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We have done some testing of InqScribe in Apple’s newly released OS 10.7 “Lion,” and we’re continuing to do more. The good news is that everything seems to work fine in Lion, with one easy-to-address caveat. Here is our partial report: InqScribe launches in Lion and will perform the basics — video playback, timecode insertion, even…
There was a known bug in InqScribe version 2.0.5 (and earlier) that caused problems with Windows Media Player. The crash report mentions things like “WMP_Provider” and “MediaProxy”. This has been fixed in InqScribe version 2.1. Simply upgrade to the latest version of InqScribe and your problem will be solved. The upgrade is free; you can…
A part of our occasional series highlighting interesting uses of InqScribe In addition to transcriptionists and documentary filmmakers, researchers make up a large portion of InqScribe users. Although, in this case, we hit two of our favorite topics simultaneously: research and education. Alex Gilmore, a professor at the University of Tokyo, just published a book…
If you’re using a corded Microsoft Digital Media keyboard or some multimedia keyboards from other manufacturers (we know of one case from Acer), you might be experiencing odd crashes when you try to run the “Set Up Foot Pedal” wizard or define shortcuts triggers. (This tip is also helpful for others who might be experiencing…
Problem: You want to insert time stamps in your transcript at regular intervals without having to explicitly insert a timecode. Solution 1: The easiest way to do this is to define a shortcut for your Enter key. Here’s how: 1. Open your transcript in InqScribe 2. Select the “Edit” menu->”Edit Snippets…” 3. Click the “Add”…
New in version 2.1 of InqScribe: You can insert timecode series, e.g. “lay down a timecode every 30 seconds,” like this: [00:00:00.00] [00:00:30.00] [00:01:00.00] [00:01:30.00] [00:02:00.00] [00:02:30.00] This is typically used by transcriptionists who need to sync text with the video every n seconds. So you start with an empty transcript, insert the timecodes, then…
I don’t want the frame number to appear in my timecode. I want [hh:mm:ss], not [hh:mm:ss:ff]. Can I turn it off? For example, I don’t want my timecode to look like this: [00:01:23.29] Instead, I want to remove the last two numbers so it looks like this: [00:01:23] — To remove the frames from your…
You can insert the current time of day into your transcript. This is useful for instance, if you want to take notes while you are recording during a meeting or video shoot. Later when you import the media, you can sync the start time to your video. For example, let’s say you’re shooting an interview,…
If you have text that you are repeatedly typing in your transcript (e.g. analysis codes, or long words), you can create snippets to insert them quickly. Here are some tips: You don’t have to assign a trigger/keyboard shortcut to snippet You can activate the trigger window with <cmd-1> (Mac) or <ctrl-1> (Windows) When the trigger…
Update: this bug is fixed in the 2.1 beta. Get the beta here. If you’re using Final Cut Pro 7 and importing InqScribe-generated FCP XML files, you’re probably pulling your hair out. As of FCP7, any imported subtitles beyond the two minute mark show up with a duration of only one frame. The problem is…