Transcription


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To start transcribing a file, click Transcription on the main window. You’ll be shown an Open dialog to let you choose a file to transcribe. You can choose from the following types of audio files:

Next you will see the Transcription window and the transcription process will begin. You’ll see a progress bar to indicate that the transcription is underway, and to give you an idea of how much has been completed.

If you need to, you can always click Stop to terminate the transcription process. Otherwise, the process will complete and open the transcription will be displayed in the left-hand side of the Transcription window with the first phrase selected. In the righ-hand side of the window, the Recognition list will display alternatives for transcribing the phrase.

From this window, you can edit and correct the text and add some simple formatting. Additionally, you can copy any or all of the text to the clipboard to be pasted into any other application, or you can save the text as a .rtf (Rich Text Format) file.

The Transcription window contains text that has been transcribed from an audio file and lets you make further modification to the text. The easiest way to modify the text is to choose one of the transcription options identified by MacSpeech Scribe and shown in the Recognition list on the right-hand side of the Transcription Window. In some cases, MacSpeech Scribe finds several good alternative transcriptions for a phrase, and displys the alternatives, so that you can choose between them.

If there are several alternatives, or in the case of longer phrases, the Recognition list may be scrollable, so be sure to scroll down to see all the alternatives. To choose the best alternative, simply click its number, and that text will be inserted into your document. You can click the Play button to play the original recording to help you know which transcription is best.

If none of the alternatives in the Recognition list exactly match the audio, you can double-click on an entry in the list and make edits until the phrase matches the audio. Then click on the number of the entry you just modified in the Recognition list to insert the modified text in to the Transcription results.

Command Keystroke
Toggle Audio Play Option-Command-Return
Move To Next Phrase Option-Command-Right Arrow
Move To Previous Phrase Option-Command-Left Arrow
Select Current Phrase Shift-Command-P
Show Fonts window Command-T
Show Special Characters Window Option-Command-T
Increase Font Size Command-Plus (+)
Decrease Font Size Command-Minus (-)
Save Editing Changes Command-S

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