Session Editor

The Session Editor is the main window for viewing and editing session transcripts. It displays session data as a continuous transcript document with dockable side and bottom panels for additional tools and views.

Editor Layout

The Session Editor window is composed of the following areas:

  • Transcript — The central area displays the session as a continuous document. The session header shows metadata (date, media, languages, participants, tiers) followed by records containing tier data for each utterance. The transcript is always visible and cannot be closed.
  • View sidebar — A vertical strip of icon buttons on the left and right edges of the window. Clicking a sidebar button opens the corresponding view panel alongside the transcript. See Editor Views for details.
  • Status bar — The bottom of the window shows the session file path and an error/warning summary. Clicking the error/warning indicator opens the Session Check view.

Transcript

The transcript displays all session data in a single scrollable document. At the top, the session header shows:

  • Date — Session recording date
  • Media — Assigned media file name
  • Languages — Session language codes (ISO-639-3)
  • Participants — Listed participants with roles
  • Tiers — Visible tier names for the session

Below the header, each record is displayed with a record number on the left and tier data on the right. The first tier row shows the speaker label (e.g., Narrator:) followed by the orthographic transcription. Subsequent rows show IPA Target, IPA Actual, Segment, and any additional tiers.

Click on any tier value to place the cursor and begin editing. The status bar below the transcript shows the current document position, record index, tier name, and character position.

Media Player — An embedded media player bar below the transcript provides playback controls, a seek bar, and volume adjustment. See Media Player for details.

For more information see Transcript View.

Record Toolbar

The record toolbar at the top of the transcript provides the following controls:

  • Record field — Shows the current record number. Type a number and press Enter to jump to that record.
  • of N — Total number of records in the session.
  • Navigation buttons — First (Ctrl+Shift+P), Previous (Cmd+[), Next (Cmd+]), Last (Ctrl+Shift+N).
  • Add record — Insert a new record (Cmd+N).
  • Duplicate record — Copy the current record (Cmd+D).
  • Delete record — Remove the current record (Cmd+Delete).
  • More actions — Additional record operations.
  • Play segment — Play the media segment for the current record (Cmd+Y). The dropdown arrow provides additional playback options.
  • A+ — Adjust the transcript font size. Use Cmd+= to increase and Cmd+- to decrease.

Status Bar

The transcript status bar displays contextual information about the current cursor position:

  • Document position — Character offset in the transcript document
  • Transcript element index — Index of the current element in the transcript
  • Record index — The record number at the cursor
  • Tier — The tier name at the cursor (e.g., IPA Target, Orthography)
  • Character — Character position within the current tier value

The bottom status bar shows the session file path on the left and an error/warning count on the right. Errors are shown in red and warnings in orange. Click the count to open the Session Check view.