Re: [orca-list] Audiobooks

[Tami Kinney <tamara 8024 comcast net>]

Good information. I'll keep VLC around in case I want to use when/if the
accessibility gap is fixed or I decide it's worth having my sighted
roommates help me set up hot keys and memorize them.

Tami

On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 15:07 -0700, Robert Cole wrote: 
> 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>  <mailto: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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