) and as protection against a loss of your Internet connection.On the Internet, you can learn about how Audio Project Manager can help you here:
https://software.sil.org/audioprojectmanager/solutions-2/
https://software.sil.org/audioprojectmanager/resources/tutorial/
Get more help offers ways to get help, beyond these Help topics.
It is possible to have multiple users on the same computer with separate Chrome browser profiles.
However, each user needs to be a separate browser instance, not in the same instance in different tabs.
Alternatively, one user can work a Chrome browser and the other in Desktop.
Installation: When you install Audio Project Manager it is installed here:
Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\audio-project-manager
Linux: /usr/lib/audio-project-manager
Data: If you work online, your data are stored on servers, but are also stored locally.
Your data are also on your computer work offline () and as protection against a loss of your Internet connection.
Here are the folders where your data are stored on your computer:
Windows: C:\Users\<username>\transcriber
Linux: /home/<username>/transcriber
In both Operating Systems, there are subfolders that store particular data. For example, Media stores audio files.
See also: Audacity if you use it to edit your audio files.
For advanced users, when you work offline, data are also stored here:
Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\sil-transcriber
Linux: /home/<username>/.config/sil-transcriber
You cannot edit any data in this location. If you report an issue, you might be asked to delete data as part of a solution.
Consider these potential factors:
Your workflow might include these types of recordings: vernacular, Back Translation, Retelling or Question and Answer.
The length of your passages can affect community checking, retelling and so on.
So, consider what passage length will give the best results.
Audio Project Manager cannot merge passages that you are continuing to work on.
Therefore, you might want to have fewer longer passages, rather than many shorter passages.
You might want to make one passage for an entire section in some cases, while for other sections you could have many passages.
When you log in and log out, any changes done by team members are downloaded and your changes are sent to the online server.
This synchronizes the data among the members of your team. Then if you work offline, you will have the latest files that were on the server.
If any team members work offline, the team should agree on a strategy to ensure the server is kept up to date.
For Desktop offline (), see Back up all audio projects.
If you work online, your data is stored both on your computer and in the online servers so backup files are not necessary.
See: Report an issue