Newbie question...file won't load...

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Hello,

So, I downloaded the Express Scribe and installed it (Windows XP Pro) which took all of half a second.

Everything seems simple enough, the welcome recording played, I fiddled with the buttons and thought--great.

I need to transcribe an mp3 file (and it's definitely an mp3 file)

But, I can't seem to get Express Scribe to load the file at all. In fact, no matter how I try to get Express Scribe to 'see' the file, it seems to be invisibile. I browse for files, using the browse button, and it just can't see the file at all.

Am I doing something painfully, obviously wrong?

Thanks... :angry:

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Never mind...I was indeed doing something painfully and obviously wrong...thank god...

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William wrote:

Never mind...I was indeed doing something painfully and obviously wrong...thank god...

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Donna wrote:

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What did you finally do? I'm having the same problem and it's driving me nuts.

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I'd love a hand, too; I'm using the Load command and nothing is loadable (I'm using OS X on Mac).

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Hi,

To load an audio file do this:

- Select Load

- Select Browse Folders

- Select the Folder Containing the Audio Files you wish to open

- Click Choose

- The files from that folder will now be displayed in a list for you to select

- pick the file you wish to load

- click load

Hope that helps

Simon

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nchsh wrote:

Hi,

To load an audio file do this:

- Select Load

- Select Browse Folders

- Select the Folder Containing the Audio Files you wish to open

- Click Choose

- The files from that folder will now be displayed in a list for you to select

- pick the file you wish to load

- click load

Hope that helps

Simon

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That's what I'm trying (on a Mac). But all the .wav files on my Mac are greyed out in the browser-- not accessible, not recongized by ES. What gives?

Thanks.

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SOLUTION:

What I didn't know until now was that I needed to go in to the Incoming

panel of the preference settings and designate a folder where I would put

the sound files, designate how I want the files to load and what file types

I wanted it to load. This requirement wasn't mentioned in Express Scribe's

help files, nor when I posted my problem to their message boards.

From Susan Gehr at

http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/16/16-1172.html

William wrote:

Hello,

So, I downloaded the Express Scribe and installed it (Windows XP Pro) which took all of half a second.

Everything seems simple enough, the welcome recording played, I fiddled with the buttons and thought--great.

I need to transcribe an mp3 file (and it's definitely an mp3 file)

But, I can't seem to get Express Scribe to load the file at all. In fact, no matter how I try to get Express Scribe to 'see' the file, it seems to be invisibile. I browse for files, using the browse button, and it just can't see the file at all.

Am I doing something painfully, obviously wrong?

Thanks...

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