which are the best USB soundcards? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <br...@hostany.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Separating Speech Synthesizer from Music and Streams
I would agree with that. the sky is really the limit on USB sound cards and price, but everyone says that using one is one of the best things you can do for your sound. As for Jaws, since it's just speech, use the built-in card for it, and the USB to hook the stereo to. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Separating Speech Synthesizer from Music and Streams > My experience with USB sound cars has been limited but positive. I would > think you'd want to send your screen reader through the built in sound > chip and stream your music out of the USB sound card. My understanding > is that the built in sound chips are pretty low end, especially in > netbooks, and your USB sound card will almost certainly be a better > quality sound card. > > On 13/03/12 09:16, Steve Jacobson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a Netbook that I'd like to use specifically for playing music and >> perhaps streams through my stereo >> system. Ideally, I would like to separate the speech I get from >> Window-Eyes from what I hear through my >> stereo. I know there are some pretty decent inexpensive USB sound cards >> that would probably do the job. >> Since I am looking at this for playback and not recording, I am not >> concerned about inputs but I'd like to >> have reasonable output quality. Therefore, I have two questions. >> >> Does anyone have good or bad experiences with USB sound cards? Second, >> does there seem to be an advantage >> in allowing the music and streaming outputs to remain on the built-in >> sound card and moving my screen >> reader to the external one or is the reverse better? Window-Eyes does >> let me select the sound card. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve Jacobson > > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chalt...@gmail.com > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
