Summary Details
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Transcription of Digital Audio
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| Author: | Susan Gehr | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Language Documentation
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| Summary: |
Regarding query: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-883.html#2
I had asked a multi-part question about the tools used to transcribe digital audio. In the course of my question, I asked for 1. help identifying a foot pedal that I could attach to my computer (a Mac running OS X Panther) to transcribe digital audio files. 2. help opening files with Express Scribe. 3. general input on the technology people are using to transcribe digital audio & video files. I haven���t decided what I am going to do yet with all this good information, but I wanted to give a timely summary of all the responses so generously sent to me. Galina Bolden of UCLA mentioned that the one setup she had tried with a USB foot pedal had a delay that was unacceptable. Instead, she uses some scripts she has written for QuickTime for transcribing digital audio. Bill Weigel of UC Berkeley and the Nuumu Yadoha Language Program referred me to two transcription programs, Transcriber http://sourceforge.net/projects/trans/ and ELAN http://www.mpi.nl/tools/elan.html. Carolyn O'Meara of the Department of Linguistics, University at Buffalo also suggested the software program Transcriber. Bill prefers ELAN in part because it is better documented, as it comes with a 100 page user���s manual. He hasn���t yet tried a USB foot pedal, but was able to identify a model for me http://www.ymouse.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php. Prof. Peri Bhaskararao, Ph.D. of ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies gave me some helpful technical support for using Express Scribe http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/, which inspired me to try the program again. My previous problem was that I could never get a sound file to load. What I didn���t know until now was that I needed to go in to the Incoming panel of the preference settings and designate a folder where I would put the sound files, designate how I want the files to load and what file types I wanted it to load. This requirement wasn���t mentioned in Express Scribe���s help files, nor when I posted my problem to their message boards. Carolyn O���Meara also suggested the Marantz line of digital solid state recorders. Product information can be found at http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=1823 Jean Louis-Valero, not a Linguist List member, but the developer of a transcription program, LoopyLoop X http://www.loopyloop.com/, suggested the Vpedal at http://www.vpedal.com/, which he himself is going to order and test with his software. Additionally, I recently learned that the software being promoted for use by the master-apprentice language learning teams of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival (for which I am a mentor) is Final Cut Pro, Apple���s professional audio/video editing software. y��otva! (Thanks!) |
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| LL Issue: | 16.1172 | |
| Date Posted: | 13-Apr-2005 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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