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Subject: Re: hardware or software synths
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From: "Jason White" <jason@jasonjgw.net>
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Subject: Re: hardware or software synths


> John G. Heim <speakup@linux-speakup.org> wrote:
>
>>Last time I checked, linux didn't automatically switch the default sound
>>device from an internal sound card to a USB headset. Has this changed?
>
> No. You still have to set it, and that's probably how it should be.

Well, how are you going to set it if you don't have sound?

I disagree that this is the way it should be. You plug a USB headset iinto a 
Windows machine and you get sound through the USB headset. Then you can 
start narrator with a keystroke and you are (sort of) good to go.

I'm not saying linux should do it just because Windows does it. I'm saying 
linux should do it because it works. Well, it works for blind people at 
least.