Mark when speaker changes slides

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Mark when speaker changes slides

Post by akmiecik » Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:50 pm

In Audacity, is there a way to mark the recording, while it is recording, to indicate that a speaker moved to the next slide?

I record lectures and it would be a nice feature for merging the text into the slides after the lecture.

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Re: Mark when speaker changes slides

Post by kozikowski » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:27 am

You can use Labels which may be placed on a timeline to indicate a point of interest.

Tracks > Add Label...

My shortcut key is Command-B. Yours may be different.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/label_tracks.html

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Re: Mark when speaker changes slides

Post by akmiecik » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:18 pm

Thanks Koz,

Not quite what I am looking for.


Ctl-B does give the option to label but, the next Ctl-B does the label at the same point in the timeline unless I left click to the new point. A bit too cumbersome to be effective.

I'm looking for the ability to hit a key combo to mark the point in the timeline when I hit the key combo (i.e. without the need to left click to the current time)

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Re: Mark when speaker changes slides

Post by steve » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:42 pm

Ctrl+M to add a label (marker) at the current recording position.
You may optionally add text in the label.
Press Enter to close the label.
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