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No there isn't, and I am not planning to develop one.
There are already quite a few slow-down- and-loop applications
available for iPad/iPhone/Android.
Transcribe! is quite full featured, and this is what distinguishes it from other
applications in the same general area. But if I did a version for
smartphones and tablets, it would be necessary to lose quite a lot of
features. This would result in a product that wouldn't be very much
different from other products already out there - so what would be the
point of that?
Incidentally there is a product called "Transcribe+" for iOS which has nothing to do with Seventh String Software.
I wish they had not used such a similar name as it can cause confusion.
There is a list of related software for iPad/iPhone/Android on this page. I'm not going to recommend any particular one because they all have different features, so which one suits you is going to depend very much on which features you consider most important.
No, and I don't have any immediate plans to make it available. I don't see any great advantage to it, and I do see various drawbacks.
Click here for a discussion of the subject.
No, I'm too busy working on the software and running Seventh String. Visit Google and search for "music transcription service".
Automatic transcription of music is very difficult and as far as I know there is no program
that can produce a usable result, unless possibly on some very simple material such as a
one-note-at-a-time instrument recorded without accompaniment. Even then it probably won't
get the rhythms anywhere near, though it should be able to recognise the notes.
Certainly there is software out there that claims to do automatic transcription
(click here) but in my view some of these
products make rather exaggerated claims about what they can do.
Also see here for a further reflection
of mine on this subject.
I would suggest you check out existing services to see what they offer (visit Google and search for "music transcription service"). Set up a website offering your services. And then use your imagination (but don't use spam) to make people such as musicians, music publishers, etc, aware of your existence. It might be worth contacting existing transcription services as they might want to subcontract.
No. The Help files and the website FAQ are all the documentation there is. If they are missing anything, please let me know.
Not at present. Transcribe! is aimed at a small niche market and does not at present earn the kind of money that could justify such effort and expense. I consider that developing the software further is a more effective way to spend my time. Maybe in the future.