Using the macOS App

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Downloading SpeedScriber

SpeedScriber is a free download (https://speedscriber.s3.amazonaws.com/SpeedScriber.pkg) and requires a minimum macOS version of 10.11.5. Creating an account (//support.speedscriber.com/129276-Creating-an-account) >

Creating an account

SpeedScriber is a web-based transcription service that is accessed through a macOS app and requires set up of an online account. Your file and transcript data are stored in the cloud and synced to the macOS app when you are logged in. To create a SpeedScriber account, launch the app, enter your email address and click Continue. Then fill out the following form to create a new account: Once the account has been set up successfully, you will be automatically logged in. Within a few minutes yo...

Logging In

If you haven't just created an account or previously chosen to have your log in details remembered, then when you launch SpeedScriber, you'll see the welcome screen with a field to enter your email address. Click Continue and if there is an account on that email address then you'll see this log in screen: Enter your email address and password then click the Log In button. The Remember Me checkbox is disabled by default. Enabling it will securely store your log in details on the Mac and autom...

Importing Files

When log in is successful, the Files screen is shown. The left panel shows a list of imported files that have not yet been submitted for transcribing. The right panel shows a list of files that are either being transcribed or have already been transcribed. Once the email address on your account has been verified, you will be able to import files for transcribing. To import files to SpeedScriber, do one of the following: * Choose File > Import and select one or more files. * Press ...

Previewing and Configuring Files

Selecting any imported file will display the Media panel where the audio configuration can be edited. When a file is submitted for transcription, SpeedScriber automatically creates a temporary mono file by mixing all the audio tracks together. As transcription is always done from a mono mix of the file, it is critical that you select the audio channels that have the clearest audio of the speaker(s) you wish to transcribe and disable unnecessary channels. Automated speech recognition is vast...

Transcribing Files

Click the Transcribe button in the toolbar at the top of the pending files list. A confirmation message will be shown with the number of files that will be transcribed, the total minutes that will be used and the remaining minutes. When using free minutes, files of any duration can be imported and will be partially transcribed using a randomly chosen portion of 25% of the original file duration up to a maximum of five minutes per file. Files transcribed with free minutes will have [PARTIAL] a...

Managing Files

The files list contains a list of all the files which are currently processing or have already been transcribed. The header bar contains a search field which can be used to filter which files are visible. It is also possible to filter the files list by choosing a status from one of the following options: - Any Status (includes Processing, Transcribed, Verified or Exported) - Processing (file is being transcribed) - Transcribed (transcription has completed and file may be viewed, edit...

Viewing Transcripts

To view a transcript for a file, do one of the following: - Double-click the desired file in the files list. - Select a file in the files list and press Command-2 or choose View > Transcript. In transcript mode, the window has three main panels: - On the left is the speakers list which displays the speaker names used in the transcript. The panel width can be adjusted by dragging on the right edge. - In the middle is the transcript with file name shown at the top and variou...

Editing Transcripts

SpeedScriber provides a wide range of tools to quickly make corrections to the original transcript. Selecting words Most editing operations affect the currently selected words in the transcript. To select a single word, do one of the following: - Click on the word. - Use the navigation controls or keyboard shortcuts (http://support.speedscriber.com/004189-Keyboard-Shortcuts) to move to the desired word. To select multiple words, do one of the following: - Click on the first...

Printing and Exporting Transcripts

Printing a Transcript The currently open file can be printed by doing one of the following: - Choosing File > Print - Pressing Command-P The printed transcript has the same layout as the app, with each speaker range shown with the assigned speaker name above. Timestamps are displayed in the right column for the start of new sentences. The file name and page number are displayed in the footer. ------------------------- Exporting a Transcript to Avid DS Captions SpeedS...

Preferences

To select which language is set by default for imported files, choose one of the supported languages in the popup menu. To select what size the transcript and speaker names are displayed in transcript mode, choose Regular or Large from the popup menu. To select what size the transcript and speaker names are displayed when printing or exporting to PDF or Word, choose Small, Regular or Large from the popup menu. When exporting to Final Cut Pro X, SpeedScriber converts the transcript for a file ...

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation Play/Pause Space Play selected word(s) Option-Space Exit word editing mode, go back one second and play Control-Space Move to previous word Left Move to next word Right Move to first word of current or previous sentence Up Move to first word of current or previous speaker range Option-Up Move to first word of next sentence Down Move to first word of next speaker range Option-Down Rewind 5 seconds Command-R Rewind 10 ...