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   BrightsideS9 to NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk   
   Re: Transcription program   
   18 Jul 22 12:22:03   
   
   From: reply_to_address_is_not@invalid.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:49:56 +0100, Jenny M Benson   
    wrote:   
      
   >Being the Keeper of the Wills for a genealogical society I transcribe a   
   >LOT of old handwritten Wills.  On my previous computer I had an   
   >excellent program (free download) which I used for this purpose.   
   >   
   >In brief, one loaded a JPG which appeared in the top section of the   
   >window and typed the transcription in the bottom section of the window.   
   >  The jpg automatically shifted up the page as one added lines to the   
   >transcription.  The transcription could then be saved as a Word document.   
   >   
   >Unfortunately, I lost the program when I got a new computer.  I am sure   
   >this program was called either Transcript or Transcribe but I now can't   
   >find it or anything like it.  (It was not the program called Transcribe!   
   >which is for music transcription.)  Searching consistently brings up OCR   
   >programs or ones for transcribing audio files.   
   >   
   >Does anyone either have or know the program I really want or can they   
   >recommend something that works in a similar way?   
      
   Is this it?  https://fromthepage.com/software   
      
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