[nfbcs] Skype, Screen Readers, and other audio/video programs or files

[Jorge Paez]

Try looking for a software called Sound Flower.
I'm pretty sure its free.
I know you can use it on the Mac to do that kind of stuff but don't
know whether they have a Windows version or not.



On 2/24/15, Jim Portillo via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I have a question regarding using Skype, a screen reader, and a third party
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> I was working with someone via Skype on something, and he allowed me to
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> something he'd been working on which was actually a YouTube video.  I could
> hear both the YouTube video and his voice coming from his computer.
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> Am I able to do that, even if I have a screen reader such as JAWS?  If so,
> how would I go about doing it?
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> I tried testing it out with my friend by going to YouTube and playing a
> video, but what he heard was barely audible, except for what I was saying,
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> I would imagine that one would have to play with certain settings; however,
> at that time, I didn't really want to spend too much time figuring things
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks.
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> Jim
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