[jawsscripts] Re: Installing a personal settings archive
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:09:38 -0500 (EST)
Thanks, Brian -- that helps. Do you happen to know where sound files
should be copied that are used by a scheme?
Jamal
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Brian
Hartgen wrote:
> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:15:09 -0000
> From: Brian Hartgen <jaws@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Installing a personal settings archive
>
> Hi Jamal
>
> I don't know much about Schemes because I don't use them. I also do not use
> the settings packager because I always copy files manually, for example any
> jaws custom labelling I have done.
>
> However, as far as I know the settings packager does not do any special
> processing and is merely an import/export tool.
>
> If you create a scheme, you will note that there is a file with the scheme
> name with an .MSF extension and possibly a voice aliases.dat file. These
> are just placed in the jaws settings folder relative to the windows account.
>
> However, as you point out you will need to associate the scheme with the
> application. I suspect if your friend or colleague had copied the .JCF file
> for the application itself this would have helped you because under the
> Options section of the .JCF there is a line which determines which scheme
> should be switched to. In my test scheme I have just created for Notepad, I
> have
> Scheme=Brian
>
> I would ask for all the files and copy them manually. I note however that
> if you have faithfully reproduced the contents of the Readme file emanating
> from the settings packager, the scheme name is not even present which
> demonstrates it may not have been correctly exported using this method.
> When I tried doing this just now, I got:
> Summary of brian.zip
> Schemes
> Scheme: Brian
> My Scheme.
> This last line refers to the scheme description.
>
> Brian Hartgen
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: 19 December 2008 22:20
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Installing a personal settings archive
>
> Someone sent me a zip archive of JAWS personalized settings that was
> created with the Export option of Settings Packager. I want to install
> and try the scheme but am having trouble.
>
> I tried opeing the archive with Settings Packager, but no package files
> are listed to import. Can anyone tell me where the files should be
> copied? There is a Sounds subfolder with several .wav files. Also, the
> archive contains the following two files: SynthVoiceAliases.dat and
> SettingsPackager.spd. Can this installation be done just by copying files
> to appropriate locations, or is the Import feature of Settings Packager
> needed because it performs additional processing tasks?
>
> There is also a ReadMe.txt file that was created by the Export process,
> pasted below for reference. It does not include the name of a scheme. If
> I can figure out how to do a manual install, how can I know what scheme
> name I would subsequently choose via Configuration Manager?
>
> Jamal
> Summary of export.zip
>
> Schemes:
>
>
>
>
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