diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 063e64bb6..e4691057b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Context Labeling App/Datasets
 Context Labeling App/compass-env
 Context Labeling App/__pycache__
-.vscode/launch.json
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/launch.json
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TCN/preprocess.py b/TCN/preprocess.py
index 76686bd5e..4d64236f7 100644
--- a/TCN/preprocess.py
+++ b/TCN/preprocess.py
@@ -567,6 +567,9 @@ def preprocess(set, var, labeltype, raw_feature_dir):
         # kinematics currently contains position, velocity, orientation, and gripper angle
         kine_dir_all = glob.glob(os.path.join("/".join(sub.split('/')[0:-1]),"kinematics/*"))
 
+        # Print the number of transcription files found
+        print(f"Found {len(ges_dir_all)} transcription files")
+
         # For each transcription file
         for ges_dir in ges_dir_all:  #[0:1]:
             print("\t Preprocessing: " + ges_dir)
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_gestures.py b/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_gestures.py
index 4d2f31c06..b6f29cfbb 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_gestures.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_gestures.py	
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ def labelGs(npGrouped):
 
 # For each transcript
 transcripts = glob.glob(transcriptDir+"/*.txt")
+print(f"Found {len(transcripts)} transcription files")
 for transcript in transcripts:  #[0:5]:   #[0:1]:
     # get file name of transcript
     trial = transcript.split("/")[-1]
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_motion_primitives.py b/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_motion_primitives.py
index ce90ae73d..d71297d56 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_motion_primitives.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Context to Motion Primitives/context_to_motion_primitives.py	
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ def labelMPs(npGrouped):
 
 # For each transcript
 transcripts = glob.glob(transcriptDir+"/*.txt")
+print(f"Found {len(transcripts)} transcription files")
 for transcript in transcripts:  #[0:5]:   #[0:1]:
     # get file name of transcript
     trial = transcript.split("/")[-1]
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_knot_tying.py b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_knot_tying.py
index a268d60d7..86512e3ad 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_knot_tying.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_knot_tying.py	
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def getDistance(translated, truth):
 
 # Get list of trials
 trials = os.listdir(mpDir)
+print(f"Found {len(trials)} transcription files")
 
 # Set up to take average edit distance
 editDistances = []
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_needle_passing.py b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_needle_passing.py
index 47b528599..c58db6808 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_needle_passing.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_needle_passing.py	
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ def getDistance(translated, truth):
 
 # Get list of trials
 trials = os.listdir(mpDir)
+print(f"Found {len(trials)} transcription files")
 
 # Set up to take average edit distance
 editDistances = []
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_peg_transfer.py b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_peg_transfer.py
index d02a83132..90a453a56 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_peg_transfer.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_peg_transfer.py	
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ def getDistance(translated, truth):
 
 # Get list of trials
 trials = os.listdir(mpDir)
+print(f"Found {len(trials)} transcription files")
 
 # Set up to take average edit distance
 editDistances = []
diff --git a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_suturing.py b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_suturing.py
index 4250117c0..3bb866829 100644
--- a/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_suturing.py	
+++ b/Translation Scripts/Motion Primitives to Gestures/motion_primitives_to_gestures_suturing.py	
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ def getDistance(translated, truth):
 
 # Get list of trials
 trials = os.listdir(mpDir)
+print(f"Found {len(trials)} transcription files")
 
 # Set up to take average edit distance
 editDistances = []