i recently contacted express scribe about this problem {play stopping and sometimes starting in a few seconds or having to click on the express scribe window to make the mp3 start again} and received the following answer, which seems to have solved my problem so far.
Hi Monica,
I have not received any reports of this sort of behavior from other Express Scribe users so it is not a known problem. If you have several USB ports on your computer please connect the foot pedals to a different USB port and then run the Foot Pedal Control Setup Wizard in Express Scribe (Settings -> Control). When finished, try some more transcribing and let me know whether or not the problem has been rectified.
Peter M.
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At 12:45 AM 10/05/2005, you wrote:
ExpressScribe TechnicalSupportRequest:
when i am transcribing in Word, the foot pedal control seems to stop working and i have to click on the express scribe window in order to make the foot pedal activate. how can i make this stop happening? i don't recall having this problem before and have been using express scribe for around 8-10 months or so.