#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE PRO#
#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE SOFTWARE#
#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE PROFESSIONAL#

In this screen shot you will see I have set my arrow/cursor keys to take on the stop/play/rewind function. You can either go with these presets or you can set your own. With Express Scribe you have the option to use any keys on the keyboard for stop/play/rewind (and a load of other audio manipulation functions) or a USB foot pedal like the cheap and nasty VEC’s or the more classy three pedal Philips 2310/2320 and four pedal 2330. By default Express Scribe comes pre-configured with a number of F (function keys) to perform various tasks like stop/play/rewind.

#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE SOFTWARE#

Trust me, this saves a mountain of time.Įxpress Scribe does have an area where you can type called the Typepad but in my opinion better to type directly into Word or whatever word processing software you use to get the benefits of spell checker real time. Once loaded and ready to play you flip to your Word document and using the configured playback keys (or USB foot control) you play/stop/rewind your audio while typing your notes from it without leaving the Word document. So how does it work? You take your audio file (from a digital voice recorder, from your email, downloaded from the web etc) and load it into Scribe (much like putting a tape in the palyer in the old days).

#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE PRO#

The Mac version supports alot less audio file formats than the Windows version which covers just about anything you can throw at it, except at the time of writing this post, the new DSS Pro (.ds2) audio format. Included in the software is variable playback speed, auto file loading from network or email and background noise reduction or extra volume boost for those not so well recorded audio files.Įxpress Scribe is available for both Windows and Mac. It’s functionality is certainly not lacking. What do I like about Express Scribe? It’s price and it’s functionality. They have been around for a fair few years and I have watched them grow over time from quite a small outfit to the giant in the digital audio software world, not just in Australia but all over the World. NCH is an Aussie company based down in Canberra.

#SONY PLUGIN FOR EXPRESS SCRIBE PROFESSIONAL#

Both Olympus and Philips have their professional transcription kits for people who do this kind of thing day in and day out, but for your average person who has an occassional need to transcribe some audio you need to look at Express Scribe from NCH Swift Sound. This is where transcription software can and does help. This in itself will very quickly become tedious and a truely painful experience. For those who are not in the know, this usually involves playing the audio back through Windows Media Player or QuickTime flicking quickly to Word to type a few words then flicking back to the audio player to stop and rewind so you can hear the last sentence or two again. One thing most people who buy a digital voice recorder have in common is the need to listen to the audio while typing up notes or a verbatum account of the audio. Next minute it might be a journalist in Melbourne looking for the best voice recorder to grab quick, clear soundbites of someone in the news ready for them to quote in a story later that day. One minute it might be a family member in the bush who wants to record a grandparent telling stories of their life for future family generations to hear and for them to transcibe into a family history record. One of the main reasons for that statement is that I get to speak to broad range of people from all walks of life all across Australia daily.

Sony plugin for express scribe