Wave player under development for Linux, Mac, and Windows
- From: "14tonks" <google.4.14tonks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Jan 2006 15:07:03 -0800
I know that some who post here are very interested in being able to
move their MT work to Linux, and others could care less about that.
So, since the others may overlook the most recent post in our Linux
forum at Productivity Talk, I am going to do a post here about a new
wave player under development for use in MT work. Now, I know there are
lots of wave players out there for Windows, but there are several
reasons that this one still might interest some of you with no interest
in Linux or Mac. For one thing, its price is probably going to fall
between that of the free but somewhat limited (particularly in sound
quality) ExpressScribe and the $100 and up pricing of the other current
offerings. For another, there are versions of this one for Windows,
Mac, and Linux, all based on the same core code, and therefore there
will be new versions with new features available on all 3 platforms
simultaneously. Last, but far from least, this player has built-in
sound editing, which means you can try to filter out annoying
background noises by deleting that sound frequency from what you are
listening to, put a big boost on volume, and/or shift the pitch of a
portion or all of the file to help in decipering what the dictator is
saying, and you can do all that on the fly while transcribing--no need
for a separate sound editing program. There's also a nifty feature
that attaches an actual text note to markers placed in the file. Those
notes can then all be exported to a single text file with the time
stamp of the position within the recording added for each marker/note.
The sound file itself can also be saved with those markers and notes
embedded. That feature raises interesting possibilities for integration
with QA, doesn't it?
Now, the latest version that will support some foot pedals for control
won't be out for a couple of months yet, and as it stands now the
program is designed for music transcription, not dictation
transcription, but if you'd like to check it out in advance using mouse
and hotkeys, you can download a free 30-day trial of Transcribe! from
http://www.seventhstring.com. Since this software runs on all the major
operating systems, everyone is also invited to contribute their
suggestions for features, improvements, and bug fixes for a medical
transcription version to the threads over on the Linux forum at
Productivity Talk.
Link to relevant post on Mike DeTuri's Linux Forum at Productivity Talk
http://www.productivitytalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3238
Disclaimer: I have no financial interest whatsoever in this software,
just a great interest in seeing a wave player developed that will run
on Linux and is suitable for medical transcription work.
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