GNOME.org
 

Re: [orca-list] Audiobooks

Hello again, Tami.
I did a small bit more testing with VLC. Orca will not read the menus for me in VLC, but if I open a file using CTRL+O, the Open File window will appear; Orca does read the contents of this window for me.
There are hotkeys which have been preset for speeding up and slowing down playback speed.
Please note that when I say "standard keyboard" in the following statements, I mean a standard U.S. English QWERTY keyboard layout. I am not at all familiar with other keyboard styles, so I apologize for that; if you live in the United States, you very likely have a standard QWERTY keyboard.
1. To speed up the playback of a file, just press the closing bracket key ("]"), which is the second key to the right of the "P" key on a standard keyboard.
2. To slow down playback of a file, just press the opening bracket key ("["), which is the first key to the right of the "P" key on a standard keyboard.
3. To return to the normal playback rate (the original playback rate) of a file, just press the equal-sign key ("="), which is the second key to the right of the "0" key at the top (the "number row") of a standard keyboard.
I hope that this helps, and that you can get to enjoy listening to your audiobooks soon! 

If I can be of any further help, please let me know.

Take care.

On 08/07/2011 04:32 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:

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
  >
  >
  >   _______________________________________________
  >   orca-list mailing list
  >   orca-list gnome org<mailto:orca-list gnome org>
  >   http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
  >   Visithttp://live.gnome.org/Orca  for more information on Orca.
  >   The manual is at
  >   http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
  >   The FAQ is athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
  >   Netiquette Guidelines are at
  >   http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
  >   Log bugs and feature requests athttp://bugzilla.gnome.org
  >   Find out how to help athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
  >

  _______________________________________________
  orca-list mailing list
  orca-list gnome org<mailto:orca-list gnome org>
  http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
  Visithttp://live.gnome.org/Orca  for more information on Orca.
  The manual is athttp://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
  The FAQ is athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
  Netiquette Guidelines are athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
  Log bugs and feature requests athttp://bugzilla.gnome.org
  Find out how to help athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org<mailto:orca-list gnome org>
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
Visithttp://live.gnome.org/Orca  for more information on Orca.
The manual is athttp://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Netiquette Guidelines are athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
Log bugs and feature requests athttp://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp


_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
Visithttp://live.gnome.org/Orca  for more information on Orca.
The manual is athttp://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Netiquette Guidelines are athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
Log bugs and feature requests athttp://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help athttp://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp


--
Sent via Thunderbird.


_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Thread Index] [Date Index] [Author Index]