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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.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows  Requires Java Runtime Environment
  • Linux
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The last update is from 2017.

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  1.  Portable
  2.  No installation

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pmTrans was added to AlternativeTo by juanerasmoe on and this page was last updated . 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.

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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!