Audio Wizard Override

Last Modified: March 22, 2000

Whenever you run the Audio Setup Wizard, the Audio Setup Wizard computes what it thinks is the optimal volume setting to your sound card. This volume setting is saved in the registry with the other Dragon NaturallySpeaking variables. And whenever you turn on the microphone, NaturallySpeaking resets the volume of your sound card to match the settings computed by the Audio Setup Wizard.

If you want to use a different volume then that computed by the Audio Setup Wizard, then you'll find that every time you turn on and off the microphone, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will restore the setting saved by the Audio Setup Wizard, requiring you to change the volume again.

But there is a way around this. If you decide that you want use a different setting for your microphone volume then the one computed by the Audio Setup Wizard, then complete the following steps.

(1) First run the Audio Setup Wizard. Stop when you get to last screen where it gives you a rating of the quality the sound card.

(2) Start the multimedia mixer, and adjust the volume setting of the microphone input on the recording page. You can leave the Audio Setup Wizard on the screen, and test the microphone volume with some other application.

(3) Once you have adjusted the volume setting the way you like it, click Finish on the Audio Setup Wizard. The Audio Setup Wizard will then save the manual setting of the microphone volume rather than the computed setting.

When you complete these steps, then Dragon NaturallySpeaking will restore your manual microphone setting whenever you turn on the microphone.

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