News

Transana 2.22 Release

March 5, 2008 -- Transana 2.22 is now available from the Transana Web Site.

Version 2.22 features a number of new features, including the ability to propagate changes to transcripts to clips that include that section, the ability to copy changes in a clip to copies of that clip, and the capacity to show time code information in human readable format. Numerous other minor changes have been made, and a number of bugs have been found and fixed. Please see the release notes for more information on this release.

Transana Demonstration Version introduced

November 1, 2007 -- At the request of several Transana users, we have introduced the Transana Demonstration version. This version of Transana includes all of the features of the latest release and is available for free, but places limits on the amount of data that can be entered into the program. The Transana Demonstration Version should be useful for people wanting to familiarize themselves with Transana before committing to making a purchase.

Transana 2.21 Released

October 15, 2007 -- Transana 2.21 is now available on the Transana web site.

Version 2.21 fetures a complete overhaul of the text-based report infrastructure, making the reports much more flexible, as well as editable and exportable.

This release introduces the Notes Browser, and includes numerous other improvements. See the release notes for more information.

Transana 2.20 Released

April 3, 2007 -- Transana 2.20 is now available on the Transana web site.

This is the first version of Transana where the download is NOT free. Due to a lack of adequate funding, we had to make a choice. We could either reduce the amount of time being put into Transana's development and support efforts, or we could start charging for downloads. We have opted for the later, and are now asking people to pay $50 for the single-user version of Transana and $500 for all members of a project for the multi-user version. This day has been coming for a long time, and we put it off as long as was possible.

The new release has a long list of new features and enhancements. You can read more about it in the release notes . Highlights include:

There's a new, easier way to make clips. Making quick clips has also been streamlined.

The Mac OS X version is now a full release version, not an alpha test version. Audio extraction finally works on the Mac!

Transana now supports *.MOV and *.MP4 video on both platforms and *.WMV video and *.WMA audio on Windows.

You can replace the Waveform with a visualization that shows your coding.

There is a set of new maps and graphs (designed by Nicolas Sheon) that allow you to explore keyword usage across multiple episodes, allowing a form of longitudinal qualitative analysis.

You can export clip data for statistical analysis.

And much more, of course.

Transana is no longer free

March 29, 2007 -- We have no choice but to start charging for copies of Transana. Funds available through targeted development, donations, and grants are not adequate at this time to ensure Transana's ongoing development, so we chose to start charging rather than to reduce the amount of time being devoted to developing and supporting the program.

Older versions of Transana (version 2.12 and previous) will still be available for free on the Archives page. In addition, under the terms of the GNU-GPL, Transana's source code is available.

Transana 2.12 released

August 7, 2006 -- Transana 2.12 for Windows and Transana 2.12 Alpha 1.16 for Mac OS X were released today. Several problems have recently been discovered, and this release fixes them. See the release notes for more details. One of the problems, though rare, can have serious consequences, potentially causing the loss of long transcript records.

I strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Transana 2.12. If you are using the multi-user version, you will need to have your system administrator upgrade your Transana Message Server before you upgrade your copy of Transana-MU.

Introducing Transana ScreenCasts

August 7, 2006 -- I have posted the first two Transana ScreenCasts in the Documentation section of the Transana Web Site. A ScreenCast is a Flash movie made up of screen captures of a Transana session, and they are generally aimed at new Transana users.

The first ScreenCast is an Introduction to Transana, designed to show new users how to start Transana and introduce them to Transana's Main Screen. The second ScreenCast shows new users how to add a video to Transana.

More ScreenCasts are planned for the next several months. Topics will include Transcription, Creating Clips, Keywording, Searching, and Using Transana's Reports.

Transana users are invited to create their own ScreenCasts, which I will post on the Transana Web Site.

Transana 2.11 released

July 23, 2006 -- Transana 2.11 for Windows and Transana 2.11 Alpha 1.15 for Mac were released today. The new version includes several new features, including more precise control of video position from the Visualization window, "Quick Clips", major enhancements to the Keyword Map, two Norwegian translations, and a number of bug fixes. Please see the release notes for more information about the features of the new release.

Transana 2.10 released

March 22 , 2006 -- Transana 2.10 for Windows and Transana 2.10 Alpha 1.12 for Mac were released today. These versions of Transana include numerous improvements, including a 95% speed improvement in Transcript load time, the implementation of multi-user support in Transana 2, full support for Russian, partial support for Chinese and Japanese, and numerous other improvements.