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Turn down the guide volume to zero; This option works well for those that can see
the recording status light but is more difficult for blind users who require the guide
speech to confirm whether PLEXTALK is recording or paused.
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Plug in headphones; All output from PLEXTALK is heard through the headphones
and no guide speech is recorded.
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Turn off the guide speech during recording; PLEXTALK provides you with the ability
to automatically turn off guide speech when you start recording. When you are
recording, no guide speech is heard but guide speech returns automatically when you
pause or stop recording.
Guide speech during recording can be turned off or on as follows:
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Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu.
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Use the Left or Right key to go to the "Recording settings" option and select it by
pressing the Enter key.
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Use the Left or Right key to go to the "Turn guidance on or off when recording"
option and select it by pressing the Enter key.
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Use the Left or Right key to select "Guidance on" or "Guidance off" and press the
Enter key to confirm your selection.
12.8. Connecting and selecting an input source
When making live recordings of voices, conferences, lectures, presentations and concerts,
you may find that you get better quality by connecting an external microphone. To record
from devices such as tape recorders, Music CD players and radios, you should connect to
PLEXTALK through the external microphone and line in socket, using a suitable audio
cable. To connect either an external microphone or an audio cable, do the following:
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Insert the microphone or audio cable jack plug into the combined external
microphone and line in socket.
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PLEXTALK will confirm that it is connected by saying "External Microphone mode"
or "Line in mode".
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If PLEXTALK says "External Microphone mode", this indicates that the "Select
external audio input jack" setting is set for a microphone.
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If PLEXTALK says "Line in mode", this indicates that the setting is set for a line in
input.
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If you have connected a microphone and PLEXTALK says "Line in mode", or if you
have connected an audio cable and PLEXTALK says "External Microphone mode",
you need now to change the setting in the menu. See later in this section for details
on how to do this.