I use Dragon Systems Naturally Speaking 4.0 and I can dictate at
approximately 110-120 words per minute. The software is excellent, but it
requires a Pentium III at > 400 MHZ to work really well. I have found it
worth the investment. It is particularily useful for dictating analytic
memos while coding. I have also coded by voice command using Nudist and
NVIVO.
>As for Via Voice, I can type faster.
>
>Peter
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alan Cartwright <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 2:12 PM
>Subject: Re: Transcribing audio tapes
>
>
>> You don't really go have to go back to the 1930 provided you can digitise
>> your interviews you use programmes like Code-A-Text Multimedia and CISAID
>> (which will be available in May). In many circumstances you don't have to
>> transcribe the whole audio file - its sufficient to be able to code
>against
>> the audio and only transcribe critical sections. In CISAID you can click
>on
>> a code, a cell in a table or a point in a graph and retrieve the
>underlying
>> segments - both text and sound or video (or just media if it hasn't been
>> transcribed).
>>
>> You can also dictate your transcription into CISAID using Via Voice -
>> hardly touching the keyboard. You do have to train Via Voice and it
>> takes time to achieve a reasonable accuracy but that's also true of
>> typing. In fact after a few months of using Via Voice Pro I would say
>that
>> its accuracy is better than my typing and I have been doing that for 30
>years!
>>
>> Regards
>> Alan Cartwright
>>
>> At 09:28 18/03/2000 +1100, Peter French wrote:
>> >This really doesn't address the underlying problem - we are simply
>> >rediscovering what office managers discovered in the 1930s - a way to
>type
>> >up from tapes without having to manually switsh the damn thing off and on
>by
>> >hand. I suggest that you go to any 2ng hand office products store - I can
>> >get a compelte set up in Australia for $125
>> >
>> >Peter French
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Mark E. Crane <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 11:51 PM
>> >Subject: Re: Transcribing audio tapes
>> >
>> >
>> > > Apologies if this has been covered, but is there software that will
>let
>> >you respond and annotate digitized recordings? I.E. some sort of software
>> >transcription machine? That way you could digitize your tapes, annotate
>and
>> >index them on the computer, and not have to shell out for an expensive
>> >transcription machine.
>> > >
>> > > On a related note, I've seen that Sony has a minidisc recorder that
>will
>> >take a foot pedal, but it costs $900. Has anyone seen a less-expensive
>> >minidisc recorder that will take a footpedal?
>> > >
>> > > thank you,
>> > >
>> > > MC
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Mark Crane
>> > > [log in to unmask]
>> > > www.louisville.edu/~mecran01
>> > >
>> > > >>> [log in to unmask] 03/16/00 01:23PM >>>
>> > > I use VIA VOICE but it takes 30 minutes PLUS to adjust to your own
>voice,
>> > > and would have to be adjusted for each additional recorder - possible
>as
>> >you
>> > > can have multiple users.
>> > >
>> > > So I am also interested - I'll bet secret services have such a machine
>:-)
>> > > but making that available to needy academics in useful pursuits and
>not
>> > > practising entrapment
>etc...............................................!
>> > >
>> > > Peter French
>> > > http://pjfrench.homestead.com
>> > > Email:[log in to unmask]
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: Martin H. Eick <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:11 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: Transcribing audio tapes
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Hi Kimberley,
>> > > >
>> > > > could you please tell us what kind of a transcribing machine this is
>> >(esp.
>> > > > what make, are there others?) and how it works? I expect this to be
>> >speech
>> > > > recognition or so, but so far this would not work with direct input
>of
>> >an
>> > > > interview.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have never before heard of something like this and so I'm in doubt
>> >that
>> > > > it would be possible to really transcribe a standard interview in
>> > > > sufficient quality. But if this would work it would be
>revolutionary.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > > Martin.
>> > > > ---------------------------------------
>> > > > /
>> > > > Martin H. Eick
>> > > > [log in to unmask]
>> > > > H,T,P, Concept Berlin
>> > > > ---------------------------------------
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> Alan Cartwright PhD
>> Code-A-Text Ltd.
>> Email [log in to unmask]
>> Code-A-Text Web Page
>> <http://www.code-a-text.co.uk>
>> Sage/Scolari Web page
>> <http://www.scolari.co.uk>
>>
Christopher E. Hartmann
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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