Fact · Dictation for work and study
NCH Software describes the choice between keyboard hot keys and a supported transcribing pedal as the two ways to run Express Scribe's audio playback.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Reduce your turn around time using Express Scribe’s audio playback with keyboard hot keys or by installing one of the supported transcribing pedals.”
Express Scribe Transcription Software: Foot Pedal Controlled Digital Transcription Audio Player, NCH Software, NCH Software, n.d., Product description, Pro Edition section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The vendor presents the two controls as alternatives for the same playback feature, and says the aim is shorter turnaround.
- What it does not show
- The claim about turnaround is the vendor's aim, not a tested result. The page does not say that either control is faster for the typist.