I am sorry. I forgot to add that the option with which to increase
the playback speed of a file in VLC is found under Playback, Faster
(fine). You can actually create shortcut keys to speed up and slow
down playback if you go to the Tools menu, open the Preferences
window, and then you will find a button to the left labeled
"Hotkeys". Through this page you can set shortcut keys for many
different things.
Although this can be quite customizable and efficient, it does not
at all negate the fact that the menus were not read out loud. This
could be different for other users, though. I am using Orca in Linux
Mint 11.
Nevertheless, it seems that VLC would be a very viable option for
the task at hand.
On 08/07/2011 12:48 PM, Alex H. wrote:
Is VLC accessible to Orca? That has functions to speed/slow audio.
alex
On 8/7/2011 3:46 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
If I remember correctly, I believe that there is a plugin for
Audacious (a lightweight audio player) which allows for speeding
up of an audio file. When I get some time, I'll have to check it
out a little more in-depth and let you know.
On 08/07/2011 12:18 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:
Thanks! I'd seen Audacity but wasn't sure... Now I've got it and have an
exciting new toy to play with. /smile/
On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 13:20 -0400, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi Tami,
>
> Well, I don't know about a media player per say, but you can certainly
> open the mp3, ogg, or whatever format you are using in Audacity and
> then go to the effects menu and change the speed or use the speech
> compressor option, and resave the book at your favorite speed.
>
> To install Audacity, if you haven't already done so, is do
> "sudo apt-get install audacity"
> from the terminal and apt-get will fetch Audacity and install it.
> Also you might want to install lame as well if you are working with
> mp3s.
>
> HTH
>
>
> On 8/7/11, Tami Kinney <tamara 8024 comcast net> wrote:
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I'm an Orca newbie running Ubuntu 11.04. My prior Unix/Linux experience
> > is so long ago, I might as well be a Linux newbie, but I'm having fun
> > getting back into it and discovering all the cool new stuff while I"m
> > getting up to speed with Orca. I'm spending a lot of time learning how
> > to problem-solve myself while reading about what the rest of you are
> > doing.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I want to take time out to read my audiobooks, but I like to
> > listen to them at a higher speed... I'm using Banshee for playing music
> > files, but I haven't found a plug in to allow me to increase play speed.
> > There seem to be a couple of programs for Linux to do that, but I can't
> > tell yet which ones would work with Orca.
> >
> > Is anyone else using a media player that will enable them to increase
> > the playback speed for audiobooks with Orca? Any information will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Tami
> >
> >
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