Hi,
for those wanting to download a nightly build, the page containing links to
them has changed to:
https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-Windows-Nightlies.html
A direct link to the latest build is:
https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-Windows-Nightlies.html/audacity-win-eee58d9-2.2.0-alpha-06aug07.zip
In passing, there's a draft version of my Jaws guide for 2.2.0 available
here:
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-2.2.0-Guide.html
David.
On 5 August 2017 at 19:38, Gary Campbell <campg2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I just posted an alpha release of the JAWS script. It contains support
for Audacity V2.2.0 (alpha, of course).
You can download the installer from https://github.com/campg2j003/
JAWS-Script-for-Audacity/releases/download/rel2.2.0-Alpha-
2017-08-05/Jaws-Script-for-Audacity_2_2_0-Alpha-2017-08-05.exe.
The source is on GitHub on the "next" branch. (Go to
http://www.github.com/camp2j003/Jaws-Script-for-Audacity, choose "Switch
Branches or Tags", the Branches tab, and next.)
Audacity V2.2.0 replaces the Length and End radio buttons on the Selection
bar with a combo box. Last I heard, this combo box has no name, and I am
told that an early version of David's guide describes it this way: "An
unnamed combo box which determines which details of any selected time range
are shown in the two edit spin boxes, which are the next two controls in
the toolbar". For now I'm calling it the "Position Display Type". The
script has a new key sublayer under the JAWSKey+a layer ("p" for Position)
that allows you to select one of these choices. These layer keys are:
s: start/end
l: start/length
e: length/end
c: length/center
p: say current selection
The keys 1-4 on the typing row are equivalent to s, l, e, and c,
respectively. The keys that say/set the selection ends speak the name of
each field. They are spoken in the order they appear on the screen. I was
going to change the order so that ALT+[ always speaks an "absolute"
position (start, end, center) and ALT+] always speaks length (if included),
but I decided it was too confusing. Let me know what you think.
I have also added key layer help.
I notice that Silence Preview during effects isn't working. I'm not sure
if I will try to address that soon-- it's a nightmare to debug!
I also added an experimental feature. My Lenovo laptop requires that you
hold the FN key to type a function key. I find it a bit awkward to hold
Shift+FN and find F5 through F8, so I made a layer JAWSKey+a,s (for
short). In this layer the keys j through semicolon correspond to Shift+F5
through F8, Control+j and Control+l correspond to Shift+Control+F5 and F7.
You do not leave the key layer after pressing these keys, so you can do
several of them without retyping JAWSKey+a, s each time. I also included
"c" in this layer for the normal "c" key. I chose s for this layer because
the keys play short selections of audio, although I think it would be
easier to type another key that isn't right next to a. (I originally put
it on f for function keys, but I changed it because that isn't very
pneumonic.) Try it and see if you like it. I just implemented it last
night, so I haven't used it yet except to test it a bit.
Since I have installed the Windows 10 Creators update, I can't run
Audacity 2.1.3 very well. I would appreciate it if someone still using
2.1.3 (before Creator update) would test the script on it and let me know
if it still works.
I would also like someone who has JAWS 10 to test it and let me know how
it works. In particular, I want to know if the script will compile and not
gripe about calling function KeymapChangedEvent.
You can get nightly builds of Audacity at http://gaclrecords.org.uk/win-
nightly/. You can avoid trashing your installed version of Audacity by
unzipping the file in a folder and making a folder called Portable Settings
in the same folder that contains audacity.exe.
Thanks.
Gary
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