How to customise Parlatype
Gabor Karsay
gabor.karsay@gmx.at

# Preferences

To open the preferences dialogue click on the primary menu in the headerbar.

# Preferences for the waveform

Resolution: The resolution of the waveform image is given in pixels per second, e.g. the default resolution of 100 means that one second is shown with a width of 100 pixels.

Fixed vs. moving cursor: There are two modes determining how to follow the cursor. On slower systems, a moving cursor might be smoother.

Show time scale: Turn the time scale on or off.

# Preferences for controls

Jump back on pause: Parlatype will rewind a few seconds on each pause, this way you can easier resume typing. Set this value to 0 if you don’t want this behaviour.

Jump back: Configures how many seconds to skip when the Jump back button is pressed.

Jump forward: Configures how many seconds to skip when the Jump forward button is pressed.

Pressing Play at the end of file – Replay file: Whether you want to repeat the file at the end. If not, it will replay a few seconds like on pause.

Pressing Play at the end of selection – Replay selection: Whether you want to repeat the selection. If not, it will replay a few seconds like on pause.

# Preferences for timestamps

These settings affect how Parlatype formats timestamps. If you need a certain format in your transcription, you can adjust it here.

There are no settings for reading timestamps. Parlatype reads and accepts all of these formats.

Always show hours and leading zeroes: Whether to show a fixed number of digits. Changing any of these values will show an updated example in the Example section below.

Precision: Choose between full seconds, 10th seconds or 100th seconds.

Fraction separator: Choose between a point or a hyphen to separate fractions of a second.

Characters around timestamps: Choose between number signs, round brackets, square brackets or none.