PDF support added, but: you will also need to install
Ghostscript separately. For
testing I have only used AFPL Ghostscript but I expect that GPL Ghostscript
will also work without any problems. Here is a more direct link to the
downloads
of Ghostscript (choose the Windows exe). Note: there are some other
programs which also use Ghostscript, notably some pdf printer drivers, so
you may already have it installed on your system. If Ghostscript already
is installed then Transcript will automatically detect it when starting.
For more information see the usage of pdf images.
When using the file open dialog to select another image all pdf's
will also be listed if Ghostscript was found. If not then pdf's will not
be listed.
The following image file formats are now also supported: PNG, TIF,
PaintShop PSP, PhotoCD PCD, PhotoShop PSD and PDD, Portable map files PPM,
PGM and PBM. In some cases some subtypes of the above mentioned filetypes
may not be supported. (e.g. when layers were used).
Added option to sharpen the image. Shortcut key: Ctrl+Alt+S.
Added option to also move the image when the text wraps to the next
line (wordwrap), just like the option to move on "Enter".
DOuble CApitals at the start of a word can be recognized and
optionally be replaced by only the first letter a capital. Only for
registered users.
Added an option to make an exception for the double capital setting
for the "IJ" combination (especially useful in Dutch). Only for registered
users.
Added option to replace a sEcond letter cApital with a Captial for
the first letter. Only for registered users.
Added an option to ignore double spaces. When you type a space after
another space that second space will not be added to the text when this
option is set.Added the possibility to let you hear a sound whenever
Transcript replaces text according to your autocorrection settings.
Only for registered users.
The default sound can be replaced by a sound (wave) file of your
choosing. Only for registered users.
For me one of the most productive extra's is the autoreplacement
feature. There is a dialog (Ctrl+Alt+C) where you can define words or
abbreviations which should automatically be replaced with other words
or (parts of) sentences. This is very useful when you encounter many
repeating sentences in you transcriptions. Just define an abbreviation
and Transcript will automatically replace it with the full sentence!.
Every project can have it's own set of autoreplacement definitions.
Only for registered users.
All autocorrection and autoreplacement options can be temporarily
disabled by turning the Scroll Lock key on.
Image zoom in/out shortcut keys added: Ctrl+Alt++ and Ctrl+Alt+-
(note: only the + and - on the numerical keypad can be used).
In the project management dialog you can now also see the filenames
of the image and textfiles of the currently selected project.
In the projects window you can now also add a description to a
project. Only for registered users. The description of the current
project can also be seen when you hover the mouse over the project
selection box in the main window.
For every project it is now possble to register how long you are
working on a transcription (only for registered users). There's a new
button on the project toolbar which you can use to start or pause
project timing. Under the tools menu are some other timing options:
stop timing and reset time to 0. Whenever you switch to another program
the time is automatically paused and when you return back to Transcript
it resumes again.
Several toolbar buttons and actions are now also available from
the menu.
When you hover the mouse over the image file selection box on the
image toolbar the complete path of the current image will now be shown
and on the line below the number of the image within the current folder
and the percentage of images done will be shown (it assumes that all
images before this one in the current folder have already been transcribed).
Added right-click menu to the image window which has the a number
of useful features:
You can set the vertical starting offset of any new image to be
loaded to the vertical offset of the current image.
A new feature is horizontal image positioning (when loading another
image). In the rightclick image menu you can choose between center image,
use same horizontal offset for all images, and use different horizontal
offsets for left and right pages.
Why making a difference between left and right pages? Because when
photographing a whole book (using a tripod) it's often more convenient
to first photograph all leftside pages and after that the rightside
pages (or the reverse). In this case there will often be slight
differences in how the subject is centered in the image. By using
different settings for left and right pages you can load most images
directly in the exact starting position you want.
In case you choose different left and right pages you can also
select from the rightclick menu whether the current page is a left
page or a right page. In that case Transcript assumes that left and
right follow eacht other.
Some changes for better translation support.
XP theme support: now the program will look more XP alike. When
testing this I encountered some problems related to theming which I
hope most got fixed.
Important change: from now on the settings file Transcript.ini
will be saved in a folder called Transcript under the "Application Data"
folder. The location of this "Application Data" folder depends on your
Windows version. This change was made because as I understand it Windows
Vista will complain when trying to change settings files in the program
folder. At first startup your current Transcript.ini settings file will
be automatically copied to the new location. If you are a user of
Transcript autoreplace files (*.tac): those are not automatically copied
to the new location. If you have Windows Vista it is advisable to also
move those files to another location then the program folder.
Several internal changes needed as a consequence of the above.
All file filters are now also translated when changing between languages.
Bug fixed: If Transcript is not the foreground window when starting
up and the project timer is running for the current project then the
timer will not (always) pause but start running which it should not do.
Bug fixed: When using the option "scroll image entirely to the left"
is used, the image gets sometimes positioned incorrect.
Bugfix: after pressing F4 (restore default image settings) the image
also got centered.
Bugfix: import/export default directory now also the directory of the
current textfile.
Bugfix: when changing between projects where the new project did not
have an image set, the image of the old project was not removed.
Bugfix: in some cases the image window got so small that after a
restart of Transcript it got completely hidden.
Bugfix: the "not found" message when searching text sometimes got
behind the search dialog.
Bugfix: when trying to open a pdf file or other unsupported image
formats you didn't get an error message and after restarting Transcript
the menu and toolbar were hidden.
Several other small bugs fixed and other internal changes.
Version 2.1.1
October 14, 2005
Increase and decrease indentation buttons and shortcuts added.
Shortcuts: Ctrl+D and Ctrl+Alt+D. The amount the indentation will be
increased or decrease can be set in general options.
Added a ruler for the editor. The ruler can be enabled/disabled using
menu View, Show/Hide ruler or shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R. Using the ruler you can
change the paragraph margins and add or delete tabs. By pressing the right
mouse button on a tab you get a menu where you can set the tab alignment.
Only available in the registered version.
Automatically incremented counter added as an option for the autotext
specification (previously called insert image filename) You can choose
between a page/numbers counter and a "folio" counter. Everything can be
set to you wishes on the advanced options tab.
Only available in the registered version.
Quicktext (using Alt+0 - 9) are now settable on a project basis.
Shortcut keys added for inserting the last selected background color
(Ctrl+Alt+B) an text color (Ctrl+Alt+T).
The dialog for opening a new image now shows a preview of the images.
Bug fixed: In Windows XP it could happen, depending on your settings,
that Transcript in full screen mode (Ctrl+F11) was shown too far down.
On the top of the screen there was empty space and at the bottom part of
the editor was invisible.
Bug fixed: when starting Transcript and going back to a position with
bold or italic text was interpreted as if the text had been changed.
Bug fixed: when using Transcript for the first time on fast computers
with a Dutch version of Windows it could happen that the first time you
used it it was not translated into Dutch and/or that pressing F1 or
selecting help from the menu didn't work. Starting Transcript a
second time always fixed this. I think I have this now also fixed
for every first time start but if you encounter this problem please
let me know.
Bug fixed: when switching between projects where the target project
was a project with a "new" (empty) textfile, the textfile of the old
project stayed visible.
Bug fixed: changed the memory manager because the old one could cause
a AV in certain situations when waking the computer up after a sleep.
Bug fixed: the help file could not be found when the program directory
was not the same as the directory where the program was started. This
could happen when using a desktop shortcut.
Bug fixed: after importing a file the textzoom was reset to 100.
Bug fixed: when maximizing either the image of editor window the
program sometimes forgot to remember the position of the divider in the
non maximized state. Because of this it could happen that after restarting
Transcript the image or editor window was invisible.
A number of other small changes and improvements.
Version 2.1.0
March 11, 2005
Help is now available in HtmlHelp format. Every topic now has its own help
page which makes it easier to find the information your're looking for. As
English is not my native language there may be errors. Please report
those so I can correct it.
Added an optional installer for those who have difficulties installing the zip
version. This zipversion is still available for those who prefer the program
without installer.
Added program registration functionality. Registered users can now open
up the program to get some extra functionality.
Added projects. A project contains all settings of importance like
edit and imagefile and the curent working positions in those files etc. You can
switch between projects by choosing another project from the list besides the
menu. Very handy for everyone who works occasionaly or often on different
transcriptions at the same time. It is also possible to start the program
with a specific project using the commandline option -p<projectname>. There
is a project management dialog where you can rename or delete projects and
where you can make a desktop shortcut to start the program with a specific
project. Only available in the registered
version.
Added an option to automatically insert the image filename into the editor
when you go to the next image file. You can specify in which format it will
be inserted. It can temporarily be disabled by setting Scroll Lock to on. It is
also possible to insert it manually by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F. Only available in the registered version.
A (probably) temporary plugin interface added. This interface will most
likely change in the future because it's not flexible enough. At the moment
there is one plugin available: an exif viewer which shows the information
added tot images by digital camera's.
You can now choose between old and new style mouse handling of the
mouse above the image window. In the new style default is moving the
image when pressing the left mouse button and moving the mouse. The
old style means pressin left/right mouse buttons means zooming in/out of
the image. Pressing the Ctrl key together with the mouse button switches
the functionality.
Added an option to automatically switch focus back to the editor after you
release the mouse button above the image window. Normally the image
window will have the focus after releasing mouse button which means you
wil first manually have to go back to the editor.
Closing of image file and text file commands added. Closing text file is the
same as opening a new empty text file..
Added commands for maximizing the image window (Ctrl+F12) and text
window (Shift+F12). When maxmizing the image window you are still able
to enter text in the editor. For these commands an new menu was added:
the view menu.
Added a full screen mode (Ctrl+F11). In this mode the menu and toolbars
(including the standard Windows traybar) will be hidden.
You can now use Shift+F5/F6 to jump to the top of the left or right "page"
of the image, assuming that it's an image of two pages. Using
Shift+Ctrl+F5/F6 you can go to the left or right side of the image without
going to the top.
Added an option for two page images. When set going to the next or
previous image will automatically position it on the left (using next or
fileopen dialog) or right (previous) part of the image.
The history of last opened files gets better updated now. When you select
a file from this list it will be moved to the top of the history list instead of
staying at its current position.
The Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys now also work inside the
image window. Within the image window it is not necessary to use those
keys together with the Ctrl and Alt keys, though those combinations do
also work.
The text and image zoom dropdown lists contain now more available
zoom values to choose from.
When opening a text or image file the file open dialog will now always start
in the directory where the current text or image file resides. The same
holds true for saving files.
The horizontal scroll percentage used to compute the amount to move the
image to the left or right was decreased from 10 to 5%.
The toolbar and menu images were given a more modern look.
The usage of the text and backgroundcolor buttons has been slightly
changed in order to conform to the way Microsoft Office uses these
buttons. The color on the buttons now signifies the color that was last
selected (was previously the color of the text or background on the current
position in the text). When pressing the button that color will be applicated
to the curent text or background. Pressing the arrow will still let you select
another color.
A change in one of the components used in this program makes it
necessary that you need to set the default font when you want something
else than Times New Roman als default (menu tools, default font...).
Bug fixed: space characters at the beginning and at the end of text
fragments inserted with Alt+0 to 9 were not saved properly in the ini
configuration file. When restarting Transcript and using those keys to
insert a fragment with space at the beginning and/or at the end the text
was inserted without those spaces (though the rest of the text was
inserted normally).
Bug fixed: opening a file by double clicking on the filename when that
position was above the image window caused the image to be zoomed in
when using the old style cursor.
Bug fixed: after zooming in/out on the image the horizontal image position
was reset to horizontal center.
Bug fixed: text zoom was reset to 100 after loading another text file but the
zoom percentage on the toolbar displayed the old value. Now the zoom
value stays the way it is..
Version 2.0.3
June 19, 2004
Added checks to see if the program starts from cd-rom: in
that case the configuration file directory is set to the Windows
directory.
Searching for the configuration file now first looks in
the program directory and then the Windows directory.
Standard increment values in options changed in some cases.
Bug resolved: changing the value of the vertical starting
position didn't work until the program was restarted.
Bug resolved: when the vertical starting position was 0 it
was not reset to 0 when loading a new image but stayed at
the position it was previously.
Version 2.0.2
April 25, 2004
The component that was used internally to view the images and
everything related tot that (JvSpecialImage) was replaced by
an adapted version of TImageView32, part of Graphics32 (see
http://g32.org/graphics32/index.html). Especially zooming has
speeded up dramatically and also uses far less memory.
Added option to rotate successive images alternately to the
left (270 degrees) and to the right (90 degrees).
Scrolling the image using the mousewheel should now work
in all cases.
Zooming uses now standard a linear filter which should
improve readability.
When scroll the image further to the left is checked it is
now also possible to scroll further to the right.
Bug resolved: 90 and 270 degrees were exchanged.
Bug resolved: Automatic saving did not read in the number
of minutes from the configuration file.
Version 2.0.1
April 8, 2004
The program can now be translated in any western language (no unicode).
Standard language is English. The only other available language at the
moment is Dutch (Nederlands). When starting the program for the first
time it looks for the language Windows uses. If it is Dutch the Dutch
language will automatically be set, otherwise it will stay English (but
you can always change it in options). Volunteers are welcome to send me
translations in other languages. I will put this as separate downloads
on my website.
The name of the program was changed from Transcriptie to Transcript.
Import and export from and to other filetypes added using the Microsoft
Word/Office import/export filters (only available when present).
BMP and GIF file support added.
A number of image transformation options added: rotation, inverted colors
and grayscale.
Direct image scanning from within the program using TWAIN. This is still
a bit experimental. You may get an "EOutofResources" error when scanning
large images in high resolution (also dependant on Windows version and
available memory).
Zoom in/out on the text. This works the same as in Microsoft Office: use
Ctrl+mousewheel up/down to change the zoom or use the combobox on the
Image toolbar to select the desired zoom. You can also set in options
that this zoom value should be restored when starting the program.
Added paragraph margins, space before and after, linespacing and
alignment (F8). These settings can be saved for use as default for
new documents. Heading styles are now also available but their
use is limited because these styles cannot be changed (a limitation
of the RichEdit dll).
Tabs can be set using a dialog (Shift+F8). Different tab alignment and
tab leaders are available.
Bullets and numbered lists added. At the moment numbered lists can
only be set using the toolbar button menu.
Superscript and subscript added to the Format menu.
Textcolor and backgroundcolor can be set using two toolbar buttons
on the image toolbar. The popup color windows can be moved to
stay visible all the time.
Toolbar button and shortcut key (Ctrl+T) added for strikethrough text.
Besides undo now also redo available (Ctrl+Y).
Default font for new documents can be set (see menu Tools).
Using the popup menu in the editor (rightclick with the mouse) you
can set and insert quick text fragments instead of having to type
it over and over. To set a quick text fragment use the popup menu
or use Alt+Shift+<a number between 0-9>.The insert a previously
set text fragment use the popup menu or type Alt+<0-9>.
Added resizable editor window. On the left and right side are
splitters which you can drag to the desired position.
Added some advanced options in combination with equal names for
image and textfile: save without asking and different directories
for images and text now possible (default is the same directory).
Hint visibility options now selectable in options dialog.
Measurement selection. You can now choose between centimeters
which is default and inches.
Added option to make a backup copy of the old rtf file when saving.
Extended the menus.
Help now available in all dialogs except in About.
The INI configuration file now by default in the same directory
as the program. If you want to put the program on cd you can copy
the INI file to the Windows directory.
Buttons for next and previous image are now disabled if there is
no next/previous image available.
Ctrl+Alt+PgUp/Down added: move image one page up/down.
Clicking on a hyperlink in the editor or helpviewer now opens
the standard browser.
Searching for text which is not found now gives notice of that.
Bug resolved: image files without any attributes were not added
to the dropdown list of images.
Bug resolved: zoomcursor on the scrollbars.
Bug resolved: after maximizing or resizing the main window the
editor text looked sometimes scrambled.
Increased price for non personal use to 10 euro because of all
the new features I added and the amount of time I put in this.
Version 1.2
September 2003
Autosave feature added (you can choose between 1 and 60 minutes).
You can now move the text in the editor window up or down using
Ctrl+<arrow up/down>.
Added option to move the image a settable number of pixels down
whenever you press "Enter" in the editor. Espescially useful when
you use one line of text for every line in the image.
Added advanced option to always use the same name for the textfile
as the name of the image (request of Henri Roodveldt).
Standard visibility of Hint ballons is now 4 seconds.
Changeable by editing the configuration file.
Add under [TMainForm] the following line
HintHidePause=4000
The number is the amount of milliseconds of visibility (1 second is
the same as 1000). Note: since version 2.0 this option can be set using the options dialog.
You can now use Ctrl+Alt+Home and Ctrl+Alt+End to view the top or
bottom of the image.
Added a beep when trying to go a previous or next image when there
is no previous/next image available.
Bug resolved: Helpfile now always found even if the program was
started form another directory.
Bug resolved: Ctrl-X can now be used for cut and paste.
Version 1.1
March 2003
Zoom in/out on the image.
Changing brightness of the image.
Using the tab key in the editor now possible.
Name of the image now always visible and selection of the image
to view added to the toolbar.
Default name of the textfile now the same as the name of the image.
Added option to scroll the image further to the left.
