Transcription software?

[JD]

On 01/02/2013 12:47 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
> A friend has just been made redundant from her work and as a fall-back
> position is thinking about using her typing skills to transcribe audio
> recordings into text.
>
> I've never been involved with this before but it seems to me what is
> needed is something that plays audio with foot pedal control while
> running a text editor at the same time.
>
> Doing some digging, there's something called Express Scribe For Linux
> http://www.winsite.com/Audio/Media-Players/Express-Scribe-For-Linux/
> but I prefer to go to the Ubuntu repository.
>
> Is there anything in the repository that does the job or anything else
> that can be recommended?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
The best transcription SW I have come across is
www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html
The SW is called Express Scribe
However, it is not free :(

Cheers,

JD