Thank you very much for this helpful hint on running both versions. I will definitely give this a try and let everyone know how it goes. On 2014-01-19, at 5:14 PM, Gale Andrews wrote: > > | From Brad Erhardt <brad.erhardt@xxxxxxxxx> > | Sat, 18 Jan 2014 06:57:44 -0800 > | Subject: audacity 2.0.5 >> Hi Gale, I am currently running Audacity 2.0 on Mac OS X >> which has version 10.6.8 which I think is under the Snowleopard version. >> If anyone else knows about this issue that you mentioned then perhaps >> any extra feedback would be useful. Meanwhile I may just continue >> running with Audacity 2.0. Thanks. > > If you stay with 2.0.0 you're missing out on a lot of Audacity > screenreader improvements for Mac which were released in > 2.0.1. > > As the export problem was not mentioned before this Autumn > when Mavericks came out, it may be that the problem only > exists on Mavericks. > > You can easily have 2.0.0 and 2.0.5 on your computer and use > one or the other (but you cannot run both versions together). > > Just rename the folder that contains Audacity 2.0.0 to > "Audacity 2.0" or similar. Then create a folder called > "Audacity 2.0.5" or similar, and put the "Audacity" folder > from the downloaded 2.0.5 version into the "Audacity 2.0.5" > folder that you created. > > If you do that, please let us know if VoiceOver stops reading > the tracks after export in 2.0.5. > > > > Gale > > > >> On 2014-01-16, at 8:47 PM, Gale Andrews wrote: >> >>> >>> | From Brad Erhardt <brad.erhardt@xxxxxxxxx> >>> | Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:42:43 -0800 >>> | Subject: [audacity4blind] audacity 2.0.5 >>>> Hi all, I see that version 2.0.5 is now out for audacity for >>>> the Mac. Does anyone know if this one works well with VoiceOver? >>> >>> What version of Audacity are you using now, and what version >>> of OS X? >>> >>> In 2.0.4 and 2.0.5 on Mavericks (OS X 10.9), export in Audacity >>> causes the black accessibility area that VoiceOver creates to >>> go into the Tooldock area, so VoiceOver no longer reads the >>> tracks. >>> >>> The only way I know to solve this is to save as a project, close >>> the project then reopen it. You can then navigate the tracks >>> with VoiceOver. >>> >>> Can anyone else confirm or deny that export from 2.0.5 creates >>> this issue on earlier versions of OS X? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Gale > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > Brad Erhardt brad.erhardt@xxxxxxxxx