[audacity4blind] Re: Audacity and VoiceOver on the Mac
- From: "John W. Hess" <wysiwygtechnologies@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:44:58 -0500
Gale, good evening to you. Thank you for your explanation. I sincerely hope
that this discussion happens soon. Audacity is just the best editor I have ever
worked with and to have that kind of access on the mac would be simply
extraordinary. I do appreciate your consideration on this issue and thank
again for all of your hard work. Have a great week.
On Aug 22, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Gale Andrews wrote:
>
> John,
>
> We have a "bug" tracking this issue and I have issued a "prod" on it.
> However the code to be changed mainly isn't in Audacity but in the
> Mac version of wxWidgets. Modifying the latter needs to be discussed
> as it is a third-party library.
>
> @Brad - the full list of keyboard shortcuts for 1.3.13 Beta is here:
> http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Keyboard_Shortcut_Reference
>
> Most of these shortcuts have been in place for a long time. There will
> still be significant difficulties with VoiceOver until we can commit
> Leland's changes.
>
>
>
> Gale
>
>
> | From "John W. Hess" <wysiwygtechnologies@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:13:04 -0500
> | Subject: Audacity and VoiceOver on the Mac
>> Good evening. I offer the following with great respect to the developers
>> and hopefully a gentle encouraging nudge. Awhile ago, leland invited me to
>> participate in assisting him with creating an accessible version of Audacity
>> for
>> the mac. His work is incredible and I was quite privileged to assist him in
>> testing the program as he wrote the code and working through things that
>> were not accessible. What this yielded was a completely accessible version
>> for
>> the mac. Now, let me qualify my statements by stating that I have worked in
>> Broadcasting and as a production engineer for 20 years and had been using
>> Adobe
>> audition on the windows side. When I started using the Mac I really wanted
>> something that would work. Since the beta was created I was able to secure a
>> contract producing radio programming for a year. Audacity allowed me to do
>> things
>> that I couldn't touch with audition via the keyboard. Example, syncing tracks
>> could only be done visually. IN audacity I could do this using the keyboard.
>> I've
>> also produced podcasts, and taught a podcasting course using audacity for
>> mac
>> and windows. So, wonderful developers who have really put an amazing amount
>> of work in to this excellent software Please!!!!! Please!!!!!!!
>> Please!!!!!!!!
>> incorporate the work Leland has done on accessibility in to the next release
>> for
>> the mac. I'm sure that since he has written the code it can't be hard to
>> implement
>> now. I still use this beta and refuse to change until accessible releases are
>> available to all. Nudge,nudge,nudge!!!!
>>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Brad Erhardt wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody, this is my first email to this list, so please pardon me
>>> if I
>>> don't do this exactly right.
>>>
>>> I am a VIP, Visually Impaired Person, and I am using an IMac with an Intel
>>> dual core processor. I am running Snowleopard 10.6.8.
>>>
>>> I have the Audacity 1.3 Alpha.
>>>
>>> My question is this, Does anyone know if the 1.3 Beta will work on the Mac,
>>> and if there are any keyboard shortcuts to make selecting easier.
>>> Currently, it
>>> seems to be a rather complicated process.
>>>
>>> I can select the "selection tool" but unless the mouse is on the graph of
>>> the
>>> recording the tool doesn't always work. Also, I believe that VoiceOver,
>>> sometimes interrupts the commands that should go to Audacity.
>>>
>>> I am a rather new person to this area of audio recording and editing, so if
>>> anyone can give me any tips, I would greatly appreciate that.
>>>
>>> Much thanks,
>>>
>>> Brad Erhardt
>>> bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx
>>>
>
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