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Donald Duck's voice is not an effect, it was originally a recording of the voice actor Clarence Nash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Nash)
Other actors have since imitated the voice.
There's a description here of how the voice is created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck_talk

The current version of Audacity is 2.2.2 and the next version (2.3.0) is due to be released very soon.
The latest version is always available via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

Try updating Audacity and see if the problem still happens.

When I add plug-ins, how come they often have no factory presets? For plug-ins that are shipped with Audacity, it may be that they only have the default settings programmed, and any other presets are for the user to create. For third party plug-ins (particularly VST plug-ins), presets may not be su...

This sounds like this known issue: https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1778 I suspect that the problem is a limitation of WxWidgets " wxKeyEvent " handling. Currently the best workaround is what you are already doing - type the text somewhere else and then copy and paste. If ...

I find using the envelope tool finicky Me too. I particularly find the logarithmic (curved) fades to be awkward to work with. There will be some new plug-ins coming out later this year and next, for handling envelopes in a more automated way. These tools depend on the new "Scripting" supp...

Are you really using Audacity 2.3.0?

Screen Shot 2018-09-22 at 9.47.19 am.png To post a screenshot you need to add it as an "attachment" (instructions here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936) there's a weird break in the sound as depicted 1) Import the file into Audacity: "File menu > Import ...

There's no plug-ins for this that I know of. Audacity's usual scripting tool "Nyquist" would not really be suitable because it can only access tracks sequentially one at a time (track 1, then track 2, then track 3... and no going back). The next version of Audacity has a substantial amount...

How about using a "text to speech" application rather than recording a real voice?
You may be able to automate a text to speech application using an automation app such as "Hammerpoon", "Karabiner", "Keyboard Maestro" or AppleScript.

Audacity uses PortAudio to communicate with the sound system: http://www.portaudio.com/