[audacity4blind] Re: Selecting portions of a track

  • From: "David Engebretson Jr." <accessible.engineering@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:41:59 -0700

Or perhaps you could record something and then post it to the web so we can
all view/listen to  the recording and comment on it?

 

I look forward to hearing your detailed explanation,

David

 

 

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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Selecting portions of a track

 

I will respond here in the same way. Maybe I can give a live tutorial on
Zoom or Skype.

 

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From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 5:56 PM
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Selecting portions of a track

 

Hi Sarah

By the way, the only silly question is the one you did not ask.  We all
started out as newbies, so don't be afraid to ask questions.

In addition to David's detailed description of selecting audio, you may find
this audio Audacity Introduction <https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/v56cn4>
useful.  I recorded it a few years ago and it needs updating to include more
recent Audacity features, but could be worth a listen.

 

 

Andrew

 

 

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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Sarah
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Selecting portions of a track

 

Hi David,

 

Thank you, that is very very helpful.

 

With best wishes,

 

Sarah

 

 

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Sent: 14 July 2020 16:58
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Selecting portions of a track

 

Here's what I do to edit sections on a track:

 

1.      Press enter to select the track 
2.      Press home to go to the beginning of the track
3.      Press space to begin playback
4.      Press [ at the start of the spot I want to edit
5.      Press ] at the end of the spot I want to edit
6.      Press space to stop playback
7.      Press space again to play the selection I made in steps 4 and 5

a.      If you want to adjust the selection time you can

                                                               i.      Start
over (it's what I like to do because it's easy and it's fun to get good at
selecting audio on the fly

                                                             ii.      Press
alt+ left or right brackets twice quickly to land focus on the beginning and
end spin controls, respectively, and make adjustments there

                                                           iii.      Move
the edges around with combinations of shift+left arrow, shift+right arrow,
ctrl+shift+left arrow, and ctrl+shift+right arrow 

1.      I need to turn on keyboard help (JAWSKey+'1') to help remind me of
what each of those does because my memory seems to fail me each time I try
to use the above keystrokes

7.      When you've got the selection how you like it, don't forget to press
'z' to make sure your selection points are at 0

a.      This will help to make sure you don't hear any popping or clipping
as artifacts of editing

8.      To delete the selected audio press "delete"
9.      To silence the audio without shifting the audio to the right of your
selection, press control+'l' to add silence.

 

HTH a bit,

David

 

 

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Subject: [audacity4blind] Selecting portions of a track

 

Hi All,

 

A very new nubie here so apologies if this question is very basic and
annoying for you all.

 

I've done a recording in Zoom and imported it into Audacity .  I want to cut
out various short sections to tidy it up before iporting it as a finalised
MP3 file.

 

Try as I might I can't work out how to select certain portions using Jaws
and the scripts.  Yes I've read through the help and Jaws script help but I
just can't get my head around it.

 

I'm probably being very dim here but really struggling to do even the basics
and getting very fed up.

 

With many many thanks in advance,

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

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