Cacao Research and Learning Apple Script
February 15, 2009
The characters in my novel live and breathe the chocolate business. They possess various levels of expertise which I must develop. Costa Rica is one of the cacao growing nations in the 20/20 zone and I am taking full-advantage of my time here to increase my knowledge. As part of the research I have decided to record plantation tours as well as any conversations with plantation owners and workers.
The first tour was at the Tsiru’Ue cacao plantation. That was fun, but now comes the boring part: transcribing, which is tedious work compounded by not having a transcription machine with foot pedal.
Entrance to Talamanca Cacao Plantation, near Puerto Viejo Costa Rica.
I recorded with my lovely red iPod Nano and Belkin Tune Talk Stereo attached. Wonderful. However, transcribing is stop and start work and this will take forever without a way to slow down the play back speed. As I pondered this problem, I began to wonder, is it possible to turn my laptop into a transcription machine? I had to find out, so I googled turn mac pro into a transcription machine and the number one result was Turn Your Mac into an Audio Transcriber. Horray!
Red Jade, my 5th Gen. Nano with Belken Tune Talk Stereo attached. Cover Image: Piero Pelu's Presente. (Italian rock star - purrrrrr!) Photo location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
David Battino has written a script to convert his Mac into a virtual audio transcriber: pedal emulation, copy and past audio into transcription. Great.
After I read the article I though that I should learn Apple Script to understand what I’m doing instead of just copying and pasting instructions. I found free lessons. After I’ve finished them I’ll get to Battino’s transcription script. I hope it works.
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