Dictator

Introduction

Dictator is a small application for writing transcriptions from recorded dictations. It is a simplified notepad application combined with a simple audio player. The unique feature is the ability to skip backward and forward in the audio recording with simple keystrokes while typing.

[Dictator Screenshot]

Download

Windows setup package: version 0.6 (5.1.2011)

Source code: version 0.6

Manual

Select Audio->Open Audio File... and select recording you want to use as a dictation. Then select Audio->Play or press Ctrl+P to start playing the recording. To jump backward, press Ctrl+R and to jump forward, press Ctrl+F. You can change the amount of seconds, how much to jump, from Edit->Options...

Release Notes

Version 0.6 (5.1.2011)

Status / progress indicator for audio file currently being played (current position / total play time).
Link to the GPL web page in About box added.
Version number increased to 0.6.

Version 0.5 (13.11.2010)

Selected GNU GPL as a license.
Source code release.
Removed question mark from dialogs.
Fixed default application path in setup script.
Increased version number to 0.5.

Version 0.4 (9.11.2010)

Fixed setup package (missing library phonon_ds94.dll).
Improved About dialog to include license information.
Fixed File/New bug.
Version number increased to 0.4.

Version 0.3 (8.11.2010)

Play and pause merged to the same keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+P).
Improved "unsaved changes" check in closeEvent.
Saves window size and position.
Version number increased to 0.3.

Version 0.2 (6.11.2010)

Phonon object was not destroyed properly. Memoryleak fixed.
Added audio file support detection. Now populates file open dialog with relevant file name extensions.
Version number set to 0.2.

Version 0.1 (30.10.2010)

Initial version 0.1.

To Do List

user interface translations in Finnish
better application icon
.deb and .rpm packages for Linux binaries

License

This program is released under GNU General Public License.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my co-worker for seeding the idea for this program.

Thanks to the following tools, this project took only few hours to get in usable state from total scratch:

Qt libraries and Qt Creator development environment
NSIS setup creation tools
msysgit as a version control system

Matti J. Kärki <mjk (at) iki.fi> 2010