Vista problem: cursor goes "home"

canary

I just downloaded Express Scribe to my new Vista machine. Thankfully I have no sound problems, but ...

In the typing window, the cursor keeps going back to the "home" position on its own, no matter what I do. It seems to have a mind of its own, regardless of whether I touch the keyboard or not!

Anybody else experienced this problem?

TIA,

Canary

katyn

I've been having the exact same problem, but I don't have Vista. I have XP.

As I transcribe, if I stop typing for more than 2-3 seconds, the cursor jumps to the first position in the text box. This makes transcribing almost impossible because I'm constantly having to re-locate the cursor to where I actually want to be typing.

I don't use foot pedals or any other add-ons. I'm just using a regular installation of Express Scribe on a regular Windows XP computer. I'm using version 4.10 of Express Scribe.

Please help! Thanks!

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Are you referring to the text box within Express Scribe or some other document editor? Does this happen when Express Scribe isn't playing a file, or if Express Scribe isn't open?

katyn

I'm using the Express Scribe text editor. The cursor jumps home whether or not I'm playing back audio. The cursor jump seems to happen whenever I stop typing for more than a second or two, and I'm pretty sure it happens every time I stop typing (not just sometimes).

The problem is also described in this post:

http://nch.invisionzone.com/index.php?show...9&hl=curser

Any suggestions? I REALLY hope you can help me! Should I uninstall & reinstall?

Thanks!

canary

I ended up opening up a document in Word and type in that screen. The function keys still work when Express Scribe is in the background so it works fine.

Katy wrote:

I'm using the Express Scribe text editor. The cursor jumps home whether or not I'm playing back audio. The cursor jump seems to happen whenever I stop typing for more than a second or two, and I'm pretty sure it happens every time I stop typing (not just sometimes).

The problem is also described in this post:

spam://nch.invisionzone.com/index.php?show...9&hl=curser

Any suggestions? I REALLY hope you can help me! Should I uninstall & reinstall?

Thanks!

katyn

That's good news. Maybe I'll just use word instead. I didn't realize Express Scribe's keyboard shortcuts would still work when I had a Word window active.

Thanks, Canary!

canary

You're welcome!

krnotley

canary wrote:

You're welcome!

Actually, there is no longer a text box in ExpressScribe. I had the same thing happen, when I installed 4.10, and only after a while did I realize that what I was typing was showing up as notes beside the file in the ES box itself. It is useful for Notes, tho'. KRN PS, I have XP--it's not a Vista issue.