having a problem! need help asap for job

foreverhopesndreams

I have a test to take for a potential job and have 48 hours to take it, I was sent 2 dictations. 1 is of an MP3 format. I can download it and it plays on my Windows media but not on the Express Scribe. The other is a .wav and when I download it, it downloads but won't play at all, either in Windows media or Express Scribe. I have Windows 7 and an Infinity pedal. I checked and the pedal IS compatible with this version of Express Scribe. I have never used Express Scribe and this would be my first transcription job if I can figure this out, so what am I missing or what is wrong?

Damian_Lettie

foreverhopesndreams wrote:

1 is of an MP3 format. I can download it and it plays on my Windows media but not on the Express Scribe.

Did you get an error message? Did it get listed in the dictation list? Did the value of the duration column look correct?

The other is a .wav and when I download it, it downloads but won't play at all, either in Windows media or Express Scribe.

Check if the file was truncated when you downloaded it.

Otherwise, it's probably a missing codec. MediaInfo might be able to tell you which audio codec the file was encoded with.

stylo

nchdl wrote:

Did you get an error message? Did it get listed in the dictation list? Did the value of the duration column look correct?

Check if the file was truncated when you downloaded it.

Otherwise, it's probably a missing codec. MediaInfo might be able to tell you which audio codec the file was encoded with.

stylo

When I receive an MP3 file for dictation I have to convert it using MIKSOFT which I downloaded from the internet. I can then load it into Express scribe for transcription as normal. Hope that helps.