Using Transcriber with OS 10.7.1

[John Mansfield]

I would love to throw away Transcribe!, except that it's slow-speed function
works so much better than ELAN's.

j

On 7 September 2011 14:36, Tom Honeyman <t.honeyman at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI:
>
> Using crossover on OS X 10.5.8, I found I could use the windows version of
> transcriber 1.5.1. I imagine it will also work via crossover on Lion.
> TranscriberAG did not work for me - both in crossover using the windows
> version or the mac version that supposedly works in 10.5.
>
> That said, I think it'd better to invest the time learning the new
> transcription method in ELAN 4.1.x... at least this software has regular
> support, time and money invested in it. I know there are some diehard
> transcriber fans out there, but the old version is going the way of the
> dinosaurs.
>
> -tom
>
>
> On 07/09/2011, at 2:33 PM, Adriano Truscott wrote:
>
>  Hi Tom,
>>
>> Thanks for the explanation.  Downgrading? (you CLEARLY haven't been doing
>> the finger swooshing on 10.7:)
>>
>> That would be a last resort but the  Windows emulator sounds good.  Will
>> try when I have a chance in a few days.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adriano
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Honeyman Tom wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Adriano,
>>>
>>> Are you referring to the new or the old version of Transcriber? Either
>>> way, both are broken in Mac OS 10.7, but for slightly different reasons.
>>>
>>> I would expect that the old version will not be updated to become
>>> compatible, and the new version (TranscriberAG) might be. But then again, I
>>> don't recall if TranscriberAG worked in 10.6, and it looks like it only
>>> supports 10.5! Pretty amazing for a piece of software released this year.
>>> Can anyone confirm whether they have got it working on 10.6?
>>>
>>> The issue with the old version - or rather the main issue - is that with
>>> OS 10.7, Apple has completed the transition from the old PPC Chip based
>>> programs to Intel chip based ones. While there was a transitionary piece of
>>> technology called Rosetta in 10.6 (and I think 10.5) that handled these
>>> older programs on newer computers, this has been dropped in 10.7.
>>>
>>> If you want to use the old version of Transcriber you will need to
>>> downgrade to 10.6 or 10.5. If you want to use the newer TranscriberAG, you
>>> will have to wait for the developers to update it.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, if you are running a windows emulator (say, for toolbox),
>>> you could try to run the windows version of transcriber through that, or it
>>> might possibly work in Crossover… I'll have to give that a go myself!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/09/2011, at 12:07 AM, Adriano Truscott wrote:
>>>
>>>  Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> First, congratulations to all new advisory members.
>>>>
>>>> Second, I recently updated my mac to OS 10.7.1, and while I love all the
>>>> groovy, swooshy features, I can no longer use Transcriber.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas please?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Adriano
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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