The Home tab is the first page shown when you start Audio Notetaker.

 

 

You can choose whether to show the Home Tab on start-up from Settings → General or by pressing the Alt key and going to Tools → Accessibility Options.

 

The Home Tab is split into 3 parts;

 

1. On the right there is the Help pane, where you can access useful resources, read our guides or get in touch.
2. Next we have the news feed - You'll need to be on-line to get updates to what's going on at Sonocent. The News Pane is minimised by default; you can expand the news feed using the button at the bottom of the pane, or in settings.
3. On the left we have the 'control' pane; there are various options down the left hand side each giving access to various Audio Notetaker features:

New Project

 

• Blank Project - A new project with the recording device set to Microphone (the standard way to begin).
• Learn - This opens the new Learn Tab with links to videos to help get you started.
• Recording from Microphone and Speakers - A new project with the recording devices set to Microphone and Speakers (great for recording Skype).
• Recording from Speakers Only - A new project with the recording device set to speakers (great for recording on-line content).
• Import Audio - You'll be asked to find your audio file on your computer and that will be imported in to a new project.
• Import Slides - You'll be asked to find your slides or PDF file on your computer and that wil be imported in to a new project.

Open Project

 

• Open a Project - You'll be able to find you Audio Notetaker project file in a standard Explorer window.
• View all Projects - This open the All Projects file manager tab showing all Audio Notetaker project files on your computer.
• Recent Projects - This lists the last 10 projects opened in Audio Notetaker.

Transfer

 

• Transfer from Sonocent Recorder - transfer you recordings from our Sonocent Recorder app.
• Transfer from Portable Device - transfer your audio files from your digital recorder to Audio Notetaker.

Learn

The Learn Tab gives you access to various resources to help you get the most out of Audio Notetaker:


 

• Go to the Skills Portal on our website to work through our interactive tutorials
• Start our short guided tour of the user interface
• Why it works? - If you're on-line access our videos
• Or take a look through our extensive KnowledgeBase

GUIDED TOUR

This short tour takes you through the key elements of Audio Notetaker. Click to start the free tour and you'll see a series of pop-out messages taking you through the user interface.​



Click Next (or press Enter) to move through the tour.​

 

Settings:

 

• Themes - Choose from several in-built colour themes for your Project tab or create your own.
• Chunk Sizes - Change the height and width of the audio chunks.
• Audio Files - Configure which audio file formats get converted and the conversion quality
• History - View and edit the tag information you have used.
• General - Change Audio Notetaker settings.