sum computer transcription couple months ago asked members list help regarding software transcription spoken discourse received large number answers personal email address public following shall quote answers attempt sum consider important info received matter perhaps slightly subject answers spoke possibilities machinereadable text quote company named norris communication san diego ca sells digital recorder breaks audio input machine readable code including ascii assume norris reputed one two companies usa maybe world manufacturing digital audio recorders using socalled flash chips semiconductor memory chips permit read write functions digitized flash memory dumped pc machine readable code assume would include ascii compatibility assumption nt address got telephone number directory assistance company located suburb san diego california called poway california listed telephone number 619679 1504 nt work reason directory assistance reached 619555 1212 number answers centered around using standard word processors macro facilities quote used quite satisfactorily pc using ms word glossary items quickly input speaker identification special character sequences etc use style sheet controlling formatting imagine word perfect pc thing especially macros made set macro operate standardized form facilitate transcribing process essentially simply reduce routinely occurring series keystrokes one alt control key transcription software seems available mac quote macintosh would definitely use nisus macro assigned short easy type keyboard shortcut little things like far complex tasks nisus amazing truly power user linguist word processor choice seen also worldscript savvy word processor available nt seen check new nisuswriter 4 0 shipping soon already info may available internet address nisus mktg applelink apple com syncwriter quote mac programme mention syncwriter guess costs hundred german marks syncwriter sold med ibit hohenfelderstrasse 20 22087 hamburg germany phone 49 40 251 67 125 workbench quote welcome include workbench summary however know bench really transcription program though features making transcribing easier e g transcription keypad user definable strings ca symbols ability link play loop quicktime movie audio tapes also mention distribution limited time bench available world wide web info try contacting thebench alishaw ucsb edu dos based computers hiatdos 2 2 quote hiatdos developed transcription programme everybody afford lacks certain technical gimmicks price new version somewhat 40 80 german marks far know distributed prof konrad ehlich institut fuer deutsch als fremdsprache lmu muenchen ludwigstrasse 27 d80359 muenchen fax germany089 21802116 quote hiatdos kind word processing program designed processing transcripts thus got certain format fill transcript got certain special correction devices etc simple tool comfortable transcription purposes word processing programs recommended reading ehlich konrad 1992 hiat transcription system discourse data edwards jane lampert martin eds talking data hillsdale n j erlbaum couple programs mac dos mentioned seem unfinished far noone developed userfriendly windows based transcription program mentioned transcription programs use text music score principle e conversation printed running systems use standard line transcription seems little help save adjusting lot whenever make changes corrections transript one possibility may system macros perhaps calls discussion forum thank everyone cooperation karsten gramkow karsten gramkow centre languages intercultural studies aalborg university havrevangen 1 dk 9000 aalborg denmark ph 45 98 15 42 11 ext 6229 fax 45 98 16 65 66 email gramkow hum auc dk