Two keystrokes and you're pasting timestamps! And it's a system-wide hot key, so you can insert timestamps into anything. Press Ctrl+J and then paste the time in the box provided for Time (Elapsed) by pressing Ctrl+V followed by the Enter key. Copy the time by highlighting it and pressing Ctrl+C. Now, as you play the audio file in Express Scribe, all you have to do is press your Hot Key (F1 for me) at the point where you hear the word you want to time stamp, and then CTRL V to paste it in Word.īingo. Express Scribe’s Jump Time feature is useful when you’re editing and want to go back to a specific portion of the audio to re-listen. Thanks, Karen, Im on that version, too, and you made my day.
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Printing in the Help System contains instructions on printing the full text of each Topic or Subtopic viewed.
Navigating the Help System contains instructions on searching via Chapter Heading or by Keywords. I suppose you could make a list of the ones you delete and then reinsert them if you wish. Please click the links below for information on using this Help System. I have deleted them all, as I dont use them at all. Scroll down to Copy Time and select this. With that in mind, in version 4.3 under the heading CONTROL Hot Keys, there is a list of the keys and their function. In my version of Express Scribe F1 and F11 are free. Featuring foot pedal control, variable speed, speech to text engine integration and support for a wide variety of audio formats including.
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Infinity USB: A highly popular ergonomic foot pedal used by many professional transcriptionists and compatible with almost all transcription software. Express Scribe Professional is a foot pedal controlled audio player software specifically designed for typists and transcription work. A Window pops up asking you to press a key. AltoEdge: The only transcription foot pedal that’s compatible with the free version of Express Scribe.
Click Add at the bottom of the box to create a System-wide Hot Key.
To insert timestamps into a Word document, in Express Scribe go to Settings, then select Pedals and Hot Keys. However, I found the easiest way was already built into Express Scribe. I needed to insert timestamps into various interviews we transcribe, so I Googled this topic and came up with a wide variety of people trying to write Word macros and various work-arounds (such as typing CRTL+T, ALT+TAB, CTRL+V, ALT+TAB, etc.) to insert time stamps.