From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: orgmode as a transcription tool? Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 23:27:16 -0600 Message-ID: <20150203052716.GB18237@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45151) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIW1H-0007Oi-AK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:27:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIW1E-0005Df-4Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:27:27 -0500 Received: from tkt-001-i373.relay.mailchannels.net ([174.136.5.175]:51959 helo=relay.mailchannels.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YIW1D-00056l-H9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:27:24 -0500 Received: from kefka.asoshared.com (ip-10-229-11-165.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.229.11.165]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1A922602D7 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 05:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-50-171-45-24.hsd1.tx.comcast.net ([50.171.45.24]:44875 helo=localhost) by kefka.asoshared.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YIW18-0001pz-6e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:27:18 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 11:23:25PM -0600, Bill White wrote: > Today I was looking for a tool to ease my transcription of a recording > of a half-hour appointment with a doctor. > > Googling led to https://transcribe.wreally.com/ for the job - it really > works well, and it seems like something orgmode should be able to do. > > The idea is to unite a media player with a text-editing window. Certai= n > commands issued *while in the text window* will operate on the media > player: pause, go back or ahead 2 seconds, slow down, speed up, etc. > Uniting the two eliminates constant switching between a media player an= d > a text editor - it's all integrated and controllable without switching > windows. > > From https://transcribe.wreally.com/guide/how-to-transcribe-audio-inter= views-faster/ > > The advantage of using Transcribe over a conventional text editor + > > media player approach is that you don=E2=80=99t have to lift your han= ds-off > > the keyboard at all. You can control the audio with your keyboard > > while simultaneously typing into the built-in text editor. > > Could orgmode do something like that? I don't see why not. Emacs could, or perhaps your audio program or window manager. I use xbindkeys and a few commands to control mpd (music daemon) and skip tracks, change volume, etc. Emacs has frontends to the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3