I hesitate to mention this because you either have to be a sound geek or know someone who is, but I solved the problem with a 16 channel (probably overkill) mixer board and an ordinary Beats headset with microphone. I wanted to be able to put the phone in one ear and the computer in the other, be able to switch them, and be able independently to increase or decrease the sound volume. That allows me to negotiate clauses in contracts, listening to JAWS mostly in one ear, while listening to the phone in the other ear. That, however, is only the beginning. I also wanted to be able to send the sound (either the phone or JAWS) through external speakers, entirely independently. Then, I wanted to be able to switch between using the headset microphone either to talk on the phone or to dictate to my computer using Dragon Naturally Speaking. Finally, I wanted to be able independently to answer either my regular desk phone or my iPhone, using the iPhone in the same way that I used my desk phone. In theory, this should have worked, and I did get all of it working -- except the iPhone. I got as far as I could, but was then stumped. I have two sons, one an electrical engineer who designs radar for the Air Force, and the other, a mechanical engineer who designs cars for Honda. Not everyone has that luxury, hence my hesitation. I ended up employing both of them to get as far as I ultimately did. The iPhone integration may still happen -- next Christmas Vacation. <SMILE> Of course, this set-up is permanent. Once everything is wired, you don't ever want to move. <SMILE> I think I paid between $50 and $80 for the mixer board. I don't think it will ever wear out. I've already been through two headsets (I'm pretty hard on them). My advice would be to call Plantronics. <SMILE>
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner via Jfw Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 7:30 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Kimber Gardner Subject: Re: dual source headsets, where to get? This was an interesting discussion. I have a solution that's not very elegant but it works. I have a wired earphone that plugs into my computer and I place the earbud in one ear. Then I have a Bluetooth headset connected too the iPhone with the earbud in my other ear. I use it for listening to music while I work, but it also works for phone calls. As I said, not elegant but it works. Kim On 8/14/15, Brent Harding via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wondering how you go about getting a dual source headset to be > able to hear JFW on one side and have a phone call on the other side. > Even better, it would be nice if the microphone sent its output back > to the phone. I tried getting quotes on a sight called Thumbtack, and > I spoke with a guy who answered who does audio engineering on the > side. He thinks he could make a cable where I could plug any headset > mic in to do this, as long as it had the combination jack that > combines the headset and mic on it. If one was going to use a phone > that has the same kind of jack as the iPhone, which uses the 4-band, > 3.5mm connector, does such a product exist? The closes thing I found > years ago was a discontinued Plantronics headset, but it only had the > RJ headset plug for the phone side, which may or may not be able to be > adapted. Also, I'd like something less expensive than that. I spoke > with Plantronics the other day, and it appeared that what they may > have had has been discontinued so long ago that it isn't in their > system any more. The guy told me that the only dual source headsets > like that have to be manually switched between phone call and other > source, which doesn't work if you switch to read something and the person on the other end says something you missed. What are people doing to achieve this these days? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachme nts/ > 20150814/fb5884a9/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Kimberly _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
