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This page is primarily about transcribing the audio part of video material for logging, compliance, evidence, etc.
Our foot pedal needs to work hand-in-hand with a program to play back the video file/material and which will understand and put into effect the signals from the pedal as you press it. Three programs are suggested below. Working with video is more complicated than with audio; here are some of the things to bear in mind:
- File type
Does the program play the type of file you will receive, or can easily create?
- Timecode
Do you need to read embedded timecode from the file and use it as a reference for the transcription, rather than simply elapsed timecode from the start of playback?
- DVD-video
Not many transcription programs can play back DVD’s directly, because a DVD-video disc - the sort you play at home - actually plays separate video and audio streams which are recombined on playback. It’s quite complicated, but there’s usually a workaround to turn those streams into a single file which can be handled.
There are three programs which are designed to work with video:
- VideoToolShed’s Transcriber 2 works with DVD’s and most video file types
- InqScribe was recommended by one of our customers and is fully featured
Both these programs have evaluation versions you can download free; their cost is $99 (as at May 2010).
- The latest release of Express Scribe (version 5.00 and up) can now handle video files, though it is slightly unclear which files it can play.
Our Infinity USB pedal works well with all these programs.
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