by David Woods | Collaboration, Media Files, Qualitative Research, Transana Multiuser
Disclaimer There are many valid ways to set up file synchronization systems using Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, and a variety of other file sharing programs. This post is a description, not an endorsement, of one option, the use of Google Drive for...
by Anne Spurgeon | Importing Data, Media Files, Transcription
We have launched TransanaSCRIBE, an upgrade of Transana’s tools for fast, accurate transcription of audio or video, as a stand-alone transcription product. Academic researchers, journalists, attorneys, podcasters, local governments, market researchers and...
by Anne Spurgeon | Analysis, Clips, Coding, Keywords, Media Files, Mixed Methods, Reports, Maps and Graphs, Time Codes
Researchers analyzing video and audio data sometimes need to make fairly straightforward quantitative measurements. How many times did each participant take a turn? How long did the animals in one group spend grooming vs another group? During a recent Transana...
by David Woods | Media Files, Transcription
Inching Towards Automated Transcription Speech recognition software is becoming more common everywhere. Siri, Google Now, Cortana, and Alexa can field questions on our smart phones, computers, and home “virtual assistant” devices. These tools do a reasonably good job...
by David Woods | Analysis, Media Files
How to Collect and Analyze Multiple Simultaneous Media Files – and why it’s worth the trouble. There are many instances when collecting data where there will be more going on at one time than we could possibly observe. A classroom can have one or more teachers...