Hi Magnus,
I'd encourage you to try Transana. It works with video and audio-only
files, shows a waveform, and has time codes which can be as accurate as
media files allow (which varies a bit depending on format and encoding
settings.) It works on Windows and OS X.
And as the developer, I'm always open to suggestions for ways to improve
the transcription interface as well as the coding and analysis tools.
Please at least talk to me about features you'd like to see before
starting a new development effort for a new tool!
David
--
David K. Woods, Ph.D.
Researcher, Transana Lead Developer
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin, Madison
http://www.transana.org
> 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
>>>> QDAServices
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> http://www.qdaservices.com
>>>> +(44) 07966541518
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> T
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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