
This problem can be solved such that switching back and forth is done via hotkeys without taking your fingers off the keyboard, providing a streamlined, efficient experience. Transcribing, as I found out, involves a lot of stopping, backing up, typing, and then repeating over and over and over again. This posting aims to present a step by step tutorial on how to do this most effectively.Īt the heart of the problem is a simple issue: the need to change focus back and forth between program 1, such as a word processor or editor that you may be using to enter text, and program 2, the media player that you may be using using to play the audio or video.


This turned out to be much more of a labor intensive project than I thought, and it quickly dawned on me that the process can be vastly improved via a few technological tweaks.

I recently had to transcribe a number of video interviews into text.
