[audacity4blind] Re: Keyboard commands do not work
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:18:41 -0600
audacity doesn't allow you to hear where the markers are set by issuing
commands that play a few seconds of the file from where the markers are
set forward. Mp3 Direct Cut has such commands so after you set the
markers, you can hear both locations, there is a command to play from the
location of the start marker forward and a command to play from the end
marker forward. Also, you can move the markers to the left or right by
tiny increments, perhaps as little as a sixteenth or an eighth of a second
by pressing keys that move each marker forward and backward. In other
words, if you want to move the left marker forward or back, you can use
one key to move it forward and another to move it back. The right marker
has two keys that do the same thing. So after you set the markers, you
can move them by tiny increments to set them precisely. You can move them
by larger amounts by repeatedly pressing these keys or by just holding
down one of the keys so the repeat key function in Windows will move the
marker.
Also, for some reason, it appears you can't move markers until a file has
been exported, then opened again. I don't know what happens if you save a
file in the proprietary Audacity format and then open it again but if you
record something and try to move the markers, you can't. If you export
the file as a wave file or some other format, then open it again after
closing and reopening audacity, you can move the markers. this may be a
real waste of time and a real annoyance when working with long recordings.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bailes" <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 5:2
> Hi Gene,
> have you any suggestions for making audacity easier and more pleasant to
> edit with?
>
> David.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gene <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, 6 November 2011, 1:51
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Keyboard commands do not work
>
> Was the original file an mp3 file and did you export the file you edited
> using the same name and to the same folder? If so, try editing and
> exporting the file using a different name. You can always change the name
> again later.
>
> If you are editing something that is a stereo, joint stereo, or monaural
> mp3 file, Mp3 Direct Cut is much easier and more pleasant to edit with.
> It isn't a multitrack recorder or editor so you can only use it for
> material that is in its final format and it only works with Mp3 files.
> but if you have a file you want to edit and your intention is to have the
> final result be an Mp3 file, I would recommend that you export it as an
> Mp3 file and use Mp3 Direct Cut for editing.
>
> Gene
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hi all
>>
>> Last week I have installed Audacity 1.3.13-beta on my Windows XP netbook
>> with Jaws 11 on it.
>>
>> I have tried to edit a track by using keyboard commands mentionned in
>> the
>> guide for Jaws users, but Audacity die not react, whiley, funnily, it
>> did
>> when I choose the commands in the menu bar.
>>
>> As described in the manual, I turned the automatic selection of all
>> audio
>> off.
>>
>> After having opened the mp3-file I wanted to edit, I did the following
>> to
>> select a time range and cut it:
>> play: space bar
>> Move to beginning of time range: arrows left and right
>> pause playback: p
>> Set start of time range: [
>> unpause: p
>> move to the end of the time range: arrows left and right
>> pause: p
>> Set end of time range: ]
>> stop playback: space bar
>> delete selected time range: delete.
>> When playing the track, the audio I had selected and deleted was not
>> there
>> any more like I wanted. But when I exported it to an mp3 file, the
>> deleted
>> section was in the file again.
>> My second try was to select a time range as I described above and
>> transferred it into another track by cut and paste, what did not work as
>> well.
>> Even my sighted friend who has also installed the same audacity version
>> but on a Win 7 computer had the same problems using keystrokes.
>>
>> Did we misunderstand the manual? Or do I need to install a special
>> script
>> including the keystrokes explained in the manual?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> Cheers
>>
>> Regina
>
>
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