Transcription software?

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 06:40:59 UTC 2013


On 01/06/2013 10:32 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 01/06/2013 10:19 AM, JD wrote:
>>
>> On 01/05/2013 11:18 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On 01/03/2013 11:22 AM, JD wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 01/02/2013 09:34 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>> On 01/02/2013 05:13 PM, JD wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It killer flaw is that it has the wrong value of the sound card hard
>>>>>> coded.
>>>>>> To wit:
>>>>>> (scribe:8500): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Unable to get session 
>>>>>> bus:
>>>>>> The connection is closed
>>>>>> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
>>>>>>
>>>>> Try running it with padsp scribe
>>>>> See if that makes is go, Ric
>>>> Hi Ric,
>>>> Not sure I know what yo mean by padsp scribe.
>>>> Is that another app to install??
>>>
>>> If you have pulse audio installed, you should already have that.
>>> (pulseaudio-utils is the package name) typing padsp alerts pulse that
>>> the program noted after will try to use the old /dev/audio or /dev/dsp
>>> device and to send the audio instead to pulse.
>>>
>>> So, if your program ran, but couldn't output sound (due to being old
>>> and cranky) that should straighten it out. To run kino successfully I
>>> open a terminal and type padsp kino. That fixes it's sound problem, as
>>> it looks for /dev/dsp.
>>>
>>> You will also want to install pavucontrol, so that you can select your
>>> choice of sound source and sound output. You could have an audio tape
>>> deck connected to input though the stereo-in jack and usb headphones
>>> for your private listening pleasure. Enjoy. It's way kewl. :) Ric
>>>
>> Thanks Ric.
>> Installing now.
> Let me/us know how it pans out! Enjoy! Ric
OK, this time it worked without belching any errors.
However, I have no idea where it is storing the resulting text file.
So, that is the next thing for me to look at and see how the 
transcription went.





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