Could you also press alt plus A. to mute your audio when you're not using jaws?

On September 29, 2022, at 7:19 AM, Gene Warner <genewarner3@...> wrote:

I have never had a reason to do this but I'm pretty sure that you can
deny access to the microphone, as well as other system resources, on an
app by app basis. In other words you can deny Sharky (the Freedom
Scientific voice assistant) access to the microphone while still
allowing other apps, like Zoom, to use it.

Since I will never use any of the voice assistants, I used a install
options ini file to prevent Sharky from even being installed. I did this
because I noticed that even if you disable Sharky in the JAWS options,
it is still loaded into memory.

Gene...


On 9/29/2022 12:17 AM, Bill White wrote:
> Hi, Kevin. If you turn off permission for apps to use the microphone,
> this would turn off the microphone in Zoom, since Zoom is an app, and
> needs permission for the microphone to be used.
>
> Bill White
>
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> *From:*main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] *On Behalf Of
> *Kevin Meyers
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2022 5:35 PM
> *To:* main@jfw.groups.io
> *Subject:* Re: freedom scientific voice assistant is using your microphone
>
> I turned off voice assistant. I was just on a Zoom meeting and it didn’t
> stop Jaws from talking when I’m using an ear bud. Before the meeting and
> before turnning off voice assistant it said voice assistant is using a
> mic. After I turned it off it said two apps are using the mic. I just
> checked the system tray and it doesn’t say two apps are using the mic or
> the voice assistant is. Okay now what? I tried using FireFox and that
> didn’t help. I used narrator and that didn’t help. Is there something in
> sound settings that could be causing this problem? There is a setting
> that says apps can use the mic. This is on. I wonder what will happen if
> I turn it off. Would the mic still work with Zoom?
>
> *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Curtis Chong
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2022 11:58 AM
> *To:* main@jfw.groups.io
> *Subject:* Re: freedom scientific voice assistant is using your microphone
>
> Go to JAWS, Utilities, Voice Assistant, Settings. Uncheck the box which
> says, “enable voice assistant”.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
> *From:* main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>> *On Behalf Of *David
> Diamond
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2022 10:55 AM
> *To:* main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> *Subject:* Re: freedom scientific voice assistant is using your microphone
>
> yes, on the third.
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> *Subject:* freedom scientific voice assistant is using your microphone
>
> Hello, I’m using most recent versions of Jaws2022 and windows10. For the
> last few months when I’m using Zoom other people in the Zoom call can
> hear Jaws when I’m using an ear bud. I have tried a ear bud with a
> microphone and one with out. No difference. I just noticed on the tool
> bar one item it says “freedom scientific voice assistant is using your
> microphone.” Could this be causing the problem? Is this suppose to be
> on? Is there a way to stop this if it could be causing the problem?
> Thanks, Kevin
>
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