[audacity4blind] Re: JAWS script for Audacity 2.0.0
- From: David Bailes <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:01:09 +0100 (BST)
Hi Gary,
having keystrokes to read the selection start and selection end/length controls
is useful. Note that a user can set this up using frames in Jaws. I think that
the ideal solution would be to have the keystrokes for these to built in to
audacity so that they are available to users of all screen readers.
The program's status. The obvious solution is for the program status to be
included in the status bar. However, there are only a small number of audacity
developers at the moment, so I'm not sure when this could be fixed.
I'm sorry to hear that playing with the computer has returned to low priority,
best wishes,
David.
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From: Gary Campbell <campg2003@xxxxxxxxx>
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2012, 23:39
Subject: [audacity4blind] JAWS script for Audacity 2.0.0
Hello,
While my family has been gone for the past 10 days
I’ve been playing with Audacity a bit. A search of the list archive
indicated that there are no JAWS scripts for Audacity. I wrote a script
that provides keystrokes to speak the selection start and end fields without
having to move to the selection bar. It also displays the shortcut keys
from David Bailes’s guide (thank you!!!). You can get it from my
SkyDrive here.
There is audacity_jaws.exe, a self-extrector, and audacity_readme.txt,
the README from audacity_jaws.exe. Unfortunately, I wrote it at the end
of the time I have had to use Audacity, so I don’t have much experience
with how useful the script actually is. (My family is due back any
moment, so “playing with the computer” will have to return to
it’s normal low priority!) The README appears at the end of this
message. While I can’t promise a response in a timely manner, I
would be interested in your feedback and suggestions for when I have time to
work on it again.
One thing I would like and don’t know how to do is to
report the program’s status—playing, recording, paused, etc.
Say you are recording and have to pause to do something else. When
you come back, did you pause or stop? You’re recording and and are
away from the computer. When you come back, did the cat or someone else
hit the spacebar and stop your recording? I can tell that recording is in
progress by the “space remaining” message on the status bar, and
whether or not it is paused by whether the Audio Position is increasing, but I
think an easier way to detect the state would be useful. If anyone has
ideas about how to do this I would be interested.
Gary
Audacity_readme.txt from audacity_jaws.exe:
5/16/2012 JAWS script for Audacity V1.0 by Gary Campbell
<campg2003@xxxxxxxxx>
This script adds the following scripts for Audacity 2.0.0:
SaySelectionStart
SaySelectionEnd
SayActiveCursor
ScriptFileName
HotkeyHelp
WindowKeysHelp
This package provides the following:
Keystrokes to speak selection start, selection end or
length, and Audio Position from anywhere in the main window.
Keystrokes to move the focus to selection start and
selection end/length.
Displays JAWS and Audacity hotkey help.
The script was developed with Audacity 2.0.0 and JAWS
10.0.1178u. It should probably work with any JAWS 5.0 or later, but if
you aren't using JAWS 10.0.1178u you should recompile the scripts with the
script manager, or run "<JAWSProgDir\scompile.exe audacity.jss".
There is no specific Braille support at this time.
To install:
Place the archive in your user-specific JAWS settings folder
(such as %appdata%\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\10.0\Settings\enu).
Run it to unpack the files.
If you are not using JAWS 10.0.1178u, select audacity.jss in
Windows Explorer and press ENTER to open it in Script Manager. Then press
CTRL+s to compile it and ALT+F4 to close Script Manager.
Messages and string constants are in audacity.jsm
facilitating translation.
The script version appears in JAWS hot key help.
I would be interested in feedback on the script and
suggestions for improvement, but can't promise any updates.
Here is the text of the JAWS hot key help:
JAWS keystrokes for script version 1.0 5/16/12, for Audacity
2.0.0:
To say the selection start position, press Control+[.
To say the selection end position or length, press
Control+].
To move focus to these controls, press the key twice
quickly.
To say the Audio Position value, press Alt+Delete.
To say the active cursor while the PC cursor is active,
press Alt+Delete twice quickly.
To get help with Audacity hot keys, press JAWSKey+W.
To get the default Windows hot key help, press JAWSKey+W
twice quickly.
Enjoy.
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