Scribe 4 Software

Scribe 4 is an optimally flexible data analysis program that permits users to label events in live observations or in QuickTime movies, summarize event timings, and play back labeled events in customized configurations. Scribe 4 is a cross-platform JavaScript application that runs equally well on Macs and PCs. Mouse- and keyboard-controlled input windows control data input, marking the onsets and offsets of any number of discrete variables. Scribe 4's output presents (1) chronological records of event timings, (2) interactive timelines representing coded behavior, and (3) summary tables that describe data recorded over the course of observation intervals. Scribe 4 can record data directly from QuickTime movies, linking the data record to the video file. This permits users to replay labeled events in ways that illuminate relationships among variables of interest.

Scribe 4 was developed at the Center for Music Learning and is an integral part of the teacher preparation and behavioral research programs in the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music. Scribe 4 is used in a number of other universities in the US and abroad in teaching and research applications.

For further information about Scribe 4, contact the Center for Music Learning office.

For detailed written information about Scribe 4, download the Scribe 4 User Manual here.

For detailed written information about Scribe 4.1, download the Scribe 4.1 User Manual here.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS: Scribe 4.0.6 requires the Firefox 2 browser. It will not run in the latest version of Firefox, Version 3. You may obtain a free copy of Firefox 2 by clicking here.

A new version of Scribe 4 that will run in the latest versions of Firefox and in Safari will be available in late February 2009. We apologize for the delay, and we'll send an announcement to all current users when the downloads are available.

To purchase one or more copies of Scribe 4.0.6, click here.