Hi Diane!
Well it's good that you're sorted for the time being. It's hard to guess
what might prevent your keys from working. One thing that occurs to me is
that if a track is playing while another track is soloed, you don't
necessarily notice it. In that case some key strokes, such as j and k won't
work, while cursor left/right won't seem to have an effect. If you then
press space, thinking you're starting playback, you have in fact stopped it.
And of course, j and k won't have an effect if no track is selected. Even if
your project contains one track only, it needs to be selected by pressing
Enter.
Cheers! Robbie
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Scalzi
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 1:51 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Horrible Problems with Audacity
Hi Robbie,
I am using a Dell desktop running the latest version of Windows 10, Audacity
2.2.1.0 and JAWS 2018. I was trying to rescue my old project file, but then
last night decided to rerecord my document. The current file is working
properly. By the way, there is audio in the old project. I am able to play
it but a lot of it is missing. and as I said, the keyboard commands don't
all work. If you have any ideas about what could be causing the problem, I
will keep them for future reference, but my current project is all good.
Thanks.
Diane
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robbie
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 8:56 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Horrible Problems with Audacity
Hi Diane!
Please let us know if you're on Windows or Mac, which screen reader and what
version of Audacity you're using.
If you reinstalled the program, that means you saved the apparently damaged
version of the project?
If as you say the key strokes for navigating a track do not work, that
suggests that there is no track in the project. Can you move the cursor up
and down? If not, press alt-t, n, s to add a new track. That track will be
numbered according to the number of tracks in the project. If there is no
track in the project, the new track will be Track 1. In that case your
project is empty. If the new track has any other number, there are tracks
still in the project. Let's take it from there.
Cheers! Robbie
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Scalzi
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 2:34 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Horrible Problems with Audacity
Hi Everyone,
I am in a lot of trouble with this Audacity I think. I am in a project and
apparently erased most of it. The usual commands for navigating the track
aren't working. I have tried reinstalling the program with no results. I
guess my project is toast, but I'm hopping someone can help me rescue it.
Thanks.
Diane
