Ah Thank you David, I wasn't too sure about that but thought I would Throw it in just in case it helped. Thank you for correcting me, it is good to know the facts! :-) On 2011-11-07, at 3:14 AM, David Bailes wrote: > Hi Brad, > the availabiltiy of the editing commands doesn't depend on whether you open > or import an mp3 file. > David. > > From: Brad Erhardt <bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx> > To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, 6 November 2011, 19:02 > Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Keyboard commands do not work > > Also when you were editing the mp3 file, did you import it from the file > menu, or choose open from the file menu? By importing it I understand that > you should be able to use all the editing commands. > Hope this helps. > On 2011-11-05, at 5:17 PM, Regina Reusser wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Last week I have installed Audacity 1.3.13-beta on my Windows XP netbook >> with Jaws 11 on it. >> >> I have tried to edit a track by using keyboard commands mentionned in the >> guide for Jaws users, but Audacity die not react, whiley, funnily, it did >> when I choose the commands in the menu bar. >> >> As described in the manual, I turned the automatic selection of all audio >> off. >> >> After having opened the mp3-file I wanted to edit, I did the following to >> select a time range and cut it: >> play: space bar >> Move to beginning of time range: arrows left and right >> pause playback: p >> Set start of time range: [ >> unpause: p >> move to the end of the time range: arrows left and right >> pause: p >> Set end of time range: ] >> stop playback: space bar >> delete selected time range: delete. >> When playing the track, the audio I had selected and deleted was not there >> any more like I wanted. But when I exported it to an mp3 file, the deleted >> section was in the file again. >> My second try was to select a time range as I described above and >> transferred it into another track by cut and paste, what did not work as >> well. >> Even my sighted friend who has also installed the same audacity version but >> on a Win 7 computer had the same problems using keystrokes. >> >> Did we misunderstand the manual? Or do I need to install a special script >> including the keystrokes explained in the manual? >> >> Thanks for your help! >> Cheers >> >> Regina > > Brad Erhardt > bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx > > > > > Brad Erhardt bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx