f5 is a program which supports the transcription progress, the progress of manually writing down interview situations from video or audio files. Your work is alleviated by f5, because it slows down the playback speed without changing the pitch. You can control the playback with a footswitch or shortcuts. Whenever you pause the playback, f5 automatically rewinds it. An innovative function of f5 is that it synchronises your text with your current media file by adding a cue point to every paragraph. This allows you to directly jump to the passage you want to replay.

f4 supports your transcription process, meaning your personal typing of video or audio recordings from interview situations. Applications like Windows Media Player or iTunes do not qualify for this kind of work. They lack essential features that simplify the transcription process. Automatic voice recognition software will cease operating if there is more than one voice involved (which is usually the case during an interview).

Works with anything!
Our USB footswitch, which is a home-grown German product from design to manufacture, can operate audio and video files on all PCs and MACs, regardless of which recording equipment has been used.

Simply plug & play
It works in direct conjunction with a lot of free transcription programs and offers an inexpensive and flexible workspace solution.

A test report by Dr. Thorsten Dresing and Thorsten Pehl (Sept. 13th, 2007)

The new ZOOM H2 has been announced for a long time and eagerly awaited since then. For an MSRP of 236 Euros, it was expected to unify many functions in a single, palm-sized device and to be an MP3/Wave recorder extremely easy to handle. But would it finally satisfy all the high expectations? The device arrived at our place on September 13th, 2007, and our test report presents the Zoom H2 in detail for you.