logo

DOTE (Distributed Open Transcription Environment)

DOTE 2.0 Help Guide

What information can be found about a DOTE Project?

How to open and close the Project & Transcript Information panel

The panel opens when clicking the Project Infoℹ️ button at the top right of the DOTE window.

Button

The Project & Transcript Information panel assembles a range of helpful data about the currently open Project, including:

  • Directory links
  • Media Files
  • Transcript Statistics
  • Clips & Annotations
  • Sync-codes
  • Video-cues
  • Checkpoints
  • Autobackups
  • Merge Transcripts

Project Info

Types of information

Basic quantitative information is shown in the heading of each category, eg. number of sync-codes. Clicking the down arrow expands and the up arrow shrinks each information segment.

Opening Directories

Sometimes one needs to access the directory or folder in which the Project or a Transcript is stored. Click the Open button to do so in your file system.

Folders

Media Files

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Project:

  • All media files available in the Project - see Media Manager.
  • Which media files are currently active in the current transcript.

Media info

Transcript Statistics

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Transcript:

  • How many lines in the current transcript.
  • How many distinct speakers found in the current transcript.
  • A list of those speakers using their speaker ids.
  • A list of subtiers in the current transcript according to type.

Transcripts info

Clips & Annotations

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Transcript:

  • The number of transcript clips found in the current transcript.
  • A list of all the tags used in the current transcript.

Clips info

Sync-codes

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Transcript:

  • Total number of sync-codes in the current transcript.
  • The timestamp of the first sync-code.
  • The timestamp of the last sync-code.

Sync-codes info

Video-cues

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Project:

  • The total number of video-cues in the current transcript.

Video-cues info

Checkpoints

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Transcript:

  • The total number of checkpoints in the current transcript.
  • The title and date/time of the last known checkpoint.

Checkpoints info

Autobackups

This segment displays the following information gathered from the currently open Transcript:

  • The total number of autobackups in the current transcript.
  • The date/time of the last known autobackup.

Autobackups info

  • Merge Transcripts

This function is documented elsewhere.