Speaker1: This tutorial is brought to you by The Global Voice Online Radio.
Speaker1: Find them at theglobalvoice.info.
Speaker1: I'm Jenny Kay, and I will walk you through downloading and installing Reaper,
Speaker1: Osara, and SWS on your Mac, running voiceover.
Speaker1: If you are on Windows, our friend Scott will take you through that process in
Speaker1: a different tutorial. If all that sounded like a lot, then don't worry,
Speaker1: we'll take it step by step.
Speaker1: All I want to do is get you up and running without too much fuss.
Speaker1: If you're still very new to voiceover, when I say VO, that means I'm using the
Speaker1: voiceover modifier keys.
Speaker1: By default, those are control and option held down together.
Speaker1: If you've already tweaked your voiceover settings, you might be using Caps Lock instead.
Speaker1: Use whichever you prefer. And with all that said, let's get started.
Speaker1: I will be using Safari to download Reaper, Ozara, and SWS.
Speaker1: So I'll go to my doc with VOD, find Safari, and hit Enter.
Speaker1: The first place we want to go to is Reaper.fm. Command L for the address bar and type that in.
Speaker1: Let's search. V-O-F.
Speaker0: Enter search text download link download reaper version 7.43 august 13th 2025.
Speaker1: Vo space online
Speaker0: Reaper vertical line download web content on.
Speaker1: This page there are headings so navigate through those with vo command
Speaker0: H heading level 1 download and evaluate reaper for free heading level 2 windows
Speaker0: heading level 2 linux heading level 2 mac os mac.
Speaker1: Os vo right arrow from here
Speaker0: Mac os universal reaper v 7.43 to 26 megabytes universal for intel and arm 64
Speaker0: optimized for mac os 10.15 and mac os 11 and later.
Speaker1: That's the one we want vo right arrow from here to an image
Speaker0: Bling image download.
Speaker1: Vo space on that cancel
Speaker0: Toggle button do you want to allow downloads on reaper fm you can change which
Speaker0: websites can download files in websites preferences.
Speaker1: If this is the first time you download from this place you will be asked to
Speaker1: allow the download allow toggle button.
Speaker1: It is quite possible that by the time you get here, you will see a newer version
Speaker1: of Reaper. That is perfectly safe.
Speaker1: Just grab whatever the latest version of Reaper is when you get here.
Speaker1: Moving on. We need Osara. We can find that on osara.reaperaccessibility.com slash snapshots.
Speaker0: Let's go there. Open location. OsaraReapairAccessibility.com.
Speaker0: Osara Development Snapshots.
Speaker1: VOF.
Speaker0: Enter search text.
Speaker1: Download download for windows let's skip past windows bullet
Speaker0: 3 of 4 download for mac.
Speaker1: For mac is much better view space on that download started
Speaker1: All right, one more download. We strongly recommend you install the SWS extension.
Speaker1: It has a ton of actions that are used in the Osara key map.
Speaker1: Reaper can be used without it, but keep in mind that on our computers,
Speaker1: SWS is installed. So for you to follow our tutorials and demos with ease,
Speaker1: then you will have to have it installed as well.
Speaker1: We can find that on sws-extension.org.
Speaker1: On this page there are headings, so navigate through those two.
Speaker0: SWSSNM Extension Heading Level 1 ARIPA Plug-In Extension Heading Level 2 2 Items
Speaker0: Download the SWS Extension 5 Items Latest Stable Version V2.12 Windows Heading
Speaker0: Level 3 Mac OS Heading Level 3 Mac OS.
Speaker1: Let's navigate from there.
Speaker2: Hello, it's everybody's best friend, Captain Punchin. I'm here to bring you
Speaker2: an additional bit of information.
Speaker2: So on the Reaper downloads page, you would have got a universal version of Reaper,
Speaker2: and that is compiled to work on Intel and Apple Silicon-based Macs.
Speaker2: But on the SWS page that you're looking at now, it's a little bit different.
Speaker2: There are three versions of SWS for Mac, and you need to pick the right one.
Speaker2: So there's the 32-bit version um you probably
Speaker2: don't need that that's for like really really old versions
Speaker2: of mac os there's the 64 bit version that's
Speaker2: the one you'd get if you're running an intel based mac and
Speaker2: then there's the arm 64 version that's the one you want if you're running an
Speaker2: apple silicon based mac if you're not sure which one to pick go to your apple
Speaker2: menu check in about this mac you'll find what type of processor you've got in
Speaker2: there and if you're wondering why jenny k He isn't telling you about this.
Speaker1: Okay, I got what I need. Here's your 20 bucks.
Speaker0: Download is dodged.
Speaker1: Bye.
Speaker1: And with that we have everything we need. Let's install this stuff.
Speaker1: Everything we just got is in the Downloads folder, so let's open that with Command Option L.
Speaker0: Downloads. List view. Table. Reaper 743 Underscore Universal DMG disk image.
Speaker1: We're gonna start with Reaper, so open the disk image with Command O.
Speaker0: Application. Window. Text. End-User License Agreement for Reaper.
Speaker0: Important. This Reaper. Software. End-User License Agreement.
Speaker0: EULA. Is a legal agreement between you, either an individual or,
Speaker0: if purchased for an entity, an entity and caucus incorporated caucus read it
Speaker0: carefully before completing the installation process and using this software
Speaker0: it provides a license to use this software and contains warranty and liability
Speaker0: disclaimers by download yeah.
Speaker1: I read all of that
Speaker0: Honest print button save button disagree button agree button just agree verifying
Speaker0: finder window icon view collection disk.
Speaker1: Images are opened in icon view i don't like that so i change it to list view with command 2
Speaker0: In that.
Speaker1: Folder we have an application alias that we don't need to worry
Speaker0: About.
Speaker1: A readme that you might want to read, remote, which is a different piece altogether,
Speaker1: and the Reaper application.
Speaker1: Copy that with Command C, open the Applications folder with Command Shift a
Speaker1: then command V to paste it in there applications
Speaker0: Now in window list view table no selection paste item now in window stop progress
Speaker0: button reader application.
Speaker1: Once that is in place go ahead and open it with command O open
Speaker0: Application system dialogue 37% progress indicator,
Speaker0: System dialog. Reaper is an app downloaded from the internet.
Speaker0: Safari downloaded this file today at 9.30. Open default button.
Speaker1: Your Mac wants to make sure that you really want to do that, so hit enter to open it.
Speaker0: Finder. Alert. System dialog. Reaper app would like to access files in your documents folder.
Speaker1: The first time you open Reaper, it will ask for your permission to use your
Speaker1: documents folder, because that is the default location for your recordings.
Speaker1: There's no allow button in this dialogue so I will just hit OK.
Speaker0: Don't allow button. OK button. Alert system dialogue. Reaper app would like
Speaker0: to access files in your desktop folder.
Speaker1: Now it's asking for permission to use your desktop folder.
Speaker0: Don't allow button. OK button. Alert system dialogue. Reaper app would like
Speaker0: to access the microphone. Allow recording and slash or monitoring of audio inputs.
Speaker1: And finally it's asking permission to use your microphone.
Speaker0: Don't allow button. OK button.
Speaker1: If you have plugins installed on your system, something that came with a different
Speaker1: DAW perhaps, Reaper will scan for those.
Speaker1: This might take a moment or even minutes depending on what you have going on there.
Speaker1: Just don't panic while Reaper gets momentarily unresponsive.
Speaker0: You have not yet selected an audio device. Would you like to select your audio
Speaker0: device driver now? Recommended?
Speaker1: Reaper will ask you to select an audio device because you haven't done that
Speaker1: before, so hit Enter to do that. yes default button you will be taken into the reaper preferences now
Speaker0: In window table row 8 of 39 device selected.
Speaker1: And into a table which is not a table
Speaker1: but a preview it lands on device which is where we want to be if you don't have
Speaker1: an interface then you can let reaper use the built-in outputs which is default
Speaker1: but i want to use my scarlet interface so vo right arrow into these options audio
Speaker0: Device building output pop-up button.
Speaker1: And your space menu
Speaker0: Six items check mark building output.
Speaker1: You select with arrows none
Speaker0: Default system built in my craft check mark building output scarlet 2i2 usb.
Speaker1: And hit enter to select closing
Speaker0: Menu scarlet 2i2 usb pop-up button.
Speaker1: Hit enter again to accept your changes and close preferences project
Speaker0: Tab list window.
Speaker1: I'm going to switch to the Downloads folder again with Command-Tab,
Speaker1: but I will leave Reaper open because we will need one of its menu options in JusticeFact.
Speaker1: Next up, we need the SWS extension.
Speaker1: And we have another disk image open with command O.
Speaker1: Now? Just agree.
Speaker1: Again, we can change icon view to list view with command 2.
Speaker1: Command A to select everything. 5 rows selected and command C to copy copy 5
Speaker1: items now command tab back to Reaper open the menu with VOM Reaper
Speaker0: Menu bar, apple, options.
Speaker1: Right arrow until you find the options menu or hit O to jump straight to it.
Speaker0: Options, preference, layout, themes, submenu, customize menus,
Speaker0: toolbars, ellipse, show Reaper resource path in explorer finder ellipses.
Speaker1: Show Reaper resource path in explorer slash finder. That's the one we want,
Speaker1: so hit enter to open that folder.
Speaker0: Finder, window, list view, table, no selection.
Speaker1: Hit U to locate the user plugins folder and open it with command O.
Speaker0: Open selection. List view. Table. No selection.
Speaker1: Command V to paste.
Speaker0: Paste item.
Speaker1: And now you can close that window.
Speaker0: Close window.
Speaker1: That is all we need to do here for now. So quit Reaper with Command Q and start it again.
Speaker1: So SWS can be loaded.
Speaker0: Applications. Now in window. List view. Reaper application. Open. Reaper.
Speaker0: Alert. System dialog. Reaper underscore SWS dialed cannot be opened because
Speaker0: the developer cannot be verified.
Speaker0: macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware. Safari downloaded this
Speaker0: file today at 4.31pm from swsextension.org.
Speaker1: This warning comes up because SWS is not a notarized extension.
Speaker1: It's nothing to worry about. It's open source and stable and safe to use.
Speaker0: Move to trash button. Cancel button.
Speaker1: The first time this comes up, there is no allow button and no okay button.
Speaker1: All we can do is cancel. To get past this, we need to find security and privacy in System Preferences.
Speaker1: Do VOM to find the Apple menu.
Speaker1: And hit Enter on System Preferences.
Speaker1: In here, VOM right arrow until you reach the preference panes.
Speaker1: Interact with this with VOM shift down arrow. V-O right arrow until you find
Speaker1: security and privacy or hit S to go straight there V-O space to open that
Speaker0: Loading security and privacy, window, toolbar.
Speaker1: In here, VO writes arrow until you find the allow anyway button.
Speaker0: General selected file vault tap firewall privacy tap the login password has
Speaker0: been changed password but require password up require password eight hours after
Speaker0: sleep or show a message set lock message disable automatic login allow apps
Speaker0: downloaded from app store app store and identify developers reaper underscore
Speaker0: sws dialed was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Speaker0: allow anyway Allow anyway.
Speaker1: VO space on that, and now you can close system prefs with command W.
Speaker1: You might be wondering, isn't there a faster way to do this? Yes, there is.
Speaker1: Do VO end. It will take you to the end of the dialogue.
Speaker1: Do VO left arrow a few times from there, and it takes you to the same place, just faster.
Speaker1: Another option that's even faster is the item chooser.
Speaker1: VOI will generate a list of what's accessible on the screen.
Speaker1: When the list is open, type allow.
Speaker1: it will find Allow Anyway. Select it in the list, hit Enter,
Speaker1: and it will take you straight to it.
Speaker0: Applications window list view table reaper application reaper.
Speaker1: Will need to be run one more time and guess what
Speaker0: Reaper sys application alert system dialogue mac os cannot verify the developer
Speaker0: of reaper underscore sws dialib are you sure you want to open it you.
Speaker1: Didn't see that coming did you
Speaker0: Help button open button but.
Speaker1: This time there's an open button so use that and all is well
Speaker0: Reaper Reaper v6.36 evaluation license window.
Speaker1: Let's see if the SWS extension has been added properly. Go to the extension menu.
Speaker0: Menu bar, Apple. Extensions menu. About SWS extension.
Speaker1: If the About SWS extension menu item is there, then we're all good.
Speaker1: Next up, Osara. Switch to the downloads folder again.
Speaker0: List view, table, row 2 of 2. Osara installer app application.
Speaker1: Open that with command O.
Speaker0: Open. Application. Alert. System Dialog. Asera Installer App is an app downloaded
Speaker0: from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?
Speaker0: Safari downloaded this file today at 922. Apple checked it for malicious software
Speaker0: and none was detected. Help. Button. Cancel. Button. Open. Default. Button.
Speaker0: Open. Install Osera. Dialog. Choose whether to install Osera into a standard
Speaker0: or a portable Reaper. Standard Reaper Installation. Default. Button.
Speaker1: The Osera installation opens. Here you can choose between standard and portable.
Speaker0: Standard Reaper Installation. Default. Button.
Speaker1: We choose standard with Enter.
Speaker0: Yes, default button. Do you want to replace the existing keymap with the Osara keymap?
Speaker1: This is a fresh install, so I want to start out with a clean copy of the Osara keymap.
Speaker1: When you update Osara in the future, keep saying yes to this if you want the latest Osara keymap.
Speaker1: When you inevitably start customizing your keystrokes, then saying no to this
Speaker1: will update Osara, but preserve your customizations.
Speaker1: Here, I will hit enter to say yes.
Speaker0: Ok default button installation complete.
Speaker1: Now we want to run Reaper again to make sure that Osara is working.
Speaker0: Applications, window, list view, table, Reaper, Reaper busy.
Speaker0: Configure Reaper for optimal screen reader accessibility. Configure Reaper for
Speaker0: optimal screen reader accessibility dialog.
Speaker0: Would you like to adjust Reaper preferences for optimal compatibility with screen readers?
Speaker1: This prompt is from Osara and as you just heard it's offering to configure a
Speaker1: handful of things for optimal accessibility.
Speaker1: is useful to get this taken care of in one go and it saves you a whole lot of
Speaker1: fiddling in preferences.
Speaker1: So let's say yes to this.
Speaker0: Yes. Default button. Okay. Default button. Restart Reaper.
Speaker0: Reaper will now exit. Please restart Reaper to apply the changes. Okay. Default button.
Speaker1: And Reaper will need to be restarted.
Speaker0: Applications. Window. List view. Table. Reaper. Now in. Window.
Speaker0: New project, unchecked, checkbox.
Speaker1: Once Reaper has been restarted, up and down arrows will move between tracks in the Osara keymap.
Speaker1: If everything works as it should, we will hear no tracks because we have no tracks.
Speaker1: But before I do that, there's one more important thing to say.
Speaker1: You will need to run Reaper with a US English keyboard layout.
Speaker1: This is to make sure that the hotkeys that we teach you will match up with the
Speaker1: hotkeys that will work in Reaper on your machine.
Speaker1: If you don't know how to do that, there is a tutorial available on the Reaper
Speaker1: Made Easy page now. Let's see if this works.
Speaker0: No tracks.
Speaker1: We're all done. Bye.
Speaker2: This tutorial was a co-production, recorded at House of Imp Studios by Jenny
Speaker2: Kay, and I, Scott Chesworth, did the editing. Because some people get all the luck.
Speaker2: We were funded by TGV Productions, and if you want to contribute support for
Speaker2: future tutorial production, you can send PayPal or Cash App to training at theglobalvoice.info.
Speaker2: That is also the address to write to if you want to send us some feedback.
Speaker2: And hey, send us something you've made along with it. We'd love to take a listen.
Speaker2: Our outro jam is Just Coastin' by Leo the Slowly Movin'.