transcribing from video

[Stuart Thiessen]

I should also add that there is a little bit of a learning curve to 
learning the program. I recommend the Getting Started Guide that is 
available on that page that I mention below. I am also available to 
help with questions you might have since I have some experience with 
the program. Once you learn how to use it, I think it will become a 
valued part of your toolkit.

Thanks,

Stuart

On Jan 1, 2007, at 20:41, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> Another helpful tool related to viewing and analyzing video data is 
> the ELAN program. Very excellent software. It can be used to do 
> linguistic analysis, but what I like about it is that I can do the 
> initial analysis of a text to separate it into its logical parts. Then 
> you can just play back sections of the text and even have it loop 
> again and again. You can also adjust the speed of playback so that as 
> it repeats it also does it slower or faster.
>
> Here is the link: http://www.mpi.nl/tools/elan.html.  The program is 
> available for both Mac and Windows. It is written in Java so it should 
> be pretty portable. It accepts video files in a Quicktime-compatible 
> format. So, it might not accept WMV quite as well.
>
> Worth looking at for the analysis and transcription process. Maybe 
> someday we can actually write in SW in ELAN. Keep dreaming ... it will 
> happen. :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stuart
>
> On Jan 1, 2007, at 19:28, Kimberley Shaw wrote:
>
>> Hello Shane:
>> point taken! I'll try to have more patience as practicing
>> transcription continues.
>> And captioners do indeed impressive and often thankless work.
>> -- Kim from Boston
>>
>> On 1/1/07, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa 
>> <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Kim,
>>>
>>> u ll have to use your memory to develop a 'mind-mapping' technique
>>>
>>> can be annoyed at first - its the same with subtitle makers - they
>>> have to go thru stuff over and over to get the words in right.
>>>
>>> Shane
>>>
>>> On 01/01/07, James Shepard-Kegl, Esq. <kegl at maine.rr.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >  Kimberley,
>>> >
>>> >  Imagine Gutenburg creating a page block by block -- very time 
>>> consuming.
>>> > But once done, thousands (or today, millions) of copies can be 
>>> made in
>>> short
>>> > order.
>>> >
>>> >  Two words of advice:
>>> >  1) If you don't sign, get a signer to assist you.  (You would not 
>>> want to
>>> > confuse an involuntary twitch with a grammatical marker.)
>>> >  2) The process becomes easier with practice (and a decent 
>>> glossary file).
>>> > But, it is still labor intensive, so plan your time accordingly.
>>> >
>>> >  -- James
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >  on 1/1/07 12:53 AM, Kimberley Shaw at skifoot at gmail.com wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hello all:
>>> >  and a very happy New Year to you all!
>>> >  Val, I only get more and more impressed by the day by the things 
>>> you have
>>> > done! I have been trying to transcribe a poem of Ella Mae Lentz 
>>> ("Travels
>>> > with Malz"), and it has become an exercise in frustration.As an ASL
>>> student
>>> > who has just been placed into a 2nd-year ASL class at a 
>>> univiersity level,
>>> I
>>> > am trying to figure out why it is being so diffficult to simply 
>>> write down
>>> > sentence by sentence from the VHS (no, the video her poem is on 
>>> has never
>>> > been released to DVD, alas), and I am wondering how on earth you 
>>> were able
>>> > to transcribe from video when you were not yet a signer.
>>> >  Was it the dance training?
>>> >  Have all of you other signwriters got some special wisdom to 
>>> share with
>>> me?
>>> >  Or just useful tips?
>>> >  You don't even want to know how many times I have had to hit 
>>> "pause" and
>>> > "rewind" just to get the first sentence down on paper.
>>> >  All the best,
>>> >  Kim from Boston
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
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