Audio Notetaker

• Product Names: Audio Notetaker
• Manufacturer/Publisher: Sonocent

AudioNotetaker makes note-taking easy for students, researchers and professionals

This innovative piece of software enables you to make better notes through audio recording. Get help with navigating, annotating and organising your notes and audio files. Edit and export your recording to your portable audio device or notes to Microsoft Word all in a few simple steps.

Audio voice recordings can provide a valuable tool when taking and revising notes of lectures, interviews or meetings, but re-listening and deciphering long digital recordings afterwards is a difficult task. Audio Notetaker provides you with a visual representation of your recording, enabling you to navigate and edit your recording with a few simple keystrokes while adding text and images.

So how does Audio Notetaker work?

View a Flash demonstration of Audio Notetaker.

By analysing your audio files, Audio Notetaker is able to identify the natural pauses that occur in speech. It presents the audio as a visual bar, broken at each pause in the recorded speech. This enables the listener to visualise the different sections of the speech, or lecture, and navigate the recording with ease.

1. Record a class, interview, meeting or even your own notes, either directly into Audio Notetaker or using a separate digital recorder. Audio Notetaker can also be used other audio recordings such as podcasts.


2. Import your recording or audio file into Audio Notetaker. Navigate through your recording using simple keyboard commands or by simply moving though the audio pane with the mouse. You can personalise Audio Notetaker to suit your preferences - alter the font, or colour options.


3. Edit your recording by breaking it down into smaller sections, or use simple cut, copy and paste commands. Navigate through by arrow keys or using your mouse. You can even speed your recording up or slow it down to help with comprehension.


4. Annotate your recording using colour highlighters or markers. Build up your notes and add images - add PowerPoint slides, images of PDF files or content from the internet. New live recording mode enables you to make these annotations in real time while Audio Notetaker records.


5. Export your notes to a word processor or mind-mapping tool. Alternatively, export your edited recording broken down into manageable tracks to listen to on an MP3 player or CD.


6. Organise your recordings and notes using the dedicated Audio Notetaker File Manager. Use tags and the search tool to quickly locate the information when you need it.

Features

• Live Notetaking – record directly on to your laptop via Audio Notetaker. Add keywords, highlight key points using colour markers and annotation tools or break up their notes into sections in real time. This can be done using the in-built microphone on your laptop or via an external microphone. Although for recording at a distance a digital recorder is recommended to filter out surrounding noise.


• Image pane – display PowerPoint slides and images alongside your audio recordings


• Audio and notes file manager – manage recording from your digital recorder through to reviewing your notes using the improved file management tools. Use the metadata and search tools to organise and locate the information you are after.


• Full-screen mode – review your recordings and notes in the Full screen mode.


• Export Tools – Audio Notetaker's powerful "Save to Album" feature has been enhanced to incorporate images so that students listening to their edited recordings on portable devices, such as an iPod or MP3 player, can view the related images or slides.


• Integrated file format – saves your audio with your images and text making it easier to share your files with friends and colleagues.


• PDF slide import – This enables slides from any source to be imported, as it is easy to print from any program to PDF.


• Direct export to iTunes – You can export your Audio Notetaker document directly into iTunes without having to go via "Export as Album".


• Transcription Mode playback – With this option set, Audio Notetaker will playback one segment at a time, giving you time to type (or with Dragon, speak) the transcription.


• Help file includes videos of the topics covered by the inbuilt tutorial.

New Features for v2.4 include:

• PDF support - Students who get their lecture slides in PDF format, or those who want to work with PDF documents can now import them straight into Audio Notetaker.


• Export straight to iTunes - Audio Notetaker will automatically create an album from your notes file and send it to iTunes, great for any student who wants to revise on the move.


• Pause Mode - Playing one segment at a time makes manual transcription a whole lot easier.


• Support for Olympus RS28 Footswitch


• Support for Sony Digital Recorders – Audio Notetaker now supports the Sony digital recorder T-mark system, allowing up to 98 index marks!


• Improved Audio and Notes File Management – It’s easier than ever to import recordings from a digital recorder, rename and find your audio files.


• Welcome Video – An introduction to Audio Notetaker for new users.


• Demo File Folder – All versions of Audio Notetaker come with demonstration audio, PowerPoint, PDF and Audio Notetaker files, to help new users get started.

Try Audio Notetaker for yourself by downloading the 30 day trial:

If you have purchased Audio Notetaker why not upgrade to version 2.4 for free. Simply download the 30-day trial of Audio Notetaker v2.4 and activate with your existing serial number.

Audio Notetaker is compatible with WMA, WAV or MP3 recordings and is optimised to work with Olympus recorders, automatically detecting your index marks.

You will need:

• 32-bit Windows XP or Vista: 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7


• 512 MB RAM or greater


• Speakers/Headphones


• Live Notetaking requires an external microphone if your computer does not have one built-in

N.B. Audio Notetaker requires activation.

Multi-licence packs are provided with a licence code that enables multiple activations (e.g. 5-users can be activated on 5 computers).

Concurrent network licence must be purchased in units of 5 licences (cost per licence).

Networkable Site Licences are available for Schools and educational Establishments.