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I take my Sony IC Recorder to my meeting and record it. Then I load it on to my computer's network drive. When I open Express Scribe it has already been loaded on to it and when I return to my network drive it is no longer there. Can anyone help as to why this is doing that - very frustrating especially if other people want to access the file on my network drive.

It sounds like Express Scribe is moving the file to its local data folder on your PC:

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Application Data\NCH Swift Sound\Scribe\Current

Note: Your data folder location may be slightly different than the one above depending on your system configuration.

Try changing the Data Folder to the network drive location:

From the main menu select:

Settings > Files

Go to the Data Folder section and then browse to the network folder location to set this as your default.

Best of luck!

Hello to all...

 

I am dark ages newbie.....I cannot get expresscribe to play or load a file....it is mp3 file for transcription and when I try to find it in my files.....expresscribe shows the file as empty, but yet the file shows up on my "mirror" on ftp.....I need this to work and cannot find anyone to help me....boss getting aggravated...schooling did not teach me this information and I have no clue what to do....

someone please help!!!

If you have an answer, please email me!!!!

thanks

Express Scribe seems to have trouble with some file formats and this also seems to vary depending of the version of Express Scribe you are using.

Since Express Scribe is provided as a free application I wouldn’t count on a great deal of support from the NCH team in this particular instance. Also, if the version you are using does not, or can not load and play the file you want they won’t be able to do anything quickly for you.

Suggestions:

1) Try playing the .mp3 file in Windows Media player just to make sure the file is not damaged

2) Try an older version of Express Scribe (if you can find it) to see if it will recognize and play the file:

Try this one: http://www.download3000.com/download_35511.html

3) Try another transcription application even if for this file only, you may be able find free trials via the internet

Best of luck!

The DSS format is only supported in the Windows version of Express Scribe, and even then it's not 100% reliable.

 

 

Wider file format support and speech-to-text conversion would be two of the bigger things missing from the Linux build, just off the top of my head.

 

Also, keep in mind that the Linux version is probably a port of an older version of Express Scribe. You can check http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/versions.html for Windows release notes. I'm not sure if there's similar information for the Linux version.

Thank you very much for the information!

The DSS file thing could be a bit of a challenge but it’s best to know before hand. Also, thanks for the link to the revision history, I hadn’t spotted it before but it’s a great idea.

Again, thank you!

The rewind button on my foot pedal isn't working well so I've been using F7 to rewind lately. But last night I updated to Version 4.23 and now when I'm typing along in Word and press F7 to rewind it pops up and I have to reach for my mouse to click back into the Word screen and keep going.

 

I've checked the settings and controls and must be missing something because I can't make it stop.

 

Any ideas?

Hey, not sure if this will help but you might want to try reprogramming the F7 hotkey to see if it will work correctly.

From the main Express Scribe main menu select:

Control > Hot Keys Setup

In the bottom portion of the dialog that pops up you’ll find the “System Wide Hotkey Assignment”

Scroll down the list of hot keys until you find the F7 function, select that by clicking on it once.

Remove this function by clicking on the Remove button. Your Rewind hotkey is now gone.

To add something to replace it, click on the Add button, you’ll be asked to “Press key or key combination” – Try something like Ctrl+F8 (Control key plus the F8 function key) as this is not assigned in the default Word setup.

Once you’ve done that a Select Command dialog will appear, scroll down to the Rewind function and select that, click OK to add the function to your hotkey list. Exit the Control dialog and give it a shot to see if this fixes the problem.

Hope it works for you!

Hi everyone )

I was hoping some of you out there might be able to help me in regards to using Express Scribe in a Linux environment so I’m going to throw this out there to see what happens.

I am a dictation hardware reseller/consultant for a several clients in central Canada. One of my clients is currently seeking to transition (from tapes) to a digital dictation and transcription environment using Red Hat Linux servers and clients and they have 85 dictation/transcription users we will be installing; 12 of which are MTs.

I have a fairly extensive background in digital dictation hardware and software products and support but have no experience with Linux (or UNIX) itself (other than some old Lanier Xenix transcription networks I’ve installed – Once upon a time)

Anyway, the client would like to use the Express Scribe application for transcription (and would happily pay the support fees once the product is proven) but I have only been able to find very limited information regarding Express Scribe running under Linux so I was hoping some real users out there could help us with a few basic questions.

1) The NCH website page regarding Express Scribe running under Linux offers a download for native Linux version of Express Scribe but states, “This is a compiled binary program made for Linux. The advantage is it does not require Wine. The disadvantage is some esoteric proprietary formats cannot be supported.”

Regarding proprietary formats, the question is, does the Linux version support (non Olympus) .dss voice files?

2) Regarding transcription foot controls, they recommend the USB VEC Infinity foot control (which is cool cause we use these extensively at other sites) so the question is, do they provide a Linux specific driver separately or is this installed with the Express Scribe application automatically under Linux? We’ve purchased a lot of these controls but have yet to find a driver disk in the foot control packaging from the manufacturer - who ever they are.

3) Are there any specific (and important) features within the Windows version of Express Scribe that are not available in the Linux version. You know, the little things like not being able to load files, set encryption keys, browse for folders in the Load screen?

4) I noticed (from the only screenshot of the Linux version I’ve been able to find – (http://www.brothersoft.com/express-scribe-for-linux-68777.html) that the Dock toolbar button is not available in the Linux version so I would assume that docking from mobile recorders is also not available, can anyone clarify or provide suggestions for getting files from a mobile recorder – Philips DPM3s?

5) The Express Dictate application under Linux (Wine) sounds like an inexpensive option to the application I’ll be recommending but when you dig into it seems pretty much pointless since Wine doesn’t support USB devices. Does anyone out there actually create dictations using USB microphones or mobile recorders with Express Dictate in a Linux environment? Please let me know, I’m really curious.

Anyone, anyone, please feel free to answer any or all of these questions if you can, I’d be eternally grateful for the help!

Regards;

Lance