Someone told me a while back you can create a hardware profile so that all your devices can be permanently set the way you want them even if you plug and unplug something and then plug it in again. However, I've not been able to figure it out. Is there such a thing, and if so, how do you create a hardware profile? I checked under Hardware in Control Panel and didn't find such a thing. Maybe that person was wrong, but if it can be done, that would be great.

Roger

On 10/6/2019 7:20 PM, Luke wrote:

OK then. Stupid question for you. If I bought A USB headset or headphones then I could get NVDA audio through the headset or headphones and Computer audio through computer speakers? 

On Oct 6, 2019, at 7:11 PM, Gene <gsasner@...> wrote:

You are using the same sound card if the headphones are not USB headphones but plug into a standard headphone jack.

 

There is no practical way to solve your problem if you want to use these headphones, except to get an external USB soundcard. 

 

You can buy very inexpensive USB soundcards.  Then, you would need to direct whatever audio you want to play through whichever sound card you want.

 

Gene

----- Original Message -----

From: Luke

Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2019 5:27 PM

To: nvda@nvda.groups.io

Subject: Re: [nvda] Directing NVDA output to a particular audio device

I don’t know if this makes a difference but my headphones or not USB. They use the headphone jack on the computer  

On Oct 6, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Robert Doc Wright godfearer <godfearer@...> wrote:

As long as you keep plugging and unplugging the headset you are going to have this problem. When you plug in a USB headset it becomes the new default device. When you unplug it the system falls back to the internal default speaker.

 

******If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why?  then where does the learning start?***     

 

From: Luke
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2019 11:33 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Directing NVDA output to a particular audio device

 

Hi! I followed Kerryn’s steps and it didn’t work for me. Both The computer and NVDA audio was coming through the headphones. I think I want to do what Sile wants to do. I want NVDA to come through my headphones only when they are plugged in the headphone jack and the Computer audio for example music and game sounds to come out the computer speakers. Maybe you need 2 sound cards for that? Which I don’t know how many I have and don’t know how you can tell.

 

> On Oct 3, 2019, at 7:43 PM, Kerryn Gunness via Groups.Io <k_gunness@...> wrote:

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> sile

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> 1. press control NVDA key and s to open synth box

> 2. tab once to a combo box with options

> 3. use arro keys to choose your option, for example u s b head phones

> 4 tab to ok button and press enter

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> NVDA should be heard in the option you picked

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> you're done

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sile via Groups.Io" <somodhrain@...>

> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>

> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:32 PM

> Subject: [nvda] Directing NVDA output to a particular audio device

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>> Hello

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>> I know I have seen a thread about this, but I can't recall what the name of the thread is so couldn't find it in the list archive.

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>> I want to be able to set the audio device that NVDA output goes to so that I can separate it from my main headphone output for presentations.

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>> --Sile

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