Hi Ikrami,
I will certainly check these out, for curiosity even if nothing else. Hopefully
it may have some concept comparisons that I could make use of. However:
1. “The first is an excellent text tutorial written by David Bailes for JAWS
users.”
If the tutorial specifically points towards JAWS as a screen reader, that would
lead me to believe that there are some JAWS specific commands I would need to
know. As I use NVDA, although commands are often very similar in some respects,
others are not only totally different commands, but also totally different
concepts, and so that would render it difficult to put into context.
2. “the Second is a series of audio tutorials Produced by Jim Gamage for the
talking computers magazine...”
If it goes back to 2014, that would make it three years, and in my estimations
5 versions, old. As you yourself mentioned, there may very well be
discrepancies in how things work, again possibly making it difficult to put
into context against the current version.
As a sidenote, unless somebody beats me to it, if I ever get around to working
Audacity efficiently so that I could potentially use it as my primary editor, I
would be only too happy to write up a similar guide for NVDA, given the fact
that this is now also becoming a very popular choice of screen reader,
especially now since the collapse of WindowEyes.
Cheers.
Damien.
From: Ikrami
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:23 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] to all the new users of Audacity
Hello
I have noticed few messages asking for resources or tutorials to learn
Audacity, and I need to mention two resources to those who may not be aware of
them:
The first is an excellent text tutorial written by David Bailes for JAWS users.
And although it is aimed at jaws users, though it is perfectly fine for the
users of other screen readers, since the concepts are almost the same and it
assumes that no specific scripts are installed. You can read it here:
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-2.1.3-Guide.html
the Second is a series of audio tutorials Produced by Jim Gamage for the
talking computers magazine. And although it goes back to 2014 I believe, I
think it is very useful for those who want to get started with Audacity, but
try to take note of the differences between versions of audacity, for example,
at that time, the keystroke to stop and move cursor was shift plus a, now it is
x, additionally, accessibility of audacity is improving, so if something wasn’t
working in these tutorials, it might have been fixed in a later version. You
can listen and download those audio files from here:
http://www.talking-computers.org.uk/jimonaudacity.html
I hope this helps
