Keyboard Shortcut

In general, a keyboard shortcut is a combination of keystrokes that do the same things that you can also do by clicking controls with your mouse.

As you record or play an audio file, add segment boundariestranscribe a passage or review a transcription, you can use keyboard shortcuts. The various tools may have different shortcuts, but here are examples:

Action

Keys

Button

 

Zoom In

Ctrl + 1

 

Zoom out

Ctrl + 3

 

Add or Remove Boundary

Double-click or Ctrl + Down Arrow
See Note

 

Remove Next Boundary

Ctrl + Alt + X

 

Previous Segment

Ctrl + Left Arrow

 

Next Segment

Ctrl + Right Arrow

 

Go to Beginning

Ctrl + Home

 

Rewind 2 Seconds

F2 or Ctrl + Shift + <

 

Play

F1 or Ctrl + Space

 

Pause

F1 or Ctrl + Space

 

Ahead 2 Seconds

F3 or Ctrl + Shift + >

 

Go to End

Ctrl + End

 

Slower

F4 or Ctrl + 4

 

Faster

F5 or Ctrl + 5

 

Timestamp

F6 or Ctrl + 6

 

History

F7 or Ctrl + 7

Last Save

 

Record

F9 or Ctrl + 9

 

Pause

F9 or Ctrl + 9

 

Note

Click a position in the wave form.

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