Catch everything

We are unable to write down everything that is important in meetings, interviews and lectures. By recording with Audio Notetaker you always know you have a complete record of what’s happened, even if you miss things first time round. Instead of trying to write down everything you need, simply get rid of what you don’t, leaving only what’s important. This will significantly improve the notes you create.

Increase focus

Spending time taking notes can prevent you from engaging fully. Audio Notetaker gives you the freedom to focus on the task at hand, reducing the input needed to create great notes.

Format before you record

If you are recording an interview, meeting or presentation, you will often know the structure before you begin. Format your recording with notes and presentation slides before you start recording and eliminate the need to do so afterwards.

Improve productivity

By using the original audio to record information you negate the need to type notes up, saving time. Use colours to mark important sections or phrases and write short contextual notes to create meaningful notes quickly.

If you record already, Audio Notetaker will help you with:

Navigating you audio

Accessing specific information on conventional media players is clunky and time consuming. With Audio Notetaker spoken phrases are visualized as bars. This means you can skip from sentence to sentence with a touch of a button. Finding a specific moment in a recording is now so much quicker, saving you time.

Digesting your audio

Recordings of meetings, interviews or presentations are often very long and difficult to review. With Audio Notetaker you can format and organise your recording into smaller sections which are much easier to digest.

Editing

Normally, editing a long recording can take a long time, especially if the audio is compressed (mp3 or wma). Audio Notetaker allows you to edit hours of audio instantly without decompressing and recompressing the audio. Simply highlight bars and cut, copy, paste or delete. Editing recordings has never been easier.

Organising your audio

The title of your audio files often doesn’t give any indication of what the file contains. That’s why Audio Notetaker contains metadata tagging; simply fill in information about your recording and find it quickly again later. You can also search for keywords within PDF/PowerPoint slides or your notes.

Creating comprehensive notes

Many professionals keep quotes from interviews, but after transcribing lose the original audio and with it the nuances of the original words. Likewise, you may want to keep slides from a presentation together with your notes and the recording. With Audio Notetaker you can keep everything together, creating complete notes.

An integrated tutorial: New for version 2.3 Provides introduction to Audio Notetaker and can be used as audio-based reference guide for users who struggle with written manuals.

Live Note-taking: record directly on to your laptop via Audio Notetaker. Add keywords, highlight key points using colour markers and annotation tools or break up notes into sections in real time.

Image pane: display PowerPoint slides and images alongside your audio recordings. Simply import entire presentations from PowerPoint or PDF (PDF technology powered by PDFNet SDK from PDFTron)

Audio and notes file manager: from the importing of your files from your recorder, to searching for specific words and phrases within your files, the Audio Notetaker file manager tools helps manage all your notes and audio files.

Full-screen mode: review your recordings and notes in the new 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. You can also export text and images to a document suitable for word processing.

Save as ‘.ran’: ‘Rich Audio Notes’ is an integrated file format which saves your audio with your images and text, making it easier to share your files with friends and colleagues.

Linked audio: this feature allows you to make edits to the audio without affecting the original file. This maintains the integrity of the original file.

Extract: you can extract all highlighted segments or sections, saving them in a new file. This is useful for when you only want to save the important bits of a recording.

Easy keyboard navigation: all editing or formatting features in Audio Notetaker have quick keyboard shortcuts. This means you can create new sections, jump through sections, highlight etc., whilst listening and note taking.

Index mark support: Audio Notetaker will recognise index marks inserted into WMA and WAV files using Olympus recorders; when audio files from these recorders are imported, section breaks are inserted at each index mark.

Speed-up/slow-down: Audio Notetaker can increase and decrease the speed of the audio without changing its pitch. This is very useful if you want to get through a recording even quicker, or need to slow something down to digest it more easily!

Volume control: control the volume of your recording.

Spell-checker: make sure your notes are spelt correctly with the spell-checker.

Highlight: highlight sections and segments using a multitude of different colours.

Recovery system: a reliable recovery system ensures you never lose work.

Options: fully customisable options.

“I think my grades would have been better if I’d had Audio Notetaker earlier” – Ghislain Mumbari, MA in Public Health, Leeds Met University

Studying abroad can be a very challenging experience:

• New culture
• Language barrier – including regional accents and dialects
• Note-taking in a second language is considerably harder

Audio Notetaker help you:

• Mark and review
  Now you can concentrate on comprehension during your lectures, simply marking the parts you find difficult to understand in order to review afterwards. Audio Notetaker displays sentences as bars and organises them into sections. Mark a sentence or section by colouring the bars or sections accordingly.
• Slow it down
  The slow-down feature helps with sentences that were spoken too quickly to understand and marking tools highlight individual phrases which can then be sent to a friend for clarification.
• Simplify exam revision
  Audio, notes and slides are all in one place which makes exam revision easy. Import presentation slides and add notes such as the topic headings addressed in your lecture alongside the relevant part of the audio.

Get the most out of your lectures…

Instead of relying on taking written notes, with Audio Notetaker you use the original audio itself to take notes. Audio Notetaker’s unique audio display allows you to see your recorded audio and interact with it – quickly deleting what you don’t need, breaking the recording into bite-size chunks, using colour to highlight important phrases or sections, and adding presentation slides, images and text.

Audio Notetaker help you:

• Create complete notes
  Make comments alongside your slides and audio so you have everything in the same place. You’ll never be worried about missing something come exam time again!
• Make the important bits stand out
  By colouring and marking the bars which represent sentences, you can highlight the vital parts of the lecture making revision easier than ever before.
• On the move
  Now you can relive your lecture anytime, anywhere. Just export your complete notes to an mp3 player such as an iPhone. Alternatively, listen to your lecture in full screen mode in Audio Notetaker.

“Transcribing is a time-consuming and tiresome task. Audio Notetaker made it much more manageable, quicker and more interesting.” – H, a Researcher.

You will rely on audio as a record of interviews or discussions. However, the analysis or transcription of that audio can be arduous, and locating a single quote exasperating.

But Audio Notetaker provides:

• Easy analysis
  Colour coding different speakers or certain phrases helps speed up the analysis of the recording, saving time and helping organisation.
• Easy management
  The Audio Notetaker File Manager file-search facility makes it easy to search for the original audio of any quote that you have transcribed. No need to spend hours searching for it now!

• Easy digestion
  With Audio Notetaker you can create sections within the audio, breaking those long interviews up in to bite-size chunks. Add constructive comments alongside any section which may need to be reviewed.
• Easy Transcription
  Audio Notetaker’s visual interface makes transcribing your audio easy.

“It’s one of those powerful pieces of software that’s just brimming with simplicity. I really couldn’t imagine using digital audio recordings without it now. An absolutely first-class application that deserves the highest praise.” – D Smith, student at Warwick University

Perhaps making written notes is an impossible task for you…

Maybe you find it difficult to process and concentrate on what is being said in lectures, meetings and interviews…

• Say goodbye to problems with reading, writing, note taking and giving presentations.
• Create complete notes with only a few words to mark topics!

Audio Notetaker can help you!

Instead of relying on taking written notes, with Audio Notetaker you use the original audio itself to take notes. Audio Notetaker’s unique audio display allows you to see your recorded audio and interact with it – quickly deleting what you don’t need, breaking the recording into bite-size chunks, using colour to highlight important phrases or sections, and adding presentation slides, images and text.

• Visualise the audio
  With Audio Notetaker you can ‘see’ the audio, with bars representing phrases and pauses shown as gaps. This means you can quickly navigate through the audio, skipping from sentence to sentence with a touch of a button. Align presentation slides and images with the corresponding audio, providing extra visual stimulus and creating complete notes.
• Customise
  Use colours to mark the important parts of the audio, helping you note take without words! Break your recording into bite size sections for easy digestion and make short contextual notes to mark the topic.
• Relive your lecture
  Come exam time you’ll need to revise. Full-screen mode recreates the experience of a lecture. Speed it up or slow it down to suit your listening speed. You can also export your notes to an mp3 player such as an iPod to use on the move.

• Be organised
  Don’t worry about organising your notes and recordings – Audio Notetaker does it for you! Simply mark the speaker, topic and module to quickly find your file again later. You can also search for text within slides and notes!

“This is so simple to use…it makes it so much easier to revisit material. I see that this type of system has become a must for IFA’s and will become a part of the client’s file.” – Chris, Independent Financial Advisor

Recording is a vital tool for many consultants in order to…

• Create an audit trail that supports and reinforces advice given.
• Assure clients that their recommendations reflect their discussions.
• Demonstrate to the regulating authorities – such as the FSA – that they are in keeping with their guidelines regarding the structure of the meeting.

Instead of relying on taking written notes, with Audio Notetaker you use the original audio itself to take notes. Audio Notetaker’s unique audio display allows you to see your recorded audio and interact with it – quickly deleting what you don’t need, breaking the recording into bite-size chunks, using colour to highlight important phrases or sections, and adding presentation slides, images and text.

Audio Notetaker will help you record effectively…

• No disruptions
  Recording live with Audio Notetaker eliminates the need to take comprehensive written notes. Now you can concentrate on the consultation with the client, knowing that you will have a full record of everything that was said.
• Be prepared
  Create a notes template before the meeting. This saves you a lot of time and ensures that you format your notes according to regulating authorities’ guidelines.

• Emphasise
  It’s easy to find key parts of your consultation. Just highlight the important parts of meetings using coloured markers and use the notes panes to annotate any part of the audio. Audio Notetaker displays phrases as bars and organises them into sections. Highlight and mark them by colouring them accordingly.

• Organise
  Never again waste time looking for specific files. Tag your recording with information such as the client’s name to make it easy to find again later.

“[Audio Notetaker] literally revolutionised the way I work. The colour-coding was a dream…it makes it so much easier to re visit the material. Not every interview gets run immediately; Audio Notetaker lets me go back to old stories for reference.” – Claire Bloomfield, Sky Sports Magazine

Recording interviews is an integral part of a journalist’s job. However, working with the recorded audio is often a hard and laborious task:

• Editing large recordings and organising numerous audio files can be difficult.
• It is a time-consuming process, especially for people working to strict deadlines.

With Audio Notetaker working with audio becomes effortless!

During interviews:

• Colour-code
  Never again spend hours searching your audio for specific quotes. Audio Notetaker displays sentences as bars, which you can mark with colour, making it easy to find again afterwards. You can also colour the background, ideal for indicating who is speaking.
• Format
  Format your notes before the interview. Now you have everything ready, you can engage with the interviewee and concentrate on the interview with minimal distractions.

With existing recordings:

• Easy edit
  Quickly delete unwanted parts of your interview and break it up into sections for easy digestion and effective cataloguing.
• Simply intuitive
  Don’t worry about having to spend time learning yet another piece of software! Uncomplicated and simple to use, learning to get the most from Audio Notetaker takes no time at all.
• Find it quickly
  Stop wasting time looking for files! The metadata tags and the File Manager organise your recording for you and make finding files a piece of cake.

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

Import your recording or audio file into Audio Notetaker, a process made simple thanks to the inbuilt devices manager. Navigate through your recording using simple keyboard commands or by moving though the audio pane with the mouse. You can personalise Audio Notetaker to suit your preferences; alter the font or colour options, spacing and audio quality.

Edit your recording by breaking it down into smaller sections. You can also chop and change it by using simple cut, copy and paste commands. You can even speed your recording up if you’re short of time, or slow it down to help with comprehension.

Annotate your recording using colour highlighters or markers. Build up your notes and add pictures, PowerPoint slides, images or content from the internet. You can also make these annotations in real time if you are using Audio Notetaker to record your audio.

Review using full-screen mode. This displays your PowerPoint slides big whilst still giving you easy audio navigation, perfect for re-living that presentation or meeting.

Organise your recordings and notes using metadata tags and the dedicated Audio Notetaker File Manager. Use these tags and the search tool to quickly locate the information when you need it. You can even search for keywords within PowerPoint presentations.

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. Audio Notetaker will also save your notes as track names and images as album art, so you can review on the move.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows
  • Operating System: 32-bit Windows XP or Vista; 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7
  • System Memory: 512 MB
  • Sound Card and Speakers
  • Live Notetaking requires an external microphone if your computer does not have one built-in
  • Internet connection required for activation only
  • CD-ROM Drive

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