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- 1 Is Audacity echt gratis? Waarom?
- 2 Komt er spyware, malware of adware voor in Audacity?
- 3 Mag ik kopieën van Audacity maken en verspreiden?
- 4 Iemand verkoopt Audacity via eBay. Mag dat?
- 5 Door een misleidende advertentie heb ik betaald voor Audacity. Wat kan ik doen?
- 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?
Is Audacity echt gratis? Waarom?
Ja, Audacity is volledig gratis want open source software. Je mag dit programma gratis gebruiken voor persoonlijke, commerciële of educatieve doeleinden en het ook op zoveel computers installeren als je wilt. Je mag het weggeven, verkopen, naar je zin veranderen, maar onder de voorwaarden van de GNU General Public License (GPL).
De ontwikkelaars van Audacity hebben om meerdere redenen besloten het onder de GPL uit te geven. Sommigen uit generositeit, anderen omdat ze vinden dat eigenlijk alle software gratis zou moeten zijn; weer anderen vinden dat er plaats is voor zowel gratis als commerciële software.
Omdat Audacity gratis is, is het populair en wordt het veel gebruikt. Bovendien wordt de samenwerking tussen mensen gestimuleerd. Doordat Audacity gratis is hebben tientallen mensen, van over de hele wereld, bijgedragen aan de codering van de software, de documentatie en vormgeving én fouten hersteld.
Donaties om de ontwikkeling van Audacity te ondersteunen zijn van harte welkom.
Komt er spyware, malware of adware voor in Audacity?
Nee. Zie hiervoor de onafhankelijke toetsing van de Audacity web site en software. Audacity is altijd volledig gratis en open source. Het is ontwikkeld door een niet-commerciële groep vrijwilligers en de broncode is voor iedereen beschikbaar om te bestuderen of te gebruiken.
Desalniettemin kunnen viruscheckers soms het Audacity-installatieprogramma voor Windows (.exe) als vals-positief rapporteren; dit komt omdat het bestand is gecomprimeerd. Als je je daar zorgen over maakt, download dan het .zip-bestand en laat dat onderzoeken op virussen. Meld vals-positieve meldingen over Audacity aan de leverancier van je veiligheidssoftware zodat zij hun virus-definities kunnen bijwerken.
In recente versies van Internet Explorer (IE) kan het zogenaamde SmartScreen filter ook melden dat Audacity niet goed is gedownload en je vragen om de download te bevestigen. Deze waarschuwing is normaal en zal alleen verschijnen bij een nieuwe versie van Audacity of download. De waarschuwing verschijnt omdat IE, bij het controleren van een lijst met bekende malware, een Microsoft database met bestanden controleert die vaak door IE-gebruikers worden gedownload. Lees voor meer informatie: SmartScreen FAQ.
Mag ik kopieën van Audacity maken en verspreiden?
Je mag Audacity verder verspreiden onder de voorwaarden van de GNU General Public License (GPL), die je toestemming geeft om het programma te veranderen, te kopiëren of te verkopen zolang je de GPL eerbiedigt en de broncode beschikbaar stelt. We vragen verkopers om Audacity te vermelden en te zorgen voor meerwaarde (bijvoorbeeld door video-handleidingen of geluidsfragmenten toe te voegen) en klanten technische ondersteuning aan te bieden. Lees Adviezen voor verkopers, voor meer informatie.
Iemand verkoopt Audacity via eBay. Mag dat?
Audacity verkopen is volkomen legaal, zolang de verkoper het programma en de broncode beschikbaar maakt onder de GNU General Public License (GPL). Als de verkoper Audacity verandert dan vereist ons handelsmerk dat het programma een andere naam krijgt dan Audacity. Lees Licensie, voor meer informatie.
Sommige verkopers verkopen niet-veranderde versies van Audacity onder een andere naam of geven geen link naar of vermelden ons project niet, en dat is moeilijk te voorkomen onder de huidge GPL. Als U een product hebt gekocht dat later Audacity blijkt te zijn, moedigen wij U aan om een restitutie te vragen of een klacht in te dienen. Lees "Mag ik kopieën verspreiden van Audacity?" en zie wat wij van verkopers van Audacity verwachten.
Als U het vermoeden heeft dat Audacity (ongewijzigd of anderszins) wordt verkocht zonder een kopie van de GPL, of zonder dat de broncode beschikbaar wordt gesteld, stuur ons dan a.u.b. een mail: e-mail.
Als U Audacity op CD wilt ontvangen: Gratis ISO downloads en goedkope CD's per post, met daarop Audacity en andere open source software zijn te verkrijgen bij onze leveranciers: Audacity op CD.
Door een misleidende advertentie heb ik betaald voor Audacity. Wat kan ik doen?
Als je op het internet zoekt naar Audacity vind je vaak 'gesponsorde resultaten', feitelijk linken naar bedrijven die Audacity verkopen, of de toegang ertoe. Er is bijvoorbeeld wel een knop voor 'gratis' downloads, maar de 'kleine lettertjes' sturen je naar een betaalde inschrijving om software en diensten te kopen. Of het bedrijf garandeert steeds de meest recente versies aan te bieden, maar soms worden zijn downloads echt gratis maar wemelen van spyware of virussen.
Laat die aanbieders links liggen en download Audacity alleen van: 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, open the , then choose from the list on the left. Now choose the specific language required from the "Language" box, then click OK. Most of the Audacity 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, choose the first menu from the left)
- Choose the bottom item of that menu, which opens the Preferences (on Mac, choose the second item from the top)
- 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.
- Restart Audacity to fully complete the language change and re-order the Effect menu alphabetically.
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. This requires more processing power and disk space than is available on most mobile devices. Also the wxWidgets interface library we use only has limited support for mobile operating systems and small screen resolutions.
Therefore, considerable rewriting of Audacity and its interface will be required before Audacity will work on portable music players like iPod, smartphones like iPhone, tablet computers like iPad or any of the Nexus devices running Android.
However, Audacity in principle does support a tablet PC running Windows XP (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition), Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8. Audacity will not run on the Windows RT version of Windows 8 which is only meant for the new "Modern" style Windows applications.
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, Windows 8 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.
