What is a vPedal?

‘Vive la différence’

NO OTHER FOOTPEDAL CURRENTLY PROVIDES THIS AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY ON BOTH MAC & PC'S

"The Others" want you to either purchase custom software to do the job ( which end up costing alot more ) or are "Hardware Programmable".
Hardware Programmable seems good BUT doesn't allow you to use your pedal to control applications which don't have focus
thats why we believe plug-ins are a better solution

( i.e. The media player which is playing your audio / video file in the background whilst you are using a word processing package in the foreground )

WE HAVE PLUG-IN'S FOR:

It is a foot pedal designed to connect to a computer using the Games / Serial Port or USB interface on your computer

Each pedal uses three High Quality Omron micro switches

vPedals are compatible with NCH Express Scribe & Express Dictate, iScribe, Dictation Buddy, InqScribe & FTR Player Gold

vPedals also have a HotKey Application which will allows the foot pedal to send keyboard commands to any Windows Application ( again available FREE from the support page )

OSX plug ins have been released, which makes USB vPedals also compatible with Apple Mac's. Click here.

Several Mac applications now support vPedals Transcriva ,InqScribe, LoopLoopx , Transcribe ( for music ) & NCH Express Scribe

vPedals are "Open Software Standards Based" click here to access the API for PC & Mac

 

 

 

 

 

What users have to say....

pc users

I'm actually using it right now! (Well, not right now, right now...right now, I'm writing to you.) But it's amazing the wide variety of programs with which it's compatible. I've had success not only with Windows Media Player and RealPlayer (with which your page said it would be compatible), but also with Nero ShowTime, the VLC Open Source Media Player, and several others I've tested. Although it is not THE ultimate solution for what I need it to do (as mentioned, I translate scripts from the Japanese and rewrite them in English, requiring me to view the same snippets over and over and over to get the "flaps" or mouth movements matched exactly to dialogue), I'm positive that it's the next best thing.

I can't tell you how grateful I am for all your assistance. Because it arrived a few days ago, I was able to use it for a TV script I had due, and after this I'll go back to retranslating subtitles for another series. (You have to listen to the same segment over and over to get the proper translation.) With the vPedal hooked up, I can run a full-screen video on a "mirrored" monitor off my Vaio laptop. It's like I have a professional editing suite...and I can't tell you how cool that is.

So, thank you, for this incredibly useful, stupidly timesaving, and wonderfully versatile gadget.

Trish L


I just received a vPedal and am absolutely thrilled! I want to thank you for this awesome piece of equipment.

I am a transcriptionist, and I transcribe material that is used for production of several television broadcasts. I was using an analog transcriber that recorded only the audio on audio cassette tapes. This worked fine, but since my transcripts are used for television production, it would be much more efficient and accurate to transcribe directly from video.

The vPedal makes this possible, and it is so much better to transcribe directly from the video. I record the material I need to transcribe using the Windows Media Recorder, and then replay it through the vPedal launcher. It has made my job so much easier and much more accurate, because if there is a problem understanding the audio, I can use the vPedal to rewind and look at the video, which 99.9% of the time clarifies what's been said.

The vPedal works just the same as a transcribing machine that transcriptionists use, but has the added benefit of being able to see the video I'm transcribing. This is an excellent benefit for transcriptionists who work with television or movie production. It is also excellent for transcriptionists who transcribe from audio, since you can use it through, for example, Express Scribe, and you don't have to store a lot of audio tapes and have a transcriber on your desk.

I can't thank you enough for the vPedal. I've been praying that someone would invent a way to transcribe directly from video, and God answered my prayer through the vPedal. I thank God for you. Keep up the good work, and God bless you!

K Palmer


To whom it may concern:

I just received the footpedal and used it with the Real One plug in for video transcription. I've been looking for a replacement for the system as I've been having so many problems with it that it's become unreliable. I also use it with Express Scribe which is great because there are greater options for different file formats which other systems don't contain.

I have a small transcription company and I am now recommending it to others... such as subcontractors looking for work but do not have a digital transcription system yet and with another company I've subcontracted with for several years to pass on to their other subcontractors.

Thank you,

Debra P
All Type Transcription Services


a mac user

I'm loving it. I teach phonetics and for my Spanish majors who need to improve their pronunciation, I have them record digital files and I correct them. The vPedal has made it so much easier.

My wife has been complaining about her foot pedal, which she uses to control the "DSS player" software. ("It's not as responsive as my old analog foot pedal and tape player; the fast forward and rewind pedals are too close" were her major complaints.) So, I brought the vPedal home from school to see if it would work with the "DSS player." As I suspected, it wouldn't. So I converted the files to AIFF format so that Quicktime would play them and I went to "vPedal.com" to download the software to her computer and I jumped with delight when I saw the variable speed in the preferences. "This could be perfect for you," I exclaimed.

It is working like a charm. She loves it. It is responsive, the fast forward and pause and rewind work beautifully; the speed increase is perfect--at least for the doctor she's been working on for the past few hours. She is delighted, and so am I.

Knowing that I had requested this feature, and when we saw on your website: varispeed for transcriptionists, she said, "you'd better write to thank them." Thank you so much.

Richard S

 

     

 

How is it connected?

  • vPedal is connected either by the Games port or the USB port on your computer

( image above of an "on - motherboard" sound card)

 
     
     

 

Suggested Uses:

Business Professionals - Dictation on the run

  • E-mail MP3 dictation files using  the Internet - and then, that all your transcriptionist requires is Express Scribe.
  • Perfect for Professionals who need to record, transmit, and transcribe.

 

 
     
     

 

 

What are the vPedal advantages?

  • vPedal can be used as a cost effective replacement for cassette based transcription systems

You can use vPedal with "voice note" enabled:

  • MP3 players
  • Mobile Phones
  • PDA's

or

  • Sound Card equipped computers

plus there are:

  • No moving parts in the software to wear out or service
  • No tapes to buy - lose - wear out or jam

 

 
     
     

 

Voice Recognition Systems : Meetings

"Its the important things said during meetings "

  • No un trained voice recognition system can translate multi person meetings
 
     
     

 

Lawyers - Police Intercept Audio CD's

  • By using Windows Media player 9 + the vPedal wmp9 plug in you can help you speed the transcription of audio directly from audio Cd's
 
     
     

 

Data Entry Operators

  • By using the HotKey Application to send the TAB key command, vPedal's can be used to speed data entry - in Access, Excel or any data entry application.
 
     
     

 

Journalist - Interviews

  • Enabling you to playback & capture those key points
 
     
     

 

Students - @ lectures

  • Record using your vDictate unit or a Mp3 player - then playback those salient points

 
     
     

 

General-Purpose Office Transcription:

  • Use the vPedal and your PC to record dialogue, then transcribe it using a word processor
  • The user-friendly Express Scribe Software allows you to back up, fast forward, and replay sections of the speech you missed, in precisely controlled increments.
  • Works in the background or minimized

 

 
     
     

 

Telephone Re-Recording for Medical Transcriptionists

  • Get all of the benefits of digital transcription by recording over the telephone from voice-mail style dictation center's using a Telephone Recording Adapter from your local Electronics shop
  • Record once, and then transcribe at your leisure

 

 
     
     

 

Re-record from tapes

  • Archive the dictation on your PC's hard drive in compressed MP3, or regular .WAV format.
  • Just connect an audio cable from your tape machine's audio output to the PC's sound input jack and you're ready to record
  • Archive onto CDR's

 

 
     

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