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Transcript Format

If you don’t need timecodes, you can upload a plain text file of your transcript in .txt format.
Break up your text into segments to make it more readable. You can use blank lines, new lines, or specific characters. We recommend adding a blank line between units.

Multilingual Transcripts

If you want to add multiple languages to your transcript:
  1. include each language within each transcript units 
  2. keep language order consistent within transcript units
  3. separate languages with specific characters, like /

Here's an incorrectly formatted text transcript with multiple languages.

Welcome to Audio-Video! Bienvenido a Audio-Video!

Puedes crear transcripciones con Audio-Video. / You can create transcripts with Audio-Video.

This transcript won’t play back with the video, but it’s still useful for people who want to read the contents. / Esta transcripción no se reproducirá con el video, pero aún es útil para las personas que desean leer el contenido.

(error)  Inconsistent order of languages in the second transcript unit

(error)  No separator between languages in the first transcript unit

 

Here's the same transcript, corrected: 

Welcome to Audio-Video!   / Bienvenido a Audio-Video!

You can create transcripts with Audio-Video. / Puedes crear transcripciones con Audio-Video.

This transcript won’t play back with the video, but it’s still useful for people who want to read the contents. / Esta transcripción no se reproducirá con el video, pero aún es útil para las personas que desean leer el contenido.

(tick) The separator / appears consistently between languages in a unit

(tick) Languages always appear with English first, then Spanish

 

Uploading Your Transcript

  1. Edit or create a media asset
  2. Click Transcript
    • The transcript area will open
  3. Click Choose file 
    • The file browser for your operating system will open
  4. Open your transcript 
    • Make sure your file follows the formatting requirements above 
    • The file browser will close
  5. Click Upload
    • You’ll see a confirmation message, and the transcript wizard open
    • Don’t worry about the “empty timecode have been inserted” message; this won’t affect your final transcript 
  6. Under “Timecodes” choose the unit delimiter
    • This is the character you used to separate out sections in your transcript for readability
    • If you followed the formatting example above, the unit delimiter is “Empty Line” 
  7. Under "Languages," choose whether your transcript has one or multiple languages
  8. If your transcript has more than one language:
    1. Enter the “Language Delimiter” 
      • This is the character you used to separate out languages
      • If you used the example above, choose "Custom: /"
    2. Select your languages in the order in which they appear
      • Remember, you should keep the language order consistent in your transcript

* Verify that the correct language label was assigned using the tabs under the language section

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