Hi all!
This is a follow-up on this question that I posed a few months back.
We now have started using f4 (or rather, f5 as the transcripters work on
Macs) and it seems to work well. However, we all agree that thera are
some features from Transcriber that we really miss:
Most of all, the ability to visualize the audio, and be very specific in
choosing a specific part of the audio file, for detailed transcription
(to repeat and identify what is said, overlaps etc). For my conversation
analytically oriented work, it is wonderful to be able to time pauses
and transcribe details without turning to a sound editor.
Further, the time-stamping is good in f4, but the segmentation in
Transcriber were far better - much easier to find the right place in the
transcription, to check or expand it.
Now, what do the rest of you think about this? I cannot use Transcriber
any more (the 1.5.1 is too old for the Macs, and it feels dangerous to
rely on old software even in Linux, version 2.0 is not yet sufficently
functional, and developmen seems to far to slow), but we really miss
these feature, and would like a full and even better replacement for
Transcriber. Anyone else that shares these concerns?
If there happens to be more thinking along the same lines, there might
even be a possibility to collectively raise funds to support development
(I cannot develop myself, I am a psychologist....) - if someone is
interested in taking up the work....
Anyone else connecting to this?
Best,
Magnus
2013-01-17 17:29, Magnus Larsson skrev:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions! Part of the reason for my question is
> that Transcriber, as I've been using myself and for our transcribers,
> is getting somewhat old and the latest version is slow in progress, so
> I need good alternatives.
>
> Of course, I agree with the need to think the process and analytical
> design through first. And I also very much agree with using sound, and
> emerging transcriptions rather than full detailed transcriptions from
> the start. The precise design of that depends, in my mind, as much on
> the analytical design as on the skills of the transcriber(s).
>
> Best,
>
> Magnus
>
>
> 2013-01-17 15:56, Jim Drisko skrev:
>> Hi. I have used transcriber (and recommend it to my students with
>> Stockdale's word conversion info), f4 (very good) and transana for
>> video.
>>
>> But, in the end, I used Dragon naturally speaking for transcription.
>> It's easier - as i am a terrible typist - and faster to listen with an
>> earphone in one ear and speak what I hear to the computer.
>>
>> It is always interesting to hear interviews I have done randomly
>> fragmented during transcription. It adds another perspective.
>>
>> Of course, having a clear (if flexible) plan for one's research is
>> always wise.
>>
>> I am unsure that transcription of entire interviews, etc. is always
>> needed when ATLAS.ti, for example, will work fine off of audio files.
>> Transcribing only sections for publication in print is much ore
>> efficient. I find the audio offers much richer information than does
>> any flat text.
>>
>> But again - you need to make many choices regarding research purposes,
>> epistemology, data collection and data analysis.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Duncan Branley
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Gosh that was a long time ago, Ann (20th Jan 2005)!
>>>
>>> It's still available online - near the bottom of the page. I've not
>>> reviewed
>>> it for a while, but will be rewriting it later this term. I'm also
>>> hoping to
>>> develop something for video work too, but that will take longer.
>>>
>>> http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres/caqdas/resources/seminarslides/index.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>>
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>>> On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:26, ANN LEWINS wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Magnus,
>>>
>>> Duncan Branley gave a very useful workshop for the CAQDAS Networking
>>> Project
>>> - it was a while ago now, so the individual softwares will have changed
>>> substantially - but his powerpoint on Audacity and Transcriber used to
>>> available on the CAQDAS site... if you can't find it there - I think
>>> have
>>> kept it by my side :-) and with Duncans permission, I can let you
>>> have it.
>>> Don't reply to the list please - my address
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>> It can be a good idea however to be aware if you are going to use a
>>> specific
>>> software package for the analysis of data because certain transcription
>>> devices have particular 'relationships' with some softwares.
>>> F4 and F5 -are two such packages respectively transcription
>>> softwares for PC
>>> & MAC - (the former has either a free version or a low cost 'plus'
>>> version..the latter you have to buy). Theres an optional foot-pedal to
>>> purchase which enhances the to-ing and fro-ing of the physical
>>> processes of
>>> transcribing. The relationship in this case works
>>> between two
>>> analytic CAQDAS type analytic packages - MAxqda and ATLAS.ti (my
>>> aplogies
>>> if I am omitting others included in this relationship). For
>>> instance when
>>> you import the transcript (that you have generated in F4) into the
>>> software
>>> 'project' where analysis is going to happen, the import process
>>> automatically also brings in the associated sound or video file from
>>> which
>>> the transcript was made. Of course you don't have to keep the
>>> multimedia
>>> file in the software - you could delete it and only retain the
>>> transcript.
>>> However if you keep it the transcript, the two are then
>>> synchronised - so
>>> as you playback the multimedia file the transcript scrolls through.
>>>
>>> Re Transana - one of its unique assets as a transcription package
>>> is that
>>> you can have multiple transcriptions or sets of notes (all
>>> synchronised, all
>>> codeable) all separately dealing with the different dimensions of
>>> the one
>>> original recording - maybe the verbatim transcript, the non verbal
>>> reactions, notes about the dynamics of communication etc. There might
>>> specific types of observational research which calls for that level of
>>> multi-dimensionality and close contact with the original media.
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Ann Lewins
>>> QDAServices
>>> http://www.qdaservices.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 January 2013 12:10, Magnus Larsson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I am curious about what transcription software for audio recordings
>>>> (interviews etc) that people actually use with good experience
>>>> these days. I
>>>> am talking about dedicated software, like Transcriber or Transana,
>>>> and not
>>>> primarily the somewhat more limited transcription functions of data
>>>> analysis
>>>> packages like Nvivo.
>>>>
>>>> So: What software do you actually use, recommendable for serious
>>>> research
>>>> projects?
>>>>
>>>> The reason for my question is that I am involved in a research
>>>> project,
>>>> where we need to transcribe substantial amounts of interviews in
>>>> the near
>>>> future.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Magnus Larsson
>>>> Associate professor
>>>> Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ann Lewins
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>>>
>>> http://www.qdaservices.com
>>> +(44) 07966541518
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> T
>>>
>>>
>>
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