JAWS Scripts for the Vocaster Hub.

Introduction.

For those people who have a FocusRite Vocaster one or two product, you will have noticed that you need to use the software management tool Vocaster Hub. This allows you to control many aspects of your device for hosts, guests and general settings.

Previously, when you launched the Vocaster Hub, it was not possible to press Tab and Shift+Tab by default so as to move through the various controls. This is now corrected in the latest application update.

These scripts provide a range of shortcut keys so as to move to specific areas of the program, together with some additional enhancements.

Before we get to the specifics, some important notes.

• These JAWS scripts are free of charge. FocusRite are actively engaging in discussions with the blindness community which is extremely positive. It is very much the hope that these scripts can be removed in the near future.
• As a consequence of the scripts being freely available, support is extremely limited as our company needs to focus on providing support for products our customers have paid for.
• Updates to the scripts will be made only when time allows.

Download and Usage.

The following changes have been made since the previous version:

Removed unnecessary speech output relating to whether the control is "On" or "Off", such as "Guest 48V Check Box Checked, On", or "Enhance Check Box Not Checked, Off".

When you Tab to one of the Preset Combo Boxes, JAWS now says the word "Preset".

When you move through the Combo Box values with Up and Down Arrow keys, JAWS does not double speak.

When in one of the Preset Combo Boxes, press letter R for Radio, C for Clean, W for Warm or B for Bright.

Press function key F9 to place the details of the focused control into the JAWS Virtual Viewer. This is especially helpful for controls such as the application version number.

All other controls and shortcut keys remain the same, detailed below.

Controls in order of appearance:

Speaker Mute: ALT+Windows+M.
Host 48V: Control+4.
Mute Host: Control+M.
Enhance Host: Control+E.
Mic Level Host: Control+K.
AutoGain Host: Control+A.
Preset Host: Control+P.
Guest 48V: ALT+4.
Mute Guest: ALT+M.
Enhance Guest: ALT+E.
Mic Level Guest: ALT+K.
AutoGain Guest: ALT+A.
Preset Guest: ALT+P.
Level Show Mix Host: Control+Windows+L.
Mute Show Mix Host: Control+Windows+M.
Level Show Mix Guest: Control+Windows+Semicolon.
Mute Show Mix Guest: Control+Windows+Apostrophe.
auxiliary Level: ALT+Windows+A.
auxiliary Mute: ALT+Windows+U.
Bluetooth Level: ALT+Windows+B.
Bluetooth Mute: ALT+Windows+T.
Loopback 1 Level: ALT+Windows+1.
Loopback 1 Mute: Control+Windows+1.
Loopback 2 Level: ALT+Windows+2.
Loopback 2 Mute: Control+Windows+2.
Show Mix Level: ALT+Windows+S.

Downloading And Installing.

The following notes describe how to locate your JAWS Settings/ENU folder where all your JAWS scripts live. This will allow you to place the JAWS scripts into the required location in order that the screen-reader can use them.

1. First of all, download the zipped archive. You can download the zipped archive here.
2. If you are using the standard unzip utility for Windows, pressing Enter will open up this file.
3. Press Control+A so as to select the contents of the entire zipped archive.
4. Press Control+C to copy the contents of the zipped archive to the Windows clipboard.
5. Press Insert+J to move to the JAWS window.
6. Press ALT+U for the Utilities menu.
7. Locate the item, Explore Utilities Folder, found on the Utilities menu and press Enter. Alternatively, press the shortcut key, letter X.
8. From the list of folders which appears, select, Explore My Settings and press Enter.
9. This is the folder you need to place the scripts into. Press Control+V to paste the content of the zipped archive into this folder. If Windows prompts you as to whether files should be replaced, press the Space Bar on the Replace All Button.
10. Finally, press ALT+F4 to close the Settings/ENU screen.