Transcription Script

SPExl is a transcription tool available in STx as a script.

SPExL Hotkeys

Note that unless otherwise specified (e.g. with 'Shift'), all hotkeys are lowercase.

Cursor Hotkeys

D	Move left cursor to the left.
F	Move left cursor to the right.
E	Move left cursor to the left in large steps.
R	Move left cursor to the right in large steps.
J	Move right cursor to the left.
K	Move right cursor to the right.
U	Move right cursor to left in large steps.
I	Move right cursor to right in large steps.
L	Flip left cursor around right cursor.
Shift + L	Flip right cursor around left cursor.

Playback Hotkeys

Space	Play between the cursors
A	Play all of signal in waveform window
P	Play the selected segment
W	Play all of signal up to the left-hand cursor
O	Play all of the signal from the right-hand cursor to end of waveform window

Scrollbar Hotkeys

The length scrolled is defined when SPExL starts up (Scrollbar Step (%)).

M	Scroll forward
N	Scroll backwards

Spectrogram Hotkeys

Shift + Add	Increase amplitude floor.
Shift + Subtract	Decrease amplitude floor.

Zoom Hotkeys

Y	Zoom in on the x axis around the mid point between the cursors.
Q	Zoom out on the x axis around the mid point between the cursors.
Ctrl + Add	Zoom in on the y axis around the active cursor
Ctrl + Subtract	Zoom out on the y axis around the active cursor
V	Zoom between cursors on the x axis
Shift + V	Zoom between cursors on the y axis. Note that this only works if the cursor style allows y axis positioning.
G	Zoom in around the left-hand cursor.
T	Zoom out around the left-hand cursor.
H	Zoom in around the right-hand cursor.
Z	Zoom out around the right-hand cursor.
X	Reset the zoom