interviewscribe User s Guide

interviewScribe User’s Guide

Contents

1.Overview! 3

2.Prepare for transcribe! 4

2.1.Assign the audio file! 4

2.2.Playback Operation! 5

2.3.Adjust volume and sound quality ! 6

2.4.Adjust the phrase! 7

3.Transcribe Operation! 10

3.1.Select the target phrase! 10

3.2.Edit of the phrase text! 11

3.3.Input the text by use OS X Mountain Lion’s “Dictation”! 12

3.4.Classify the Talker! 16

3.5.The resulting output! 17

1. Overview

interviewScribe is the tool for speech dictation.

• Management by the phrase

Phrase is the pieces of the audio data. interviewScribe is managed audio by the phrase.

By dividing the phrase, You can transcribe to each do a short phrase. With interviewScribe, you can proceed transcribe work smoothly.

• Specific features for Transcribe

interviewScribe has features that are specific to the transcribe work: Can set free playback position, Can adjust playback speed, and adjust the playback quality.

• Cooperation with the OS X Mountain Lion’s “Dictation”

In addition, you can also take advantage of the features of OS X Mountain Lion's "Dictation". Characteristic of this function is to make the phrase playback along with the "Dictation". You can convert a phrase audio into a text by this feature.

Can be converted to text with surprising ease if a good source, such as those delivered by Podcast News.

• Output of the result

2. Prepare for transcribe

2.1.

Assign the audio file

Assign source audio file to new document by [File] - [Assign Audio...] menu.

Extension of audio files that can be selected are listed below. . aif,. mp3,. mp4,. m4v,. m4a,. aifc,. aiff,. wav, it is. caf.

Audio file is assigned, a copy is preserved in the document, so as not to violate the Rights of the audio file, when you distribute the document, please be careful. In interviewScribe, audio data allocated is handled as 22.1kHz mono(L+R).

Assignment is completed, the phrase will be automatically generated according to the default settings. You can subsequently adjust the phrase if the phrase is not properly generated because the low sound pressure or the environmental noise is large.

2.2.

Playback Operation

First select the output device, and other operations are same as the general player.

PlayBack

By using the shortcut key [PlayBack] menu, playback operation is efficient work is possible.

After pause playback, it is possible to start playing back the specified seconds, before the pause time.

2.2.1. start position and range of the playback

Start position can be set by clicking on any point in the “Outline Spectrum View” and “Detail Spectrum View”.

When you select a phrase in the phrase list or “Phrase View”, playback starting position to the beginning of the phrase that has been selected, to the end of the phrase will be set as the playback range.

2.3.

Adjust volume and sound quality

If the sound pressure of the audio data is not enough, split the phrase can not be performed properly. When such case can increase the sound pressure by

“Amplification slider”.

2.3.2. Adjust sound quality

2.4.

Adjust the phrase

If auto generated phrase is not appropriate, you can adjust the phrase.

2.4.1. Reset the phrase

You can regenerate the phrase by “Adjust Phrase” tab.

Sound pressure at the click position of the “Detail Spectrum View” For reference for determining the value of threshold

2.4.2. Join phrases

You can join the phrase that is finely divided.

Select phrase in the “Phrase View”, and instruct the [Phrase] - [Join] menu, Phrase is joined next phrase.

Selected Phrase

2.4.3. Divide the phrase

You can also divide too long phrase into two phrases.

2.4.4. Divide the phrase that has a text

I explain the editing of the phrase text in later “3. Transcribe Operation”. I explain operation when divide a phrase that has a text here.

Technique to divide a phrase text into at any position ① Select a Phrase

② Change the edit mode to edit mode

③ Move a cursor in the point that want to divide

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2.4.5. Adjust the position and length of the phrase

3. Transcribe Operation

3.1.

Select the target phrase

Selection of the phrase is performed by the following procedure. • Click on the “Phrase View”

• Click on the “Phrase List”

• move the selected row in the phrase list by ↑ ↓key. (Valid when the phrase list is active)

3.2.

Edit of the phrase text

Select a phrase and select the "Phrase Text" tab. In this state, you will be able to change the edit mode.

• instruct the [Phrase] - [Text Edit]

• press the “Edit” button under the “Phrase Text” tab

Edit mode status can be confirmed by the “Edit” button’s state.

When in edit mode, text editing is enabled, and text input can be performed.

Text that you enter is stored in the phrase at the time the edit mode is turned off, part of the input text is displayed on the "Content" column of the "Phrase List" and "Phrase View". And display color of the phrase in the "Phrase View" is green as well.

Phrase

Becomes continuous editing mode, when check “Continuous Editing”. In

continuous editing mode, when you end the edit mode, the following phrase is enter to edit mode automatically.

3.3.

Input the text by use OS X Mountain Lion’s “Dictation”

If a high-quality voice*, you can edit text efficiently using the function "Dictation" of OS X Mountain Lion.

*Meaning of high-quality voice is high ratio SN and smooth tongue of the speaker is good.

3.3.1. Setting the OS X Mountain Lion’s “Dictation” side

「Displays the settings panel of the "Dictation & Speech" in the "System Preferences".

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1. Select the input device

Select the audio input device that can input from interviewScribe output device. For example, select the built-in speaker as interviewScrib's output and select the built-in

microphone as "Dictation"'s input. So you can capture the audio. 2. Select the shortcut

Please select a shortcut in the red frame that can be supported by interviewScribe

3. Select the Language

3.3.2. Setting the interviewScribe side

Select the output device to flow to the input of the "Dictation".

Fit the shortcut that you set in the "Dictation" shortcut by “Preferences” tab.

Then, set the playback of the phrase for the dictating process by [PlayBack] - [Enable Playback for System Dictation] menu or “Playback for System Dictation“ button.

3.3.3. Use “Dictation”

Select the phrase and enter text-editing mode.

Start the Dictation by [Edit] - [Start Dictation] menu or shortcut, then start playback automatically. (Under the on state of the "Enable Playback for System Dictation " button)

After playback is complete, direct the completion of the dictation. and then result of the dictation appear in the text-edit view.

Done

After playback finished,

instruction to “Done”

I dropped

out of Reed

college after the first

six months

but then

stayed around

is as a

drop in for another 18 months or so before

I really quit.

Result of the correction

Correct the mistake text.

Possible input time is about 30 seconds in a one Dictation process. If the phrase is to continue for more than 30 seconds, please divide the phrase.

There seems to be a case where the dictation is not accepted suddenly. Please wait for a while in such a case.

3.3.4. Connect directly to the "dictation" and interviewScribe.

In the example above, the sound of the Built-in speaker was entered to built-in microphone, but this configuration may not be suitable for work in noisy conditions or work in an environment where silence is required.

Here, we present a method for use in such an environment.

This technique uses a virtual AudioDevice called “Soundflower”. Soundflower is a free virtual AudioDevice are distributed by cycling74.com.

When you install Soundflower, it is recognized as a in and out AudioDevice. if assign Soundflower(2ch) to the input of the "Dictation" and output of interviewScribe, you will be able to connect directly. Use the utility software that Soundflowerbed, it is possible to output to other output devices. So you can proceed while checking the sound reproduced by the headphone.

If the search for "Soundflower" at the Web, you can get more information.

interviewScribe

Dictation

Soundflowerbed

However in this case, you will not be able to perform the voice input by repetition. Because it can not be input to the sound from the built-in microphone to

Soundflower.

3.4.

Classify the Talker

You can classify talkers even if there is more than one talker. (Such as the questioner and respondent talker, or in a meeting)

3.5.

The resulting output

You can get the final result by join the text of each phrase after transcribing is

finished.Join the text of each phrases in "Dictated Text" tab. You can also be inserted as a header to each phrase. and you can include a speaker and time in the header.

The format of the header is based on SRT form.

So can use the dictated result of the mp4 movie file as subtitles text. You can also insert the line breaks at Punctuation (.!?!) and white space.

4. Revision history

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12/9/24! First public version.

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12/10/25! [2.4.1 Reset the phrase] was changed.

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