Mac User Guide
Reference Guide: 11.4 Other Shortcuts
CMD K : Import Audio File(s) CMD L : Copy All Text CMD Shift E : Push Text CMD Shift O : Start / Stop Speaking CMD Alt Left-Arrow : Move Focus to pane on Left CMD Alt Right-Arrow : Move Focus to pane on Right CMD Alt Shift C : Screen Capture CMD Up ...
Reference Guide: 11.3 Colouring Shortcuts
When working with audio, it is much easier if you place the focus in the audio pane (cursor is orange) where you can use the simplified colouring shortcuts: Numbers 1-5 : Colour Chunk with Colour 1-5 (shown on Side bar) Number 0 : Colour Chunk with ...
Reference Guide: 11.2 Audio Playback and Formatting Shortcuts
It is recommended that you work with focus in the Audio Pane; this allows you to use the simple shortcuts: Space : Play/Stop playing Enter : Insert Section Break Backspace : Remove Section Break (Behaviour changes when recording) Left-Arrow : Skip ...
Reference Guide: 11.1 Standard Shortcuts
Audio Notetaker supports many standard shortcuts, as listed below: CMD C : Copy CMD V : Paste CMD ALT Shift V : Paste and match style CMD X : Cut CMD F : Find CMD N : New File CMD O : Open File CMD W : Close CMD S : Save File CMD P : Print File CMD ...
Reference Guide: 11. Short Cuts Summary
In This Section Standard Shortcuts Audio Playback and Formatting Shortcuts Colouring Shortcuts Other Shortcuts
Reference Guide: 10.6 General
Crash Recovery This allows you to set how often Audio Notetaker takes a backup in case your system, or Audio Notetaker itself, shuts down unexpectedly. You can also turn the backup system off completely. See Recovery System Update Notifications This ...
Reference Guide: 10.5 History
This allows you to delete any or all of the tagging history.
Reference Guide: 10.4 Audio Files
This settings tab allows you to set various aspects of your audio files: Recording Quality When you record in Audio Notetaker, you need to compromise between audio quality and file size. You have six options: 3.6 Mbyte/hour ‘Extra LP’ – ...
Reference Guide: 10.3 Spell Check
Audio Notetaker for the Mac uses the Mac spelling correction system, so no preferences especially for Audio Notetaker are required.
Reference Guide: 10.2 Chunk Sizes
Here you can vary the height and spacing of your chunks. You can also alter the horizontal time scale of the audio chunks - zooming in or out of the audio. You can independently change the Zoomed view and normal view of the audio scale.
Reference Guide: 10.1 Themes
Audio Notetaker comes with a number of Themes that you can choose from. Each Theme changes the default chunk colour and section colour as well as the default font used. You can also create a custom theme by selecting 'Custom' from the drop-down list. ...
Reference Guide: 10. Settings
Settings are accessed via App Menu → System → Settings or from the Home Tab → Settings. All settings tabs offer you the chance to reset to the default settings. In This Section Themes Chunk Sizes Spell Check Audio Files History General
Reference Guide: 9.2 Unsaved Recordings
The document recovery system will not recover all the recorded audio if there is an unexpected shutdown during recording, since more audio will have been recorded since the last backup. Therefore, whilst you are recording, Audio Notetaker keeps a ...
Reference Guide: 9.1 Unsaved Documents
Audio Notetaker will periodically make a backup copy of all open projects in case your PC, or Audio Notetaker itself, shuts down unexpectedly. Should this happen, Audio Notetaker will automatically display the recovered project tabs the next time you ...
Reference Guide: 9. Recovery System
In This Section Unsaved Documents Unsaved Recordings
Reference Guide: 8.3 Usage Logging
In this version we have introduced a usage log to help us understand how Audio Notetaker is being used. You can disable Usage Logging at any time. For more information view our Privacy Policy, you can view this within the application or on our ...
Reference Guide: 8.2 Project Workspace Properties
Selecting App Menu → Properties will allow you to see and change the properties of the currently visible project. Audio Files At present there is only an Audio Files tab. This tab shows you all the audio associated with the current project, and ...
Reference Guide: 8.1 Embedded vs Linked Audio
By default, Audio Notetaker will embed all imported audio into the Audio Notetaker project. This makes life simple and suits most users. However, if you would prefer, you can link to imported audio instead, thereby keeping your Audio Notetaker files ...
Reference Guide: 8 Audio Notetaker Files
As well as supporting its import and export formats, Audio Notetaker has its own file format for saving the contents of a Workspace Tab, which it calls a “Project”. An Audio Notetaker document contains all the data in a workspace – images, text, ...
Reference Guide: 7.10 Audio and Text Linking
You can now create direct links between your Text and the Audio Chunks in a project. Links are created automatically when Recording and when using Typing from the Audio Pane - see Audio Linkingfor more information. You can also create links at any ...
Reference Guide: 7.9 Find
You can search your project (or all open projects) for specific words. Click on the magnifying glass icon or use CMD+F to open the Find Text Bar. You can search for whole words only; use the arrows to move through the found words. With the Search ...
Reference Guide: 7.8 Exporting Text
To export the text pane or reference pane, you have two choices: You click on the export button and choose Text and images. You will be able to choose which panes you want to export. You'll need to pick the correct format: Use the 'rtf' file ...
Reference Guide: 7.7 Text To Speech (TTS)
Audio Notetaker can read back any text you have in either the Reference or Text panes or you can send the audio created direct to your Audio Pane so that you can work with it in the usual way. Speak Clicking on the Speak button (CMD Shift O) ...
Reference Guide: 7.6 Spelling Check
Audio Notetaker uses the standard Mac inline spelling checker.
Reference Guide: 7.5 Import Transcription
Audio Notetaker now supports the import of Transcriptions from several sources. Go to Import → Import Transcription where you can choose to import *.txt, *.rtf and *.JSON (Speechmatics only) Speechmatics Other Text Imports Speechmatics If you ...
Reference Guide: 7.4 Extract Text From Slides
If you have imported PowerPoint or PDF slides, you can extract any 'accessible text' from them into either the Reference Pane or Text Pane. To extract text from a slide, you can: Right-click on the slide and select Extract Slide Text → 'Send to Text ...
Reference Guide: 7.3 Pushing Text
If you have text in another application, such as Word, to go with your recording, you should cut and paste it into the first section, then use Push Text (CMD Shift E) to divide the text up between the audio sections. Simply place the cursor in the ...
Reference Guide: 7.2 Pasting Text and Links
You can copy and paste formatted text from rich text documents (e.g. Microsoft Word .doc), though sometimes there will be small changes to the formatting when pasting due to limitations of the rich text format. You will not be able to paste ...
Reference Guide: 7.1 Formatting Text
Text can be formatted and edited using the Text Side Bar options or the standard shortcut keys: CMD B - bold, CMD I - italic, CMD U - underline, CMD X - cut, CMD C - copy, CMD V - paste. The text colour can be changed using the text side bar; ...
Reference Guide: 7. Text and Reference Panes
The Reference and Text panes allow you to add textual notes to your audio. Use Page Up/Page Down (Fn Up/Down) to move up and down through the text sections. You can type while focus is in the Audio Pane. This will add whatever you type directly ...
Reference Guide: 6.6 Scribble
In the Sonocent Recorder and Sonocent Link mobile apps you can draw and annotate by hand, alongside your recordings. These Scribbles will then be displayed in the Image Pane when viewed in Audio Notetaker. All of Audio Notetaker's features for ...
Reference Guide: 6.5 Full Screen Mode
You can view the image pane much better in Full Screen Mode. There is a button to the left of the Pane Selector in the bottom left of the Project screen or with the shortcut CMD+Alt+Enter: Only the image corresponding to the current audio section ...
Reference Guide: 6.4 Exporting Slides and Images
You can export the images alongside the text in the Text Pane using the methods explained in Exporting Text. Individual images can be copied and pasted into other applications in the usual way; Selecting Cut or Copy places the image onto the ...
Reference Guide: 6.3 Importing Images
You can import single or multiple images by clicking on the Import button and choosing Import Images: You can select more than one image in the normal way (i.e. holding down CMD whilst selecting images). Each image will be placed in a separate ...
Reference Guide: 6.2 Importing Slides
If you have Keynote installed on your computer, you can usually import a whole slide presentation in one go from the Import Button → Import Slides. The files can either be Keynote or PowerPoint files or PDF's. With just Keynote installed you can ...
Reference Guide: 6.1 Screen Capture
Audio Notetaker has the ability to capture images from any portion of your computers screen. Click on the camera icon on the tool bar (Cmd Alt Shift C). This will bring up a transparent window frame: Whilst active this window frame will always ...
Reference Guide: 6. Image Pane
The image pane allows you to add one image per section. You can drag and drop images from Finder, or copy and paste from PowerPoint Slide Sorter, PDF snapshot tool and other image sources, as well as directly importing entire PowerPoint or PDF ...
Reference Guide: 5.4 Organising using Colours
You can extract coloured chunks or sections into a new Audio Notetaker tab or a file you already have open, by clicking on the Extract Button on the Toolbar. You can choose to Extract Audio or Extract Sections and you can also choose to re-order ...
Reference Guide: 5.3 Changing Colours
You can choose from a number of built in Colour Keys to better help you annotate your recording or create your own. The Colour Key you select is stored within the Project file and loaded when you reopen the project: If you edit your key and share ...
Reference Guide: 5.2 Colouring Sections
Sections can be highlighted using different background colours. These can be selected from the Audio Side Bar: The boundary line below each group can be dragged to reveal or hide colours. To colour a section while in the Audio pane, click in ...
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