Transcription Mode is a mode designed to increase the speed and efficiency of transcription work. The interface is keyboard-driven and minimizes UI actions. All annotations of a certain tier type are displayed in a vertical list for easy visual access. Transcription mode brings down the transcription work to the bare essentials: listen, type, listen, type, listen, type. To go open transcription mode, select Figure 6.2, “Settings Dialog”) else transcription window is opened with the last used settings (see Figure 6.5, “Transcription Window” ).
> . If you go to Transcription mode for the first time, a Settings dialog will come up (seeTranscription mode presupposes that the initial segmentation of the recording is already done. The rationale for this is that the most efficient workflow for transcribing large amounts of linguistic data is a two-step process: first segmenting the recording into turns —also attributing turns to the appropriate speaker— (this can be done in Annotation mode(see the section called “Annotation mode” )or in the special purpose Segmentation mode(see the section called “Segmentation mode”)), and then transcribing and translating these turns.
If you go to Transcription mode for the first time, a Settings dialog will come up else click on the Figure 6.5, “Transcription Window”). Here you can select the tier types to be used for up to three columns.
button in the settings panel (seeOptions in this dialog :
Select type for first column : A type for the first column camn be selected from the types in the dropdown list.
Select type for second column : Specifies the type selected for the second column. The types listed in the dropdown list is based on the type selected for the first column.
Select type for third column : Specifies the type selected for the third column. The types listed in the dropdown is based on the type selected ofr the second column.
Select the font size : Specifies the font size for the table in the Transcription window.
You select tier types, not individual tiers. This is because Transcription mode displays all annotations on all tiers of a certain type in a vertical column.
For the purposes of this description we will asssume that the user is working with a file that has four main tier types:po (practical orthography), tl (literal translation), tf (free translation), and vb (visible behaviour). Our example file contains tiers of these types for two participants, and the overall tier structure looks like this :
In our example, we choose the type po (practical orthography) as the first column. We can leave it at that if we just want to work on the transcript. Or we can display up to two additional columns next to the primary one — for instance the free translations and/or a literal translations.
For the second and third columns we can only select tier types that are time-aligned with the first using the stereotype “Symbolic Association” (see Table 5.2, “Linguistic type stereotypes” ). In our example, we can select tl (literal translation) and/or tf (free translation) as second and third columns. We cannot choose the tier type vb (visible behaviour)here, because it is not time-aligned with our primary column. Thus the primary column type can be of anytype, but the types for the second and third column should be somehow symbolic associated.
Having selected the tier types , click “Apply”. Now the chosen tier types are displayed in vertical columns (see Figure 6.5, “Transcription Window”), and the two largest differences from the default Annotation mode become visible: (i) all annotations are displayed vertically (top to bottom) rather than horizontally (left to right), and (ii) columns display all annotations of a certain type. For instance, the po (practical orthography) column displays turns from both speakers A and B.
Transcription mode presupposes that you use linguistic types to differentiate the types of information in your tiers. Thus the linguistic type of your free translation tier should be different from the linguistic type of your main transcription.
Once you have selected the types for transcribing, it is possible to select the tiers if the transcription has more than one tier of a type which is selected for the second or third column. To select the tiers, click the Figure 6.2, “Settings Dialog”. This dialog comes up.
button in the Settings Dialog(seeUsing this dialog you can choose which tiers should be used on which column in the transcription table.
The button becomes active only if the transcription has more than one tier of a type which is selected.
Transcription mode is built for high-speed transcription work. Once you have selected the tier types for the columns , the table is loaded with the tiers of the selected types. Clicking on Figure 6.2, “Settings Dialog”) will bring this window: the section called “Entering text for a annotation”
button in the settings dialog(seeOptions available in this window :
: Press this button to toggle the video/settings panel from
left to right and vice versa. The video can also be detached for viewing
independent of the main window. Do to this, right click on the video and click
.
: Play/pause button for the media.
: Play/pause the selection made.
: Clears the selection.
Loop mode : If checked, plays the media of the selected annotation constantly in a loop until a new annotation is selected. Default: unchecked.
Options in Settings Panel
automatic playback of media : If checked, the annotation is automatically played when it enters into edit mode, else you can manually play the media using TAB or SHIFT+TAB (for details see the section called “Shortcut keys used in this mode”). Default: checked.
show tier names :If checked, the tier names are shown in the table and hovering over an annotation will give you the time interval of that (see Figure 6.5, “Transcription Window”. If unchecked, colour coding distinguishes different tiers/participants, and hovering over an annotation will give you the tier/participant name (see ???. Default: checked.
show colors only on the "No" column : If the show tier names is unchecked, you can choose whether the color distinction should be displayed all over the table or only in the "No" column. If checked, color difference made only in the "No" column, else the whole table has the color differentiation. Default: unchecked.
navigate across column : This controls the behaviour of the ENTER i.e decides whether to move to the next annotation in the same column or to move across the columns. If checked, you move across columns (from left to right). If unchecked, you move only within a column (from top to bottom). Default: unchecked.
always scroll the current row to the center : If checked, this mode keeps your current annotation always in the middle of the screen. Default: unchecked.
Figure 6.2, “Settings Dialog”) to select new types or to change the font size.
: Press this button to get the settings dialog (see : This is used to resize the video/settings panel and the
transcription table. Click and drag to resize.
Each cell in the table is the representation of the annotation on a tier. The annotations are sorted/aligned based on the begintime of it. Clicking on any annotation(cell) activates it for editing. You can directly start typing the text for the annotation. After entering the text, press ENTERto save the changes made in the current annotation and to put the next annotation to edit mode.The "navigate across columns" setting controls whether you go down within a column or you move across columns (from left to right). There are several ways to put a annotation to edit mode. A single mouse click on an annotation or a right click made on a annotation will put the annotation in edit mode and pops up the context menu(see ) and for other keys see the section called “Shortcut keys used in this mode”.
Other options available in this mode :
right clicking on annotation will popup this menu.
: Saves the changes made to the annoation
: Cancels the changes made to the annoation
: Deletes the current annotaion from the tier.
All the columns are resizable: just mouse click and drag the boundaries to fit your desired widths.
You can re-order columns on the screen simply by dragging them to the desired location.
The video can also be detached for viewing independent of the main window. Do to this, right click on the video and click
.The wav form can also be hidden if needed. You can do this by unchecking the
from > > . To show the wav form check the option from the same menu.To merge two annotations, first make a right click on the annotation. This will pop up a context menu( see Figure 6.6, “Context Menu for a Annotation”). Then select either or . For detailed information see the section called “Merging annotations”.
This mode only allows to edit the text of the annotation. In orderto do some modifications on the annotation, i.e to finely manipulate annotation boundaries or to split a annotation, right click on the annotation. This will popup a menu (see Figure 6.6, “Context Menu for a Annotation”) . Select to jump to this annotation in the annotation mode which allows you do modify the annotations. For detailed information on changes the annotation boundaries see the section called “Changing the boundaries of an existing selection and annotation” and to split annotations see the section called “Split Annotations”
ENTER saves the current annotation, moves to the next annotation, and plays the new annotation if the automatic playback option is selected. The Navigate across columns setting controls whether you go down within a column or you move across columns (from left to right).
UP arrow moves up to the next cell in the same column and works same as ENTER.
DOWN arrow moves down to the next cell in the same column and works same as ENTER.
ALT+LEFT and ALT+RIGHT arrows move left and right across columns and also behaves like the ENTER.
TAB plays the current annotation. It acts as a play/pause key, so press it again to pause playback, and press again to continue playing. If a selection is made in the wavform or in the timeline, then TAB will play/pause the selected interval.
SHIFT+TAB plays back the current annotation from the start.
CTRL+A merges the current annotation with the next annotation on tier.
CTRL+B merges the current annotation with the annotation before it on the tier
SHIFT+DELETE deletes the current annotation.
ESCAPE cancel the changes before commiting the annotation