Then go to oTranscribe. First, click the button to select your audio file: Once your file is in oTranscribe, you can use the buttons at the top to play, fast forward, rewind, or adjust the speed. Then, start typing your transcript in the space below. You can use the buttons to the right of the writing area to format the text. To help solve this problem, or at least make the task a little easier, oTranscribe was created by journalist and graphic editor Elliot Bentley. It seamlessly melds the functions of an audio player and text editor into a clean app that runs in any browser that can play back the format of your audio file.
Web: Google Voice is a pretty good way to record and transcribe voice memos for yourself, but that's not an option for lengthy recordings of interviews and lectures. For that, my weapon weapon of choice would be oTranscribe, a free and open-source webapp.
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Add an MP3 or WAV file to oTranscribe and you can start playing it. There's a word processor available to type and everything is automatically saved in your browser's cache—your audio file and transcript are local only and never leave your hard drive.
The best part of oTranscribe, though, is that it can be entirely operated with a keyboard, which is essential for transcribing. For example, you don't want to keep moving your hand over to the mouse to rewind or fast-forward. oTranscribe does all this with keyboard shortcuts to play/pause, rewind, fast-forward, slow down, speed up, text formatting (bold, italics), and the ability to insert timestamps. I especially liked that if you pause, it automatically rewinds a couple of seconds when you hit play again.
oTranscribe | via The Next Web
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