Transcribe allows users to selectively enable / disable microphone input or speaker output for Transcription.
The easiest way to do this is using the User Interface. Use the Menu Items for
- Disable Speaker
- Disable Microphone
An alternate way to do this is using command line arguments at the time of starting Transcribe
-dm, --disable_mic Disable transcription from Microphone
-ds, --disable_speaker
Disable transcription from Speaker
E.g. The following command line will start Transcribe with Transcription from Microphone disabled.
python main.py -dm
Transcribe allows users to pause transcription completely. This can be done using the User Interface
Computers with many microphone, speakers can have a potential issue of selecting the correct speakers, microphone.
Transcribe allows to list all audio devices.
The device index can be used to select a specific speaker, microphone for transcription using the -mi
, -si
options on command line
Listing of all devices can be obtained as below
python main.py -l
List all audio drivers and devices on this machine
| ~ Audio Drivers on this machine ~ |
^ # INDEX # DRIVER TYPE # DEVICE COUNT # NAME
-----------------------------------------------
» [0] | 2 | 9 | MME
» [1] | 1 | 9 | Windows DirectSound
» [2] | 13 | 10 | Windows WASAPI
| ~ Audio Devices on this machine ~ |
^ # INDEX # HOST API INDEX # LOOPBACK # NAME
---------------------------------------------
» [0] 0 False Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input
» [1] 0 False Microphone (Voicemod Virtual Au)
» [2] 0 False Microphone (Logitech BRIO)
» [3] 0 False Microphone (High Definition Aud)
» [4] 0 False Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output
» [5] 0 False DELL U3219Q (NVIDIA High Defini)
» [6] 0 False Line (Voicemod Virtual Audio De)
» [7] 1 False Primary Sound Capture Driver
» [8] 1 False Microphone (Voicemod Virtual Audio Device (WDM))
» [9] 1 False Microphone (Logitech BRIO)
» [10] 1 False Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
» [11] 1 False Primary Sound Driver
» [12] 1 False DELL U3219Q (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
» [13] 1 False Line (Voicemod Virtual Audio Device (WDM))
» [14] 2 False DELL U3219Q (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
» [15] 2 False Line (Voicemod Virtual Audio Device (WDM))
» [16] 2 False Microphone (Logitech BRIO)
» [17] 2 False Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
» [18] 2 False Microphone (Voicemod Virtual Audio Device (WDM))
» [19] 2 True DELL U3219Q (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) [Loopback]
» [20] 2 True Headset Earphone (Corsair HS60 PRO Surround USB Sound Adapter) [Loopback]
» [21] 2 True Line (Voicemod Virtual Audio Device (WDM)) [Loopback]
A specific audio device can be selected using the below two options
-mi MIC_DEVICE_INDEX, --mic_device_index MIC_DEVICE_INDEX
Device index of the microphone for capturing sound.
Device index can be obtained using the -l option.
-si SPEAKER_DEVICE_INDEX, --speaker_device_index SPEAKER_DEVICE_INDEX
Device index of the speaker for capturing sound.
E.g.
python main.py -mi 3 -si 16