---
name: "transcriber"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "transcriber"
version: "1.5.1.1-11+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/transcriber"
---

# transcriber(1)

tool to transcribe speech using text (transcriber)

## NAME

transcriber - tool to transcribe speech using text (transcriber)

## SYNOPSIS

**transcriber** *\[tk-options\] \[-- transcriber-option\] \[waveform-file\] \[transcription-file\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **trans** commands This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**transcriber** is a graphical tool that allows one to segment long speech files easily, and to transcribe the litterally spoken text, and indicate speaker turns and  topics.

## OPTIONS

The programs follows some of the Tcl/tk command line syntax, with \`--' separating the tool options from the options for transcriber (which are  unknown).  A summary of options are included below. For a better description, see the on-line help.

## TCL/TK OPTIONS

- **-colormap**

  Colormap for main window

- **-display**

  Display to use

- **-geometry**

  Initial geometry for window

## TRANSCRIBER OPTIONS

There are no known options specific to transcriber.  Two file can be given on the command line,

- **\[waveform-file\]**

  The startup audio file to use.  If this is a directory, this is interpreted as the default directory to look for audio files.

- **\[transcription-file\]**

  The startup transcription file to use.

## SEE ALSO

*sox*

## AUTHOR

Transcriber has been written by Claud Barras (barras@etca.fr).

This manual page was written by David van Leeuwen \<vleeuwen@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).