Transcriber's Installation for Windows NT

Installation for Windows NT

Here are the steps involved in downloading and installing the Windows version of Transcriber.

(1) Install Tcl/Tk 8.2

From URL

http://www.scriptics.com/products/tcltk/downloadnow82.html

download "Windows 95 and Windows NT self-extracting installer" (tcl823.exe)
Double-click on the .exe file to install Tcl/Tk.
The machine will reboot after installation.

(2) Install Snack 1.6

From URL

http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/download.html

download "Binary Release for Windows 95/98/NT with Tcl/Tk 8.1.1 or later" (snack165n.exe)
Double-click on the .exe file to install Snack.

(3) Install Transcriber

From the Transcriber sourceforge project site

http://sourceforge.net/projects/trans/files/transcriber/

download exe file
Double-click on the .exe file to install Transcriber.

In each case, the installer program will ask you what folder to use.
For Transcriber, the default is

```
C:\Program Files\Transcriber
```

(4) Start Transcriber

In the start menu, within the program sub-menu, a "Transcriber" menu is now available. You can start Transcriber by choosing "Main.tcl". The documentation is available in the same menu and is viewed from your browser. You can also place a shortcut to Main.tcl (for the default installation location, it will be found in C:\Program Files\Transcriber\tcl) on your desktop, renamed "Transcriber", as a more convenient way of accessing the program.