Hi Andrew,
By the way, please know that I am not accusing you of anything. You have helped
me a lot and I appreciate all you do. I have heard of others besides me who
have had problems with Send Space but I know it was nothing you did. Still, I’m
glad your files aren’t there any more. I’m going to have my computer cleaned
and if I find out anything relating to Send Space, I’ll report back.
Diane
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:10 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: New to Audacity, need your guidance
Diane, that sounds nasty. I doubt very much that the virus came from
Sendspace, but it is intriguing that it gets a mention. Sendspace includes ads
if using a free account, but mine was a paid one so that should not have
resulted in you getting ads.
I had the account for seven years or so and the only antivirus I use is Windows
Defender and this six-year old computer shows no signs of nasties.
If anyone else has had similar problems to Diane involving Sendspace, please
let me know. Some of the files have been downloaded hundreds of times and this
is the first time anyone has linked them with a virus. My limited knowledge of
such things is that mp3 files do not usually carry malware and, to the very
best of my knowledge, none that I have created do so.
Andrew
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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Diane Scalzi
Sent: Thursday, 29 April 2021 1:54 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: New to Audacity, need your guidance
Hi Andrew,
I’m glad you are no longer using Send Space. Ever since I listened to one of
your tutorials, (the one on creating labels in Audacity), I have been receiving
notifications about my computer being at risk for viruses, being infected with
3 or 5 viruses and telling me to renew my Mccaffee subscription. They all have
sendspace.com in them. Now I guess I’ll have to take my computer somewhere for
Today I received an email with a supposed invoice for Norton antivirus.cleaning.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:16 AM, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
David, an update on the address for the files I have created and other bits and
pieces. I have been meaning to send this for some time, but laziness prevailed.
Due to glitches with the SendSpace desktop app and their complete lack of
response, I have stopped using SendSpace. The files are now in this folder
<https://1drv.ms/u/s!AqaMwQC-taeGmBiZLK81BuJ0C5Gr?e=JLk7dA> . The process of
downloading files is not quite as nice as previously. I think the best option
is to tab (or whatever method suits) to the file of interest and then press the
Application Key. Arrow down to Download and press Enter.
Uma, if you like learning from audio tutorials, I suggest starting with
audacity-intro.mp3. The audacity-levels.mp3 may also be helpful at this stage.
Several people on this List also use Goldwave and I have a family member who
also uses it. The way Goldwave and Audacity work are, as you have found, very
different. I think you will find that Audacity gives you a lot more power, but
getting familiar with it can be dauanting.
David’s Guide is a great place to start, as it is written with screen reader
users in mind. I also find the Audacity Manual, available from the Help Menu,
very helpful. Some of it is not ideal for screen reader users, including
unnecessary alt text on images which just add to verbosity. Nevertheless, I
find it quite helpful and some sections specifically address needs of screen
reader and keyboard-only users.
Get back to us with specific questions. People will be happy to help.
Andrew
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<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of David Bailes
Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2021 5:18 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: New to Audacity, need your guidance
Hi Uma,
in addition to the written guide which Pawel has already mentioned:
1. Andrew Downie, who's on the Audacity4Blind list, has produced a number of
audio tutorials, which are available here:
https://www.sendspace.com/folder/xusytz
2. Jim Gamage has made a number of audio tutorials, which are available here:
http://www.talking-computers.org.uk/jimonaudacity.html
There's a Jaws script for Audacity, and this is the link to the installer of
that script:
https://github.com/campg2j003/JAWS-Script-for-Audacity/releases/download/rel2.2.1/Jaws-Script-for-Audacity_2_2_1.exe
David.
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 at 03:33, Uma Shankar Veeravalli <sankarv2408@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:sankarv2408@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hello there!
This is Uma Shankar from India.
I have been using something called Gold Wave for my podcast editing since a
very long time. But that is too old and too limited in terms of effects and
features. I have been trying to use Audacity for all of my audio editing since
a month now.
But honestly speaking the user interface of audacity is just intimidating me
and I’m unable to perform the basic functions like selection and deletion of
tracks.
I use NVDA as my primary screen reader on my Windows machine but I’m also well
familiar with using JAWS as much.
Please let me know if there are any beginner guides for blind users of audacity
and also let me know if there are any scripts for JAWS which I should install
to make the experience better with JAWS and audacity.
Thanks, and Cheers.
Uma Shankar
