If the application won't launch by double-clicking its icon then try launching it in a console instead, so you can see the error message. With a Transcribe! icon in your file browser, and you can double-click them to open them in Then you get a proper installation in your '~/bin' folder, transcription files will be displayed However if you run install-linux.sh, which has kindly been provided to us by J.Jørgen von Bargen, You can run Transcribe! directly from that folder if you want to, without running the install script. When you unzip the download file you will find the transcribe executable and some supporting files.

There is more information in the readme you will find in the download.

It is a binary distribution so there may be other issues with library versions etc. Unpack the download with 'tar -xzf xscsetup-9.30.2.tar.gz'. If this happens to you then please see the FAQ here. The commonest problem that people have with the Linux version is that sound won't output, and that Transcribe! may freeze, or pause for several seconds before starting to play sound. However these packages are not produced by Seventh String so don't ask me for help in using them. Some Linux distros offer 'packages' for installing Transcribe! That's fine with me, though you can also very easily install Transcribe! directly from the download here. First, please check this page where there are some notes about specific Linux distros.

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