Parlatype – media player for transcription

Parlatype is a minimal audio player for manual speech transcription, written for the GNOME desktop environment. It plays audio sources to transcribe them in your favourite text application. Parlatype is using the GStreamer framework which supports – with plugins – almost any audio file on your disk. Streaming media is not supported, you have to download it first.

It’s intended to be useful for journalists, students, scientists and whoever needs to transcribe audio files.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Waveform – navigate in your audio file. You see what comes next and spot silence.
• Adjustable speed – control the speed of playback, playing slowly as you type, playing fast for editing. The pitch is not altered, there is no “chipmunk” effect.
• Rewind on pause.
• Timestamps – produces timestamps which you can insert in your transcription. Parlatype will jump to that position at your will (drag ‘n’ drop or with LibreOffice Helpers).
• LibreOffice extension.
• Automatic speed recognition.
• Media keys and foot pedals.
• Start on top.
• Internationalization support.

Website: github.com/gkarsay/parlatype
Support:
Developer: Gabor Karsay
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Parlatype is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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