jeg0522

Wine will not disable your serial foot pedal. It will work just fine with Express Scribe 4.11. I've been using it for years with no issue whatsoever. I'm currently on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 with kernel 2.6.27-11 and haven't experienced the issue you described. For what it's worth, I'm staying with Express Scribe 4.11 because I can think of no well-founded reason to upgrade something that is working flawlessly for us.

 

For others who may be reading this, if you have no serial port, fear not. The Sewell Direct USB to serial adapter works perfectly with a VEC serial pedal when used with wine on Ubuntu Jaunty. (Other varieties of USB to serial do not work properly for whatever reason.) I have documented instructions for enabling the USB to serial adapter using wine for those who need it. Just drop me an email: jamillikan@aol.com

 

Hope this information benefits you.

Thanks! I tried the e-mail above to contact you regarding ES 4.11. Is there any other way you know of to obtain version 4.11?

Also, are you using Wine + ES 4.11 or ES 4.11 native?

I'm seeing the same problem with 9.04. And running under WINE keeps the foot pedal from functioning. Is there ANY source for an older version of the native Linux Express Scribe? Is this something that NCH is interested in fixing? Express Scribe is a great program under Windows; I think it could be just as great under Linux.

Wow, this thread took off. I've not yet tested it under 9.04 (I gave up and just decided to just use inqScribe under my much less convenient Windows PC), but it looks like I'll likely run into the same problem.

So if I'm reading correctly, sounds like I should be looking for the wine installation of an older version in order to get it to work correctly? I'm hesitant to go with the wine installation if it disables foot pedal use, but I haven't purchased a foot pedal yet so it might work for me anyways.

Anyone else having this issue?

I'll test this on another Ubuntu 8.10 machine tonight to see if it's an issue specific to my Acer Aspire One.

hello,

 

i am using a (wine)express scribe 4.30 on a ubuntu (netbook-remix, ubuntu 8.10.1 Intrepid Ibex)os.

 

it works well, but what does not work ist the ffwd and rewind-function. not with mouse-klick on the buttons, not with the hot-keys. it makes the sound of rewinding, but is still on the same point of the audio-file. i tried it with both: audiofile playing or stopped. no move at all.

 

maybe there is a trick which i haven't discovered yet?

i searched the help, the FAQ as well as the forum and can' t find any hint so far ...

and since the files i do have to transcribe are very, very long, and sometimes dificult to understand, the scrollbar is not very handy for rewinding..

 

any help out there?

 

thank you

angela

Angela,

I'm having a similar problem on Ubuntu 8.10 on an Acer Aspire One. I'm using the Debian installation, not via wine. Anytime I try to rewind, fast forward, stop/play, it actually fast-forwards the tape an uncertain amount. One one tape (approximately 11 minutes) it was fast-forwarding 20 seconds. On a different tape, it was more than 40-60 seconds per forward.

I really want to use my netbook for transcription, but until I get this fixed, I'm stuck with my less portable (yet sufficient, I guess) 15.4" laptop.

Anyone have any help?

Hello! I just yesterday installed Express Scribe under Ubuntu 8.10 (Linux install, not via wine). I'm having trouble with hotkeys so far.

In other transcription programs, I currently use:

\ for Skip back X seconds

Ctrl+\ for Pause/play

I tried to set up \ for "Back 5s", but during playback it actually steps forward approximately 20 seconds anytime I use that hotkey. So I switched it to F12. Same result. Other hotkeys behave erratically as well.

I also didn't notice a pause/play hotkey, only separate hotkeys for stop and play. Any ideas?

Ultimately I plan to get a foot pedal, but until I get some paid gigs behind me, I'm stuck using keyboard hotkeys.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

J.