Hi Robin, In case you've not discovered yet, there's a manual written specifically for JAWS users of Audacity at: http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-1.3.3-Guide.html and a Wiki page at: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=AudacityForBlindUsers Both are works in progress, I believe. I'm a totally blind JAWS user and have myself just started working with Audacity, and it's been a bit of a struggle but I am making progress. I'm having trouble getting the hang of doing things like selecting clips and then saving them into separate files. It's more because I've not been able to get a big enough chunk of time to really concentrate on it, but I do like the program a lot. I also applaud the team for working towards making this software usable by blind and low-vision users. Cheers, Pete De Vasto -----Original Message----- From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David R. Sky Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:06 PM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: JAWS HELP NEW USER Hi Robin, In my notes below, my instructions about saving to a .txt file did not work as I wrote, so you can ignore that part. The rest is valid, and there is only one attachment to this post, keys.xml. Hope this is helpful. David I've attached two files to this post, keys.xml and keys.txt, the first being how Audacity saves keyboard commands to a file you specify. keys.txt is how my Windows browser converted the xml file and saved it as a text file. Item #1 below is how to save the Audacity keyboard commands to an xml file, with brief notes about how I converted the xml file to a plain text file with no xml markings. Item #2 below is how to examine the keyboard commands one at a time in Audacity without saving to a file. 1. open preferences - control+p cursor to 'keyboard' tab to 'save' press enter enter filename such as c:\myfiles\keys tab to 'save' button press enter press escape to exit preferences Your file will be saved as keys.xml in the folder you specified, which (after you have exited Audacity) you can examine with your browser or in a plain text editor. My version of Audacity 1.3.3 beta is an August 5 release, you probably have an older version, so I'm not sure how or whether the attached keys.xml or keys.txt are the same as your friend's version of Audacity (keys.txt is the keys.xml file saved as a .txt file using my browser) 2. To examine single keyboard commands open preferences - control+p cursor to 'keyboard' tab to 'key bindings' use up and down arrows to examine individual key command combinations Press escape to exit preferences David -- David R. Sky http://www.shellworld.net/~davidsky/ On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Robin G Plitt wrote: > HI Gang, > > I just installed a copy of the Audacity Beta for a friend who is a JAWS user. > > Currently, he will just be making timer recordings and exporting them to MP3. I have set up the program for him and creaed a folder which he can access from the desktop to play/move his files. > > I have read the Wiki online and didn't see any keyboard shortcuts which would make the Record/Export process any easier. > > Can anyone offer any tips? > > Thanks, > Robin The audacity4blind website is at http://users.northlc.com/sberry/ 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