Transana and MacOS Catalina
Apple recently released MacOS 10.15, known as Catalina, and made major changes to the way MacOS works "under the hood." While there was plenty of advanced notice about the changes, the scale of the changes needed means that many smaller software developers, including...
Importing Transcripts from Transcription Services
We receive frequent inquiries about importing transcripts from automated online transcription services into Transana. There are several issues to consider if you are thinking about having your media transcribed through a service, whether automated or manual. Online...
Easy Video Analysis Without Transcripts
Do you need to create video clips and do quick analysis without creating transcripts? Transana makes it easy.
Make Deeper Connections and Create More Compelling Presentations Using Transana’s Report Filters
Transana’s Reports, Maps, and Graphs (referred to collectively as the Reports) are powerful tools for increasing your understanding of qualitative data that you’ve coded and categorized. As I talked about in “Making Sense of Your Coded Data,” your reports include all...
Transcribe Your Research Video Using YouTube’s Automated Transcript Generator – A Quick How-To
You can speed up your first pass at transcription dramatically by uploading your video privately to YouTube and using its transcript auto-generator. There are online automated transcription companies, but you can upload a video to YouTube and generate a transcript...
Making Sense of Your Coded Data
So you’ve added a bunch of documents and images and episodes to Transana. You’ve developed a set of keywords that represent your coding system. You’ve made a bunch of selections and you’ve categorized and coded them. You’re ready to start working with Transana’s...
StudioCode and Transana
StudioCode is dead. Long live StudioCode's data. StudioCode support and availability have disappeared over the past year, leaving users stranded and unable to access their coded video data. Several former StudioCode users have asked me to create a way to import...
Quantitative Conclusions
Quantitative researchers have proven that parachutes don't work. Would qualitative researchers using video data collection methods have reached the same conclusion? Asking for a friend.