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Contents
- 1 Audacity è veramente gratuito? Perchè?
- 2 Audacity contiene spyware, malware o adware?
- 3 Posso distribuire copie di Audacity?
- 4 Someone is selling Audacity on eBay. Is this legal?
- 5 A search result misled me into paying for an Audacity download. What can I do?
- 6 Audacity isn't displaying in the expected or desired language. Can I change this?
- 7 Will there be a version of Audacity for iPod, iPad or other smartphones or tablet computers?
- 8 How accessible is Audacity for motion- or visually-impaired users?
- 9 What features does Audacity have for speech transcription or speech recognition?
- 10 Does Audacity run on 64-bit systems?
- 11 Does Audacity support low latency ASIO drivers?
- 12 How do I find which Audacity version I have, and if this is the latest version?
- 13 Why doesn't Audacity ship with an MP3 encoder?
- 14 How can I help to improve Audacity?
Audacity è veramente gratuito? Perchè?
Si, Audacity è un software completamente gratuito e a sorgenti accessibili. Sei libero di usare questo programma a titolo personale o per scopi commerciali o educazionali, compresa la sua installazione su quanti computer desideri. Inoltre sei libero di passarlo a terzi, venderlo o modificarlo a piacimento, nel rispetto dei termini della GNU General Public License.
Gli autori di Audacity hanno deciso di rilasciarlo sotto i termini della GPL per diverse ragioni. Alcuni di noi per pura generosità. Alcuni per ragioni di carattere morale, perchè pensiamo che tutto il software dovrebbe essere gratuito; altri credono ci sia spazio sia per il software gratuito che per quello proprietario.
Un motivo per cui Audacity è gratuito è che in questo modo sarà più diffuso ed utile. Un ulteriore motivo è incoraggiare la collaborazione. Grazie alla licenza gratuita, dozzine di persone nel mondo hanno contribuito con codice, soluzione di errori, documentazione e grafica.
Sono benvenute donazioni per supportare lo sviluppo di Audacity.
Audacity contiene spyware, malware o adware?
No. Per favore da' un'occhiata a verifiche da parte di indipendenti sul sito web e sul software di Audacity. Audacity è sempre un software completamente gratuito e a sorgenti accessibili. E' sviluppato da un gruppo di volontari no-profit e il suo sorgente è disponibile a chiunque voglia farne uso o studiarlo.
Tuttavia un antivirus può talvolta riportare infezioni inesistenti a carico del programma installatore di Audacity per Windows (.exe). Ciò è dovuto al fatto che l'installatore contiene dati compressi. Se sei preoccupato per una possibile infezione, scarica il file .zip e fallo scandire dall'antivirus. Per favore riporta al fornitore dell'antivirus queste false infezioni, in modo che possa aggiornare le definizioni usate dall'antivirus stesso.
Inoltre, il filtro Smartscreen di recenti versioni di Internet Explorer (IE) può segnalare che Audacity non è un programma "scaricato comunemente" e quindi chiederti la conferma. Questo warning è normale e comparrà - se mai comparrà - scaricando una nuova release di Audacity. La segnalazione compare perchè, oltre a confrontarlo con una lista di malware noti, IE verifica se Audacity è elencato in un database Microsoft di programmi "ben noti e scaricati da molti utenti di Internet Explorer". Per maggiori informazioni, guardare la pagina SmartScreen FAQ.
Posso distribuire copie di Audacity?
Puoi redistribuire Audacity secondo i termini dellaGNU General Public License che ti consente di modificare, copiare o vendere il programma, a patto che tu mantenga la stessa licenza e renda disponibile il codice sorgente. Per i dettagli vedere License, and Advice for Vendors.
Someone is selling Audacity on eBay. Is this legal?
It is legal to sell Audacity, as long as the seller makes the program and source code available under the GNU General Public License(GPL).
Some vendors try to trick customers by selling the software under a different name. If you bought a product and later found out it was Audacity, we encourage you to ask for a refund or file a complaint if you feel you did not get a fair deal. We ask vendors to give proper credit to the Audacity project, and allow users to make an informed choice.
If you have concerns that Audacity (unmodified or otherwise) is being sold without a copy of the GPL, or without any offer to provide source code, please e-mail us in confidence.
If you want to obtain Audacity on CD, free ISO downloads and inexpensive CDs by post are available from suppliers on our Audacity on CD page.
A search result misled me into paying for an Audacity download. What can I do?
If you search for Audacity on the internet, you will often see "sponsored results" that are links to companies selling Audacity (or the right to access it) for money. For example there may be a "free" download but the "small print" will commit you to a paid subscription to buy software or services every month. Or the company may guarantee to supply the "very latest version" when their version is out-of-date, or sometimes the download is really is "free" but carries spyware or viruses.
You should avoid these advertisers and only download Audacity from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ .
If the advertisement is provided by Google and does not comply with their terms you can complain about it to Google here. "Audacity" is a registered trademark in the USA and recognised as such by Google, therefore if advertisements on Google.com include "Audacity" in the advertisement or link text you may report this to Google. You can also complain to Google if the advertisement did not "accurately represent the product or service" - please tell Google in what way the advertising was not an accurate representation.
If you paid money by credit card due to a fraudulent advertisement, you may be able to initiate a chargeback with your credit card company. You need to show that the advertising and web site you visited was misleading. Generally you should try to sort out a refund with the retailer first, but often they are very hard to contact and there is a time limit of only a few days on requesting a refund.
Audacity isn't displaying in the expected or desired language. Can I change this?
Audacity can display in many non-English languages. The language Audacity uses on first run is determined by the language the operating system uses. Note that on Windows, the Audacity installer only sets the language for the installer to run in, not the language Audacity runs in.
To change the current Audacity language, go to the Interface Preferences, choose the specific language required from the "Language" box, then click OK. Most of the interface will change language at once, but a very few interface elements will change next time you restart Audacity.
If Audacity is already running in an unfamiliar language, you can navigate the menus sequentially to change the language:
- Choose the second menu from the left in the Audacity menus at top left of the screen (on Mac, click on the first menu from the left)
- Choose the bottom item of that menu, which opens the Preferences
- In the list on the left of Preferences, choose the fifth item from the top
- On the right, open the drop-down box containing a list of the language choices
- Select the language you want and press "ENTER" on your keyboard.
Alternatively, you can quit Audacity and edit the audacity.cfg settings file. To change language in the .cfg file, change the line under [Locale] to your preferred language by using the appropriate two-character code. For example, "Language=en" (without quotes) sets English, "Language=de" sets German.
Will there be a version of Audacity for iPod, iPad or other smartphones or tablet computers?
Current versions of Audacity work internally with uncompressed audio to permit high quality editing with a wide range of effects. Audacity therefore needs more processing power and disk space than is typically available on portable music players like iPod, smartphones like iPhone or tablet computers like iPad. The same applies to devices running Android or any other mobile operating system, because the wxWidgets interface library we use does not yet support mobile platforms. However, Audacity in principle does support a tablet PC running Windows XP (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition), Vista or Windows 7.There are many alternatives available for lightweight recording or editing on mobile platforms:
- Android: TapeMachine Recorder
- iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad:
- Symbian: Mixx Mobile
- Windows Mobile: WavePad for CE (free).
How accessible is Audacity for motion- or visually-impaired users?
Audacity has numerous keyboard shortcuts which can be customised in the Keyboard Preferences. Most of Audacity can be wholly or partially used without a mouse, with excellent keyboard navigation of the selection. A few features currently have no keyboard alternatives, notably clips, Time Tracks and the Tools Toolbar tools except Selection Tool.
Audacity works well with most screen-reader programs on Windows (including Jaws, Window-Eyes and NVDA) and with VoiceOver on Mac. However a few features, notably Label Tracks and Meter Toolbar aren't read. We still have to improve screen-reader support for Linux.
For more information, see Accessibility. There are useful links to free screen readers and support resources for the blind on our Wiki page Audacity for blind users.
What features does Audacity have for speech transcription or speech recognition?
Audacity is not specialised transcription or speech recognition software, but has some useful features for those transcribing speech manually.
- You can use Transcription Toolbar to play audio more slowly (also lowering the pitch).
- You can add labels at the playback position using CTRL + M (or COMMAND + . on Mac) then type into the label. Use to export a tab-delimited plain text file containing the text and audio position of each label.
- Audacity has many other configurable keyboard shortcuts that can be used to control playback and editing. However as yet Audacity has no global shortcuts that work even if you have focus in another program. Some mouse gestures (not yet configurable) can also be used.
Foot pedals: Audacity has no built-in support for foot pedals, but if you can install a suitable driver so that the pedal delivers mouse clicks or key strokes, Audacity can be controlled by those. The pedal manufacturer might be able to assist, or some pedals (for example, Vpedal or X-keys) already come with software to map pedal buttons to specific keystrokes. Alternatively if your pedal is recognised by the computer as a Game Controller or Human Interface Device, you may be able to use third-party software such as AutoHotKey (Windows) to map pedal buttons to keystrokes. USB Overdrive can do the same on Mac for a USB pedal.
Speech recognition: If you are looking for software that can recognise microphone input or speech in an audio file and convert it automatically to a text file, see Wikipedia's list of speech recognition software or try WAVEtoTEXT for Windows.
Does Audacity run on 64-bit systems?
There is no 64-bit version of Audacity, but in principle it should run on 64-bit systems, subject to having appropriate drivers for the sound device. Sufficient RAM must be available to run Audacity smoothly and support the greater memory requirements of 64-bit systems compared to 32-bit.
Windows and Linux 64-bit
On 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Linux, sound device drivers specific to the 64-bit operating system are essential. If upgrading from a 32-bit to 64-bit operating system, a 64-bit capable computer is required, and the sound device drivers must also be updated to a 64-bit version.
Users upgrading from 32-bit Windows XP to 64-bit Windows Vista or 7 should make especially sure their computer is well above Audacity's minimum system requirements for Windows.
Mac OS X 64-bit
OS X 10.5 and later support both 64-bit and 32-bit processors equally well, with few if any issues with the supplied system drivers.
Does Audacity support low latency ASIO drivers?
Licensing restrictions prevent us including ASIO support in released versions of Audacity, but Audacity can be compiled with ASIO support for private, non-distributable use. See ASIO Audio Interface on the Wiki for details.
How do I find which Audacity version I have, and if this is the latest version?
Click (or on a Mac ) to check the version of Audacity you are running, then visit our Download page to view the latest releases. You can subscribe here to receive an e-mail whenever we release new versions of Audacity.
Why doesn't Audacity ship with an MP3 encoder?
Unfortunately, the algorithm to encode or create MP3 files is patented and Audacity would not be able to include an MP3 exporting algorithm without either charging a fee or potentially violating copyright law in some countries.
As a compromise, Audacity comes with the ability to use other MP3 encoders, which you must download separately. It is up to you to make sure you are in compliance with any licensing restrictions imposed by MP3 encoders.
To install LAME, see "How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?".
How can I help to improve Audacity?
See this page on the main Audacity site.
