how do i disable audio ducking?
>>>> >> thanks
>>
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