[macvoiceover] Re: VoxKeys 1.2 released, includes GarageBand support
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:51:30 -0500
Good morning Bryan,
You have done a great deal of work here and this new information is great and I
want to thank you.
I will spend some time today in learning more about Voxkeys.
It looks like this is just the beginning.
Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I’ve just posted release 1.2 of VoxKeys. As always, you can get it here:
>
> http://blog.bryansmart.com/voxkeys-project/
>
> The new version fixes a problem with the Netflix support, as well as resolves
> a few installation issues that some people were having.
>
> The big new feature with this release, though, is the GarageBand support. I
> know that a lot of people on this list are interested in GarageBand, so I
> don’t doubt that you’ll be very excited once you discover what you can do
> with the latest VoxKeys. I’m posting the portion of the help file that
> discusses the GarageBand support below.
>
> Quickly moving to parts of the screen
>
> Most of the GarageBand user interface for a song is gathered in to a single
> large song window. The many hierarchical layers of this interface are
> time-consuming to navigate with the VoiceOver cursor. However, with the
> following shortcuts, you can quickly move the VoiceOver cursor to important
> areas of the song window.
>
> Most of the special areas of the song window, such as the Track Info group or
> the Editor Group, can normally be hidden or shown by pressing a key while
> holding down the Command key. Once one of these areas is shown, you can move
> to it by pressing the same key that is used to hide and show it, but by doing
> so while holding down the option key instead. You can, therefore, hold down
> the Option key while pressing I to move to the Track Info group, e to move to
> the Editor group, l to move to the Loop Browser group, or r to move to the
> Media Browser group. If you attempt to move to an area of the song window
> that isn’t currently visible, the shortcuts will let you know. Additionally,
> you can move to areas of the GarageBand song window that are always shown.
> Hold down the Option key and press t to move to the Timeline, or b to move to
> the track preset browser.
>
> Shortcuts that report status
>
> Several shortcuts have been added to provide a way for you to quickly hear
> information about the current song and track. However, for new users that
> aren’t ready to be overwhelmed with many shortcuts, they can simply press
> Control-tab to hear information about the current track, or Control-Shift-tab
> to hear information about the entire song. Control-tab will announce the
> current track’s track name, type, stereo mode, volume and pan settings, and
> will tell you if its mute, solo, or lock controls are active.
> Control-Shift-tab will tell you the name of the song, how many tracks are
> present, how much processing power is required to play the song with its
> current settings, and will tell you if any tracks in the song are muted,
> soloed, or locked.
>
> For experienced users, shortcuts are available to specifically enquire about
> the status of the current track or song. These shortcuts that report status
> all require that you hold down both the Control and Shift keys while pressing
> another key. While holding the Control and Shift keys, you can hear
> information about the status of the current track by pressing n to hear its
> name and type, v to hear its volume level, p to hear its pan position, m to
> hear if it is muted, s to hear if it is soloed, l to hear if it is locked, or
> r to hear if it is record enabled. While holding down the Control and Shift
> keys, you can also press u to hear the processing power that is currently
> being used by the active song (the CPU load), or c to hear the status of the
> Cycle Mode. You can also press Control-Shift-Command-v to hear the current
> level of the song’s master volume (think of the shortcut used to get the
> current track’s volume, with the Command key added).
>
> Shortcuts to change track settings
>
> While GarageBand already provides hotkeys for changing some track settings,
> including mute, solo, and lock, it doesn’t provide ways of quickly changing
> others that people frequently need, such as volume and pan. VoxKeys adds the
> capability to change additional GarageBand track settings by holding down the
> Control key in combination with other keys. You can increase or decrease the
> volume of the current track by holding down the Control key and pressing the
> up or down arrows. You can pan the track from left to right by holding down
> the Control key while pressing either the left or right arrows. To make
> significant changes to volume or pan, you can hold down both the Control key
> and the appropriate arrow key, releasing the keys when the volume or pan
> setting has reached the appropriate amount. If you’d like to hear the value
> of the new volume or pan setting while you adjust it, simply hold down the
> Shift key in addition to the Control key while you use the arrows.
>
> GarageBand already includes the Command-up arrow and Command-Down arrow
> hotkeys for adjusting the level of the song’s master volume. However, you can
> also hold down the Control and Shift keys while pressing these hotkeys to
> hear the new value of the master volume announced as you change it.
>
> Other shortcuts
>
> You can quickly set the tempo of the current song by pressing Control-t. When
> you press this hotkey, a window will open where you should type the new tempo
> value, followed by the enter key.
>
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