A couple of weeks ago I ran a workshop at NTU on the basics of using ELAN, a handy program for creating time-aligned transcriptions of audio and video. I decided to try the screen capture function in QuickTime to record the presentation. If you’re interested in getting used to the basic settings and screens, and you can cope with listening to me talk you through it for an hour and twenty minutes I hope you’ll find it useful!

This workshop will introduce you to the features of ELAN. ELAN is a program that allows you to create time-aligned transcriptions of audio and video recordings. These transcriptions can then be further enriched through other programs such as Toolbox or FLeX, and can be used to create printed transcripts or subtitles. In this workshop we will work through setting up templates for a variety of transcription types, creating a basic transcription and some handy hints and shortcuts.

Using screen capture was a good learning experience for me - I’ll be sure to record any future workshops I run to share with you! Sorry if the video is a bit grainy, but it was a longer video than any I’ve made before.