Welcome to the FTW Transcriber.
The FTW Transcriber is transcription software for Windows that offers great time-saving features like automatic timestamps and superior sound quality, plus much more. It’s used by thousands of solo transcribers, police forces, hospitals, parliaments, and firms of all kinds.
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- enhanced audio quality
- automatic adding of timestamps and frames – huge time-saver! (optional)
- saves different timestamp and hotkey settings for different clients
- enables you to send timestamp/hotkey settings to other transcribers to ensure consistent house style
- plays huge range of file types (including dss/ds2)
- compatible with ALL word processors!
- timestamp formatting – add them in the format of your choice
- start timestamps from any timecode, not just 00:00:00
- hotkeys for common transcription phrases like “overtalking” or “unclear”
- bookmark feature
- ability to regularly insert the current time of day in your location, manually or automatically
- plays video files (mpeg, wmv, flv, etc) with visuals displayed
- plays files either on your local drive or on remote servers without downloading first!
- local files play instantly – no wait for loading (except dss/ds2)
- balance and speed adjuster
- can be controlled with hotkeys or pedals (Infinity, Olympus, Philips, Grundig)
- pedal switch ff/rew
- friendly and prompt support, at no charge, permanently!
- free license key for Generic File Converter – click here for info.
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Transcription Exercise 23 – Quotes From Shakespeare
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Transcription Exercise 22 – UK-US Car Vocabulary
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Transcription Exercise 21 – Latin in Court
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Transcription Exercise 20 – Miss Hurd Phrases 2
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Transcription Exercise 19 – Acronyms in the News
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FTW Transcriber Video (3.5 mins)
May 26th 2025 4.4 – ability to regularly insert the current date and time of day in your location, manually and/or automatically.
May 22nd 2025 4.4 – ability to use keyboard combinations such as CTRL-G as hotkeys.
May 7th 2025 4.4 – minor fixes and updates.
November 13th 2024 4.3 – minor fixes and updates.
November 21st 2023 4.3 – ability to auto-convert m4a to wav; other minor fixes and updates.
November 29th 2022 4.3 – ability to add timestamps to Word from clipboard; other minor updates.
August 1st 2022 4.2 – At end, audio file doesn’t jump to start; playback speed is saved; Always On Top setting fixed
July 23rd 2021 4.1 – Added: hotkeys for increase speed, decrease speed, toggle between 100% and custom speed
January 25th 2021 4.0 – minor changes and fixes
March 20th 2020 3.9 – minor changes and fixes