Setting Up Timestamps in Express Scribe

Some clients will require you to insert timestamps at a certain interval or every time a speaker changes.

You also need to insert a timestamp for indiscernible or unintelligible parts of the audio so that the client can easily go back to it and relisten and fill in the blank.

Timestamps look like this: [0:05:00]

In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to set up timestamps in Express Scribe. Timestamping is a helpful tool for clients to easily jump to sections of the transcript that correspond to the time in the audio file. How often you time stamp will depend on the client, but the most common intervals are 30 seconds, one minute, and five minutes. First, you’ll want to set up your timestamps settings. Go to Preferences, Display. You’ll want to choose the time mode Time elapsed.

Then, you’ll need to choose the time format. We’ll use hh:mm:ss with the leading zero. Next, you’ll want to set up a quick way to pull the time with your keyboard. Go to Preferences, Hotkeys.

Click Add. On the Command options, click Copy Time, then click the Change key and choose your shortcut. I use CTRL + T, but you can choose whatever shortcut you’ll remember. This shortcut will become a system-wide hotkey, which means it will override Word and other system shortcuts.

When you’re done, click OK, then click OK on the Preferences menu. Let’s see how this works. I’m going to go ahead and work on the audio file Saving Money With Food.

This is actually one of your practice files. In this file, I want to have timestamps every 30 seconds, so I type out the audio and when I get to around 30 seconds, I press CTRL +T and then CTRL + V

What I’m doing is, I’m pulling the time from the audio file with CTRL + T, and it’s going into my Word clipboard. Then, I have to paste it into the document, using CTRL + V to pull it off of my clipboard.

In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to set up timestamps in Express Scribe. Timestamping is a helpful tool for clients to easily jump to sections of the transcript that correspond to the time in the audio file. How often you time stamp will depend on the client, but the most common intervals are 30 seconds, one minute, and five minutes. First, you’ll want to set up your timestamps settings. Go to Preferences, Display. You’ll want to choose the time mode Time elapsed.

Then, you’ll need to choose the time format. We’ll use hh:mm:ss with the leading zero. Next, you’ll want to set up a quick way to pull the time with your keyboard. Go to Preferences, Hotkeys.

Click Add. On the Command options, click Copy Time, then click the Change key and choose your shortcut. I use CTRL + T, but you can choose whatever shortcut you’ll remember. This shortcut will become a system-wide hotkey, which means it will override Word and other system shortcuts.

When you’re done, click OK, then click OK on the Preferences menu. Let’s see how this works. I’m going to go ahead and work on the audio file Saving Money With Food.

This is actually one of your practice files. In this file, I want to have timestamps every 30 seconds, so I type out the audio and when I get to around 30 seconds, I press CTRL +T and then CTRL + V

What I’m doing is, I’m pulling the time from the audio file with CTRL + T, and it’s going into my Word clipboard. Then, I have to paste it into the document, using CTRL + V to pull it off of my clipboard.

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