Audacity For Mac With Voiceover Audacity for the MAC with Voiceover Revision 002 Yes, Audacity now works with the MAC as long as you download this version. This guide is set up in kind of a “Q and A” format and we will be adding to this guide as time goes by. Here is a link to the accessible mac version of audacity: also be sure to write leland personally to thank him for his work or, to let him know about any problems:Leland leland@audacityteam.org John W. Hess & Barclay the WonderLab You will find a list of keyboard commands at the bottom of this guide. How do you move through a project? You need to be on a track in order to move through a project. Cycle through tracks and tools with, command-f6. How do you highlight an area of a track to be deleted, or, moved Mark the beginning and the end with left and right bracket. Example, Use the comma and period to move back and forth through the track and add the shift key to move in larger increments. When you get to the part where you want to start the selection press the left bracket. Same when you get to the part where you want the selection to end press the right bracket. I usually play through it and mark it that way. Actually I’ll find the beginning first and then let it play or use the period or shift period to move in larger increments and when I get to the spot, press the right bracket. Also, it is a good thing to press command-2 for zoom normal that way you have better control over cursor movements. I also recommend although not always necessary to press command-f for fit in window. I have worked without doing this but if you find there are some things not sinking correctly this would be good to do. Once audio is selected you can press the letter c to preview what it would sound like if it was deleted and then fine tune the selection. Also, if you want to move to a particular time in a track you can press the left bracket two times and you will be asked for a value. left and right arrow move between the columns of hour minute and second both 2 digit items. I usually press the home key first to get to the hour column and then right arrow from there. YOu can also set the end time as well by pressing right bracket twice, so if you know what times you want to select between you can set them that way. How do you get to a certain place in a track/timeline? Press left bracket until it asks for the position you want to start at and then follow the above procedure. and press enter. about finding the values. When you press left or right bracket twice you will be place in the dialog. Use control-option-w or f3 or f4 for reading voiceover and keyboard focus to read the current value. Unfortunately, when you move the arrows nothing is spoken so you will need to keep checking the value. There are 6 columns 2 for hour 2 for minute and 2 for second. Home brings you to the first column and end brings you to the last. Up and down arrow changes the value in each column or you can type the value in 2 digit increments although I have much better luck using up and down arrows to change the values. Keyboard commands General Command Keystrokes Open audio file command-O New project Command-N New track command-shift-N Save project Command-S Preferences dialog Command-P Cycle forward through Toolbars, Track table, and Selection bar Command-F6 Cycle backward through Toolbars, Track table, and Selection bar Command-SHIFT-F6 Playback Command Keystrokes Start/Stop SPACEBAR Pause/un pause P Seek backward short period during playback LEFT ARROW Seek forward short period during playback RIGHT ARROW Seek backward long period during playback SHIFT-LEFT ARROW Seek forward long period during playback SHIFT-RIGHT ARROW Play cut/delete preview C Play looped Track table l Track Table Info Command Keystrokes Move to previous track UP ARROW Move to next track DOWN ARROW Toggle selection of focused track ENTER Select all the tracks (and all the audio) Command-A Open menu of focused track APPLICATION KEY or SHIFT-M Close (Delete) focused track SHIFT-C Audio track Command Keystrokes Change gain of focused track SHIFT-G Change pan of focused track SHIFT-P Mute/Unmute focused track SHIFT-U Solo/Unsolo focused track SHIFT-S Moving the cursor Command Keystrokes Skip to start of tracks (time zero) HOME Skip to end of audio END New cursor position at playback position LEFT BRACKET Move backward short period COMMA Move forward short period PERIOD Move backward long period SHIFT-COMMA Move forward long period SHIFT-PERIOD Cursor left by a very small amount LEFT ARROW Cursor right by a very small amount RIGHT ARROW Selecting a time range Command Keystrokes Select time range which includes all the audio, and select all tracks Command-A Selection end at start of tracks (time zero) SHIFT-HOME Selection end at end of audio SHIFT-END Selection start at playback position [ Selection end at playback position ] Extend left hand end of selection by a small amount SHIFT-LEFT ARROW Extend right hand end of selection by a small amount SHIFT-RIGHT ARROW Contract left hand end of selection by a small amount Command-SHIFT-LEFT ARROW Contract right hand end of selection by a small amount Command-SHIFT-RIGHT ARROW Editing Command Keystrokes Undo Command-Z Redo Command-Y Delete selected audio DELETE Cut selected audio Command-X Copy selected audio Command-C Paste Command-V Replace selected audio with silence Command-L Close (Delete) focused track SHIFT-C Recording Command Keystrokes Record R Pause/unpause P Stop SPACEBAR This guide has been edited and revised by, John W Hess and Keith Reedy wa9dro@gmail.com and Suzie Reedy   ================================================================================ **Disclaimer:** This guide is volunteer-submitted and provided "as is" without warranty. 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