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# oTranscribe

A free web app to take the pain out of transcribing recorded interviews.

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oTranscribe works on desktop computers only.

- **No more switching** between Quicktime and Word.
- **Pause, rewind and fast-forward** without taking your hands off the keyboard.
- Navigate through your transcript with **interactive timestamps**.
- **Automatically saved** to your browser's storage every second.
- **Private** - your audio file and transcript *never* leave your computer.
- **Export** to Markdown, plain text and Google Docs.
- **Video file support** with integrated player.
- **Open source** under the MIT license.

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Protips:

\- *Ctrl+I* adds *italic* formatting and **Ctrl+B** adds **bold** formatting.

\- Press ESC to play/pause, and Ctrl+J to insert the current timestamp.

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Export

Download transcript as...

Markdown (.md) Plain text (.txt) oTranscribe format (.otr)

Send transcript to...

Google Drive

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A copy of your work is saved every five minutes. Backups are not stored for very long. Press Ctrl+S to save at any time.