[audacity4blind] Re: playing from the end of the selection
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:09:29 -0600
Not just that one keystroke. There needs to be a system like that implemented
in Mp3 Direct Cut. One key plays from the start marker and continues play for
a few seconds. Another key plays from the end marker and continues play for a
few seconds. there also needs to be keys that move the start marker back and
forward in very small increments. Keys to move the end marker in the same way
should be implemented as well. If anyone interested in these suggestions and
how easy they make precise editing will experiment with Mp3 Direct Cut, they
may understand why Audacity is so cumbersome and undesirable to use for precise
editing by blind people. I suspect it is cumbersome for sighted people as
well. After all, the Mp3 Direct Cut editing system was not designed for blind
people, it was designed for everyone. And while I haven't played with Gold
Wave much, it appears to have a similar system. To do precise editing with
reasonable convenience, we need to be able to move both the start and end
markers in tiny increments and hear, any time we wish, the exact effect of
those movements while not making any actual change in the file.
When editing with Mp3 Direct cut, I set the markers to where it sounds as
though they should be set. I then delete the material between the markers and
I then play a section starting a bit before the edit and extending a bit beyond
it. If the edit I made is not what I want, I use control z to undo the edit,
move one or both markers incrementally, then delete and listen again. This
method allows editing so precise that I can remove part of a piece of music and
the deletion is inaudible in terms of being able to hear the edit. for
example, I can remove a chorus and verse from a song and resume play at exactly
the right beat and on exactly the right note so the listener can't hear that an
edit took place. At present, doing this for a blind user in Audacity is
unreasonably cumbersome and unpleasant.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: David Bailes
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:30 AM
To: audacity4blind
Subject: [audacity4blind] playing from the end of the selection
Hi,
Gene and Thomas have both recently suggested that it would be good to be able
to have a keystroke to play from the end of the selection, either for a few
seconds, or until the end of the file.
I was wondering whether other list members think that this might be useful,
David.
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