pmTrans

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pmTrans (The Poor's Man Transcriber) is an open source tool for manual interview transcriptions and provides a multitude of ways to control the playback of audio files.

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  • Free • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows  Requires Java Runtime Environment
  • Linux
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Discontinued

The last update is from 2017.

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  1.  Portable
  2.  No installation

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  • MustafaAbdelhamid added pmTrans as alternative to Transgate
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  • aleksandra-vasileva added pmTrans as alternative to Memoro
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pmTrans information

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  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about pmTrans, and it has gotten 4 likes

pmTrans was added to AlternativeTo by juanerasmoe on Jan 9, 2015 and this page was last updated Apr 3, 2024. pmTrans is sometimes referred to as The Poor's Man Transcriber, Poor's Man Transcriber, Poor Man Transcriber.

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It looked like a great alternative to Transcriva. I wanted to try it, but got an error message on my 2011 Mac that runs High Sierra when I tried to open it. Unfortunately,, I was unable to use it.

What is pmTrans?

pmTrans (The Poor's Man Transcriber) is an open source tool for manual interview transcriptions and provides a multitude of ways to control the playback of audio files.

Main Features

  • Support for mp3 and wav files.
  • It will rewind the audio two seconds every time you pause and resume the audio. The rewind length is configurable.
  • Configurable short rewind with ctrl+7 (5 segs default)
  • Configurable long rewind with ctrl+8 (10 segs default)
  • Audio loops: rewind 3 seconds every 10 seconds. The frequency and rewind length of the audio loops is configurable.
  • Insert timestamps anywhere in the transcription text
  • Configurable shortcuts for: Pause/play Short rewind Long rewind Activate/deactivate audio loops Insert timestamps Speed up playback Slow down playback.
  • Mini-mode: control the audio playback from other text editors like MS Word or Libreoffice Writer
  • Speed up or slow down the audio playback rate.
  • Works on Linux, Mac, and Windows machines.
  • Requires no installation. Just download and use!

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