A couple of transcription comments.

[Chuck Rogers]

All:

First, transcription into iListen is possible without a supported 
device. You can hook up any audio device and transcribe directly into 
iListen. As long as that device is hooked up and can be configured as 
an audio input device, iListen won't know the difference. Granted, you 
will not be using iListen's special transcription features if you do it 
this way, but it IS possible. (And I STRONGLY suggest you not try to 
transcribe from a tape recorder - tape hiss renders speech virtually 
unusable for transcription through software.)

But transcription from a device without spending time reading the 
training stories into the device and then playing them back to create a 
separate profile will make typing seem easier to most people. Also, 
something that has not been mentioned in this recent thread: you 
absolutely MUST speak the punctuation in order to get any kind of 
reasonable accuracy whatsoever.

To summarize, it what you want to do is dictate into a recording device 
and then play it back into iListen later to translate into written 
words, iListen might work well for you - as long as you don't mind 
spending a few minutes manually correcting the text AND you previously 
created a special profile with your voice reading the training stories 
from recordings made on the device AND you remember to speak all the 
punctuation when dictating into the device.

On the other hand, if what you want to do is interview someone and then 
use iListen to transcribe the interview later, this will absolutely NOT 
work, no matter what device you are using.


Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers