Hi Gale, Thank you very much, this explains a lot! On 2011-11-02, at 11:41 AM, Gale Andrews wrote: > > | From Brad Erhardt <bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx> > | Wed, 2 Nov 2011 08:44:30 -0700 > | Subject: [audacity4blind] Using audacity with USB Headset >> Hello all, I wonder if anyone knows how you can set up audacity to toggle >> output to a USB headset. I currently have one connected, and in the sounds >> panel of system preferences I have it selected as output. I am hearing the >> VoiceOver through it, but when I am in audacity and play a file, it is coming >> through the output of the built in speakers. I know there is a popup button >> in >> preferences for audacity about output but this would be a more permenant >> type of change. I am wanting to change this on the fly. > > You can use SHIFT + O to open the "Select Output Device" dialogue for > Device Toolbar: > http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Keyboard_Shortcut_Reference > > You cannot allocate shortcuts to a particular device. > > >> Secondly, I understand that in the tooldoc there is a Meeter section but I >> can't >> seem to understand that using VoiceOver. There seem to be a lot of areas >> that I interact with that are empty. There is also a grabber area. Can >> anyone >> help me figure out how to do this on a Mac computer. I am using Audacity >> 1.3.14. > > Meter Toolbar is not screen reader accessible on any platforms at the > moment: > http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Accessibility > > To check for possible clipping, you can use Analyze > Find Clipping > which adds labels for any clipped regions: > http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Analyze_Menu#Find_Clipping... > > The labels are not read out in the label track, but you can have them > read at Tracks > Edit Labels. This could cause Audacity to crash or > freeze if there are a lot of labels. > > It's probably better to set a fairly low input level in Mixer Toolbar and > Amplify the recording afterwards. > > > > > Gale > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > 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 > Brad Erhardt bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind 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