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Express Scribe is a free program that you can download to your Mac or Windows pc so that you can transcribe on a non-Bowdoin computer. 

Go here to download Express Scribe:

http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/

Click on the link for "Download Express Scribe" on the right side of the web page window. Save the essetup.exe (pc) or scribemac.zip (mac) file to your desktop.

Find the essetup.exe or scribemac.zip file on your desktop and double click on it to open it. Follow the steps to install the program. At the "Select Related Programs" window (appears on Windows installation only), don't check anything. When the installation is complete, "Express Scribe" will open.

Drag and drop your recorded audio file into the top half of the window (below the labels for "Recording, Sender, etc.)

Click on the file and then click on the Play (green arrow) button to play back your file.

Adjust the speed of the playback by dragging the Speed slider in the bottom right of the window to the left to make it slower and to the right to make it faster.

For more information on how to use Express Scribe, the complete manual is distributed as part of the install file and fully describes operation. To open the manual from within the software, choose Help -> Help Contents (pc) or Help ->Express Scribe Help (mac).