[Trainer-Talk] Odd computer situation

[Jim Portillo]

Greg, you hit the nail on the head.  That was exactly what needed to
happen.  I figured everything had been updated a few days ago.
Anyway, it runs like a champ now.
I'm actually looking at getting some wireless Bluetooth ear buds for it.
Jim


On 4/15/19, Greg Aikens via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Another option could be to check for updates to your audio drivers. I know I
> was having some weirdness where the JAWS voice was crackling, not switching
> automatically from speaker to headphone, and the audio service was crashing
> so that there was no sound. I updated the driver through Control Panel and
> haven't had any more issues.
>
> Greg Aikens
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> Denise M Robinson via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 1:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Odd computer situation
>
> insert j to menu, utilities, sound and change under there. Really play
> around with those options and it will give you the hang of how things get
> changed with just a tiny update
>
> * Dr Denise M Robinson*
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> *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
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> Impaired
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> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 12:45 PM Jim Portillo via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> While I realize this doesn’t necessarily have to do with blindness, it is
>> still a weird computer issue, so I thought I’d ask about it.
>>
>> I recently obtained a MicroSoft Surface Go, which I love and am using
>> more
>> than my usual laptop.  However, this morning, I was using it with ear
>> buds,
>> and all of a sudden, I was no longer hearing JAWS through my ear buds but
>> rather it was back through the speaker.  Obviously, it was more than
>> JAWS...It was the audio that was no longer coming through the buds.  I
>> shut
>> down and unplugged the buds, plugged them back in and turned the tablet
>> on
>> again, and it was the same deal where the audio was coming through the
>> speaker as if the ear buds weren’t plugged in.
>> I should just get a bluetooth ear piece for it, but until then, why do
>> you
>> guys think this might be happening?
>> I’ve seen something very similar with another laptop, but after a while,
>> the audio came back to the ear buds, or at least, the computer recognized
>> that the ear buds were plugged in.
>> I hope this happens with this little tablet.  I sure do like it and like
>> how well it works for me.
>> Any ideas or suggestions would be super!
>> Thanks.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 7!
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