From: f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@THISgmail.com   
      
   On 18/07/2022 15:27, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > On 18/07/2022 10:49, 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?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've spent an hour or two playing about with this.  It looks as if I can   
   > create a program with two windows as you describe but haven't worked out   
   > how to automate the scroll of the image yet.  Would something with a   
   > manual scroll do at a pinch?   
   >   
   > One point occurs to me: the amount that would have to be scrolled per   
   > line of text would depend on the size of the writing.  How did your   
   > original program cope with that?   
      
   Transcript uses in the version I use a single (but changeable) setting   
   which mostly is well enough for the task. For some you need to correct   
   manually a bit using sliders or change the setting.   
      
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