How to easily transcribe audio or video recordings into text (update) I recently had to transcribe a number of video interviews into text. 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. This posting aims to present a step by step tutorial on how to do this most effectively. At 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 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. We will discuss TWO ways to do this (using free software): Method #1: Using Listen n’ Write (Windows) The default keyboard shortcuts are: F5 (pause/play), F6 (back), and F7 (forward). Step by step instructions (PotPlayer):
Teaching languages with technology: tools that help students become fluent | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional Technology lends itself very well to personalised and independent learning, allowing students to work at their own pace, says Joe Dale. Photograph: Rosetta Stone Young people live their lives through technology: they are the web generation and they are hungry for more. Our challenge is to channel the natural enthusiasm our pupils have for ICT by using it in their everyday lives and embed it purposefully into the modern foreign languages (MFL) classroom. There is great value in incorporating new technologies not as a bolt on or reward, but as an integral part of the process. This allows learners to foster the four c's: communication, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. Publishing students' multimedia outcomes on a blog or wiki gives them a real audience for their work, facilitates peer assessment through commenting and encourages them to raise their standards as a result. Video is another powerful vehicle in and out of the languages classroom.
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