(Free!) Computer Tools for Qualitative Study

Tony Byungho LeeC&I

Transtool

• Video transcribing & analysis tool• http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~kmiller/dvgu

ide/analysis_tools.htm• Pros:

– efficient transcribin– can create SMIL file

• Cons– Only reads RM (realmedia) file format– No updates since 2002

Transana

• Video transcribing & analysis tool• http://www.transana.org/• Pros:

– Reads multiple formats (mpg, wmv, AVI…)– Flexible (more options)

• Cons: – Needs some practice to learn

Express Scribe

• Voice transcribing• http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.

html• Pros:

– simple, easy to use– can connect foot pedal

• Cons: – voice only– need to copy & paste to word processor

Transtool Transana ExpressScribe

price free free free

for video Video/audio audio

File format rm only mpg, avi, wmv, mp3wav…

Multipleaudio file

format

transcribing Good good good

coding limited limited butflexible

none

support none since 2002

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