Audio Notetaker - How It Works

How It Works

By analysing your audio files, Audio Notetaker is able to identify the natural pauses that occur in speech. It presents the audio as a visual bar, broken at each pause in the recorded speech. This enables the listener to visualise the different sections of the speech, or lecture, and navigate the recording with ease.

You can use playback to hear the speech played aloud and you can jump to any part of your recording and the speech playback will automatically start at that point. To help you annotate, you can break your recording into sections through a single key press on the PC as you listen to the recording or alternatively sections can be automatically created using the index marks taken in your digital recording. Once your section is created, Audio Notetaker offers you a text pane to type in your own notes or copy and paste from other documents. It is also easy to colour-code sections for easy identification.

In education, the software is particularly suitable for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia and other difficulties such as RSI, which affect their ability to take written notes by using any digital recorder to make the audio recordings.

In the workplace, Audio Notetaker is particularly suitable for all professionals that regularly use a digital recorder and would welcome the capability to manage and reference voice files. In particular, it will be of benefit to dyslexic individuals and those experiencing RSI.

Features

Import WMA, WAV or MP3 files and see your recording broken down into recorded phrases and sections.
Break your recordings down into sections (equivalent to paragraphs) to make it easier to refer to different topics within the recording.
Index marks from the original recording are shown as new sections.
Navigate through your recording using fast-forward and rewind tools.
Use your mouse to jump to any location within your recording.
Edit your recording within Audio Notetaker using cut, copy and paste operations.
Export your edited audio files as new audio tracks to listen to away from your PC.
Personalise the display with colour and font options.
Add notes to each section or copy text from web pages or documents.
Format your notes with colour and different fonts.
Print or save your notes directly from Audio Notetaker or copy to another application.
Highlight sections to help you organise and categories your notes.
Add meta-data to your recordings to store information on speakers, topic and module.
Colour code segments of audio to highlight key points.
Merge recordings into one file.
Compatible with Olympus DS-30 and DS-40 digital recorders.

System Requirements

Windows XP or Vista
256MB RAM
Speakers
CD-ROM drive