Hi Alex, What would you like to do with Audacity? What screen readers do your students use? If you are just doing simple recording, then the easy shortcuts will get you started.
"R" for record "L" to listen "S" to Stop If you want to do more such as effects, please contact me. Kind Regards Another Alex. :) -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra Grünauer Sent: 06 June 2011 18:58 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Audacity - accessibility and tutorial? [was]Re: converting a file Hi, James and other audacity users, Is Audacity fully accessible and is there a tutorial for screenreader users? I'd like my students to use Audacity, but haven't a clue how well I can access it? Thanks, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <ja...@jls-radio.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 7:54 PM Subject: Re: converting a file I'm not sure what codecs/codec versions Mediacoder actually uses (not sure if they publish the information on their website), but the Audacity developers make no secret of the codecs/versions that are used by their software. Plus I trust the integrity of FFmpeg to decode files properly. I'm not a fan of Switch for the same reasons; you have no control over the encoder used, settings, etc. For batch conversion, I actually use dBpoweramp Converter, which has a whole host of codecs available for it, but to my knowledge, video files are not supported so Audacity comes in useful. Previously, Alexandra Grünauer said: > I completely agree with you! Do you know if Audacity uses the better > codecs? > > It just seems more complicated to install those plugins and to handle > them, if you, say, just wanted one file converted. > > Alex > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <ja...@jls-radio.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 5:19 PM > Subject: Re: converting a file > > > I choose better codecs over ease of use any day, but that's just me. If > something works for you and produces the results you want, then carry on > using what you feel comfortable with. > > Previously, Alexandra Grünauer said: >> This seems to be much easier with mediacoder. You just select the file >> and tell media coder what format you want. >> >> Alexandra >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <ja...@jls-radio.com> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:24 PM >> Subject: Re: converting a file >> >> >> Just a note: .mpg files are MPEG-4 videos, not audio files. If you >> download Audacity and the FFmpeg plug-in, as well as the Lame codec for >> Audacity, you'll be able to import the video and then export it as a new >> format such as MP3, OGG, etc. >> >> Previously, Alexandra Grünauer said: >>> Hi Gary, >>> >>> I've never seen one, but try media coder. It is open source and can >>> convert many audio and video files. >>> >>> Alexandra >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Metzler" >>> <gmtra...@bellsouth.net> >>> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 2:27 PM >>> Subject: converting a file >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I have an audio file with an mpg extendtion. What would be the best >>>> way to >>>> convert it to an mp3 file? 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