Audacity: Looping and Dictation Aids August 25, 2007
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One of the Audacity use cases lists functions that would be useful when transcribing recordings. I’ve investigated what is required to implement these features, and while it’s more complicated than I might have hoped, it doesn’t appear to be insurmountable. Looping play repeats the initially selected section until stopped; however the selected region can be changed without affecting the looping region. Similarly, it seems apparent that dynamic changes to the looping region should not change the current selection. Therefore, none of the current “change selection” code can be re-used. (more…)
Audacity mods August 6, 2007
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This post will record my initial findings as I investigate modifications to Audacity to support some common use-cases. In particular, I’m interested in implementing the first bullet point of the section “Books on tape, field recordings, etc.”, and also all of the bullets listed under ” Looping and Dictation Aids”. All of these involve handling short-cut keys during the playing of an audio stream. (more…)
D.I.Y. Hummus August 1, 2007
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Normally, my wife cooks all of the meals in our household, but a couple of times a month she takes some or all of the kids and spends a few days visiting her parents. At those times, I’m able to release my inner chef and try cooking something that I’ve never made before. So it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that, a while back, I decided to try my hand at making hummus. I bought a can of chick-peas, tossed it into the back of the pantry, and forgot about it until tonight. (more…)
