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Working with Text View

The Text View offers more text like editing experience for users. Operations like selecting, deleting a word or paragraph can be realized within seconds. Editing in text area will be reflected immediately in the audio waveform view.

Please note that, a speech-to-text service-integration / data is needed for working with Text Area.

Enable Text Area

  • The Text Area can be enabled or disabled by clicking on view modes buttons in left corner of the toolbar.

Positioning the soundhead

  • Click into the text using the left mouse button

  • Once, soundhead is placed you can also navigate sound head in the text area using keyboard (arrow keys) step by step.

Marking a text range

  • Mark a text range by left mouse button+dragging the mouse

  • Mark a single word by double-clicking a word with the mouse

  • If soundhead is placed you can also mark a text range using keyboard (arrow keys together with shift).

  • In addition you can create a clip out of your marked Text

Soundhead and text range in Waveform and Text View are both in sync, altering position in one will be immediately reflected in another.

Moving a marked text range

  • Mark a text range by left mouse button+dragging the mouse.

  • Drag & drop the marked text to move it to a specified location.

  • If you hold Ctrl (or Cmd in Mac) while dropping, the marked range will be duplicated in the dropped location.

Copy a marked text range

  • Mark a text range by left mouse button+dragging the mouse.

  • Press CTRL+C (relies on shortcut configuration).

  • Open any text-editor, mail program or text-area and press CTRL+V to paste the marked text into.

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