Please let me know how it all turns out for you. I have been looking
for employment for years, but many employers do not like the fact
that I am blind. So I try to spend my time helping people with
different issues related to computers and operating systems.
Pelase let me know if VLC helps you. The audio playback speed si a
great feature, and it works for videos, too.
On 08/08/2011 10:04 AM, Tami Kinney wrote:
Yes, that does help! Thank you. I managed to spend my Sunday free time
playing with Audacity and trying out different audio extractors that I
got one disc of the book onto my driver where I wanted it and then didnt
have time to listen to the book. /lol/ But I'm taking notes o I can
start contributing ways and means when others ask. VLC does look very
interesting, so I will try out your suggestions when I have the time to
play again. /smile/ I do have future work-related reasons for learning
more about working with audio files, so it's all good.
Tami
didn't Sun, 2011-08-07 at 19:35 -0700, Robert Cole wrote:
> 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
> >>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>>>> 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
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> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>> 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
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>> 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
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> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> 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
> > _______________________________________________
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> > 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
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