Software updates, tips, and user stories
Filmmakers like InqScribe for a multitude of reasons. In our latest guest blog, Charlie Samuels talks about how he’s using InqScribe on his first film project. I am working on a film documentary about my skateboard team. Even if I make many films after this, Virgin Blacktop will be my opus. I’ve been working on…
We often get inquiries from our users about how to format text as tables in InqScribe. Because InqScribe’s transcript window is “plain text,” it does not support tables. However, we can suggest these methods for converting InqScribe transcripts into table format. Many of our users use the Tab key to delineate columns and the Return…
We’ve just released an update to InqScribe: version 2.2.1. This is a free upgrade for all users that addresses a number of known issues. Download the update here. If you’re currently running v2.2 or earlier, select “Check for Updates” and InqScribe’s internal update checker will offer to download the update for you. What’s changed: Fix an issue…
We occasionally feature guest bloggers who can offer insights into different workflows. For the beginning documentary filmmaker, managing Final Cut Pro (FCP) workflows in a foreign language in combination with InqScribe can be daunting at first. This is why we asked Chad Braham, an experienced InqScribe and FCP user to describe his workflow in detail.…
An occasional series where we share interesting stories about InqScribe from our users. If you have a story you’d like to share, contact us! Professor Nsir Malik (ret.), a founding member of Pakistan Television, media professional, and currently retired teacher has been using InqScribe to do charity work with media students in Pakistan. Some…
Part of the fun of interacting with our customers is finding out what they’re working on. Filmmaker Matthew Bowyer is working on a documentary about real life James Bonds…though perhaps not what you think: by Matthew Bowyer ‘The Other Fellow’ is a documentary about the lives of real men around the world – who are named…
We’ve just released an update to InqScribe: version 2.2. This is a free upgrade for all users. Download the update here. Or, if you’re currently running v2.1.1, select “Check for Updates” and InqScribe’s internal update checker will offer to download the update for you. For Mac users, InqScribe is now a signed app to improve compatibility with OS…
OS X 10.8 was released this week, and we’ve been getting a few questions about whether InqScribe is compatible with it. The short answer is yes. InqScribe runs fine under 10.8. However, the new security model for 10.8 may prevent you from running InqScribe. If you already have InqScribe installed on your computer and you…
UPDATE: As of 7/25/2013 and QuickTime 7.7.4, Apple has still not resolved the issue. Please continue to use QuickTime 7.7.1. BL. A word of warning to InqScribe users: we’ve identified a couple of bugs that impact Windows users’ ability to use InqScribe to generate subtitled movies. We’ve identified two bugs: 1. If you use…
InqScribe users often work collaboratively. Since InqScribe transcripts are very small files, it’s easy to share them with colleagues — say, as an email attachment. But media files are usually huge, and unless you have access to a shared server, sharing the media files that go with your transcript can be difficult. Enter InqScribe’s Media…