Windows User Guide
Reference Guide 11.5 Quick Access Keys
As well as the shortcut keys that can be used in an Audio Notetaker project users can use the keyboard to access the traditional Windows menus. These menus can be displayed by pressing the ALT key or can always be shown in Settings. You can use the ...
Reference Guide: 11.4 Other Shortcuts
Ctrl K : Import Audio File(s) Ctrl L : Copy All Text Ctrl H : Push Text Ctrl Shift O : Start / Stop Speaking Alt Left-Arrow : Move Focus to pane on Left Alt Right-Arrow : Move Focus to pane on Right Ctrl Shift C : Screen Capture Ctrl Up Arrow : ...
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
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
Alt : Opens Menus Ctrl C : Copy Ctrl V : Paste Ctrl X : Cut Ctrl F : Find Ctrl N : New File Ctrl O : Open File Ctrl S : Save File Ctrl P : Print File Ctrl Z : Undo Ctrl Y : Redo Ctrl A : Select All Ctrl B : Bold Ctrl I : Italic Ctrl U : Underline F1 ...
Reference Guide: 11. Short Cuts Summary
Audio Notetaker has a large selection of shortcuts keys; some are dependant on the Pane that you are working in. We also have traditional Windows menus that can be displayed by pressing the ALT key (or always shown); these can be navigated with the ...
Reference Guide: 10.7 Accessibility
The accessibility of Audio Notetaker has improved in the latest update: The screenreaders Jaws, NVDA and Window-Eyes now announce each pane when it gets focus. Keyboard navigation in the workspace and the Settings dialogue has improved. You can now ...
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 ...
Reference Guide: 10.5 History
This allows you to delete any or all of the tagging history.
Reference Guide: 10.4 Audio Files
This options 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
As well as specifying what kind of words you would like to ignore: Words containing digits Words containing only uppercase letters HTML Tags and the maximum number of suggestions you would like, you can specify an external user dictionary. If you ...
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 downlist. ...
Reference Guide: 10. Settings
Options are accessed via App Menu → System → Settings or from the Home Tab → Settings. All options tabs offer you the chance to reset to the default options. You also have a button which will reset all the options to defaults in one go. Additionally, ...
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 Log
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 Linking for 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 Ctrl+F to open the Search Bar. You can search for whole words only; use the arrows to move through the found words. With the Search Bar ...
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 to a Rich Text (.rtf) file, these can be read by Word and most ...
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 will read out ...
Reference Guide: 7.6 Spell Check
The Spelling Check can be evoked from the Text Side Bar (shortcut F7). The check will start in the current text section and move through the whole of the Text and Reference Panes, section by section, until complete. Like all spelling checkers, at ...
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). The transcription will be added to the Reference Pane. ...
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 to divide the text up between the audio sections. Simply place the cursor in the text at 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 should not paste stand-alone ...
Reference Guide: 7.1 Formatting Text
Text can be formatted and edited using the Text Side Bar options or the standard shortcut keys: Ctrl B - bold, Ctrl I - italic, Ctrl U - underline, Ctrl X - cut, Ctrl C - copy, Ctrl 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 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 into the Text ...
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 Alt+Enter: Only the image corresponding to the current audio section is ...
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 Ctrl whilst selecting images). Each image will be placed in a separate ...
Reference Guide: 6.2 Importing Slides
If you have PowerPoint (2002) or later installed on your computer, you can usually import a whole PowerPoint presentation in one go using the import button and choosing Import Slides. If there aren’t enough sections, new sections will be created ...
Reference Guide: 6.1 Screen Capture
Audio Notetaker has the ability to capture images from any portion of your computers screen. This is a really useful tool while working with on-line presentations especially in conjunction with capturing your computers output. See the ...
Reference Guide: 6 Image Pane
The image pane allows you to add one image per section. You can drag and drop images from Windows Explorer, or copy and paste from PowerPoint Slide Sorter, PDF snapshot tool and other image sources, as well as directly importing entire PowerPoint or ...
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 Organise Using Colour Button on the Toolbar. You can choose to Extract Audio or Extract Sections and you can also ...
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