Hi Chris, In most cases, the software should be installed before connecting the USB sound card. As far as the defaults, yes, the USB sound card will take over everything as soon as it is plugged in. Once it does, however, any settings may be changed in the Sound control panel and the screen reader can be adjusted to use the other card, etc. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CSSA, Network+! Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha and sign the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition today! Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by another person. Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 1:56 PM Subject: Question for a friend, installing USB Soundblaster Live Soundcard
> Hi folks. A friend of mine has just bought a new computer and > it has an external USB Sound Blaster Live! Sound card with it and he > wants to use that one, but he's unsure about what to do > first. Should he install the software on the cd that comes with it > and then connect it to the USB port, or should he plug it in and > install the software after that? Also, we're a bit unsure how > things will go with regards to JAWS and software speech. Will the > Sound Blaster card take over as the default card automatically, like > many of the headphone/Microphone headsets seem to like to do, or will > he have to go into Windows and set it as the default? He wants it to > be set so that the software speech will be on the onboard sound and > all other sounds like music and everything else will be routed to the > Soundblaster. > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
