Reddit reviews in-USB-1 Infinity USB Foot Pedal for Computer Transcription

I've never done transcription but did IT for court reporters that absolutely swore by USB foot pedals like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EA1K66 to control pause, rewind, and play.

This is the model

Don't get it on amazon as it's ridiculously over priced. If you can, get it on ebay. The lower priced ones go for ~$20 US.

I've used this pedal for at least a year now, no issues.

My recommendation is to avoid the cheap Chinese pedals you find from a simple "USB foot pedal" search on most sites (although I guess even the good ones are probably still made in China, so just avoid the cheap ones).

I use this one: www.amzn.com/B008EA1K66 (you can find it for much cheaper on eBay). On Windows 7 I was not able to get livesplit to recognize it directly and ended up spending more time than I'd like to admit learning how to use AutoHotkey and writing a script to bind the pedal inputs to something else. I did eventually get it working though.

On Windows 8, Livesplit picks up the pedal directly, so it's really simple.

I suspect that this pedal would be equally good, if not better: www.amzn.com/B002MY6I7G but I haven't personally used it.

I use the Infinity pedal. It's basically plug and play. And it's not "bound" on a keyboard press. So you cannot accidentally type and screw up your splits.


https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-USB-1-Computer-Transcription-Pedal/dp/B008EA1K66/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=infinity+foot+pedal&qid=1574977323&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTjlSRTdXWk9SQVo2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTAxNjE4MVZLU0c1NllYMEJURCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDk2ODU4MVFLUEpEQ0g5U05EOCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

I just throw an extra keyboard under the desk an go barefoot. No, I'm joking, but my wife uses a foot peddle for medical transcription classes. She uses it for pause/play/etc of the audio.

http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-IN-USB-1-Computer-Transcription-Pedal/dp/B008EA1K66