Computer support for transcribing recorded activity

ABSTRACT

For many researchers studying human activity, the diverse media and technologies used for recording, viewing and analysis place heavy demands on analysts who want to stay "close" to their primary data. At the same time, the analyses themselves can require very different representational media, posing difficulties for researchers wanting to juxtapose and compare multiple perspectives on their work. The tool described here is intended to address some of these issues by providing an extensible computer environment in which multiple chronologically organized representations of a single sequence of activity can be edited, juxtaposed, and aligned.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.6 Methodology and Techniques
          Subjects: Interaction techniques

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management