Hi John
"Are there any special setup requirements for getting started with
Audacity?"
The short answer is no. That is just one of the things I really like
about it. There are scripts for JAWS (I think Garry on this list is
your man) and an add-on for NVDA from Robert on this list. My
suggestion is that it is good to understand the software as it is before
adding screen reader specific enhancements, but others may disagree.
There is nothing at all wrong with using scripts to speed up or refine
things and I have written many for my computer work. I like though to
know how things tick first.
Keeping the synthesizer out of recordings will depend very much on the
computer setup. If there is only one sound card and one records via -
say - stereo mix, then the synthesizer will be recorded. I have a
Behringer Xenyx Q502 USB on my work computer. I discovered last week
that, when it is the sound card, it is not possible to record a second
track into Audacity without copying the audio from the first track
unless of course the first track is muted. And yes, the screen reader
also gets recorded. That issue does not occur with other USB boxes I use.
Regarding Audacity keystrokes, if one does not like them they can be
changed easily. By no means all possible functions have keystrokes
assigned by default, but one can add according to features that one uses.
I don't know Studio Recorder, but would be surprised if others can't
make comments.
I also use Reaper. It is arguably much more powerful than Audacity but
the learning curve is considerable. It also requires the OSARA plugin
to make it screen reader accessible. While not expensive, Reaper is not
free.
"So here we go! Just one more program to learn." Oh, there is a world
of them out there to learn (smile).
Andrew
On 17/07/2017 6:41 PM, Johchi wrote:
Hi all,
I am going to try to teach a little about digital recording to one or two of my
piano students. Phil suggested either Audacity or Studio recorder. He just
doesn't like the keystrokes for performing functions in Audacity. Since you
guys are Audacity users, I thought I would ask a couple of questions here.
Are there any special setup requirements for getting started with Audacity? One
of my students is pretty okay with jaws and other screen readers. The other is
learning nvda and narrator. And what about any special set files for jaws or
nvda?
II realize that a lot of my questions are probably answered in the help files
for Audacity. I just want to make sure that their speech program is channeled
properly to keep speech out of their recordings. So is just simply downloading
and installing Audacity the first step to do?
Since I’m the teacher, I need to also be learning in advance of each lesson.
So here we go! Just one more program to learn.
Thanks,
John
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Reading recording time
Vitor, you can read playback and recording time in Audacity without an add-on,
albeit that a few extra keystrokes are initially involved. From the tracks
view, press control-f6 to get to the selection toolbar (make sure it is checked
under View/Toolbars). Tab to Audio Position.
Reading the current line will present all details or you can use NVDA's review
commands to focus on seconds, minutes or hours (depending on your Audacity
settings). While focused on that dialog, you can still start/stop playing or
recording and pause.
As a bytheway, I am fairly certain it also works with JAWS but is problematic
with Window-Eyes, I think due to different video cards. In fact, if using
Window-Eyes it is necessary on some computers to uncheck the selection toolbar
to prevent very sluggish behaviour.
Andrew
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2 minuts for instance. Thanks for any information. I haven't found
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