I recommend transcription as a finishing step in editing a video.

I uploaded a six-minute audio clip and it was transcribed in just a few minutes. Don't be fooled: the demo has plenty of functionality. Simply upload an audio file to the speech-to-text demo and it will transcribe the audio for you.

IBM have put Watson technology to use processing all kinds of data, including speech. You might have heard about IBM's Watson supercomputer when it was defeating defending Jeopardy! champions in 2011. Let's look at how to generate subtitles and captions for any video. There are plenty of reasons why YouTube isn't always the right tool for the job. Or maybe you are Irish and YouTube just completely mangles your accent. Or maybe your videos are for a course you're producing and you don't want to put your files on YouTube. For one, there is no way to collaborate on the subtitles. There are other problems with YouTube's service. Google makes it tricky to save the subtitles from other peoples' videos, but there is a workaround. SRT is a widely supported format (including Facebook video). To export and download a subtitle file, click the Actions dropdown and select the file type you need. Click Publish Edits when you're finished to save the corrected subtitles. Use the embedded video player to work your way through the video and intervene as needed. You can type over any of the incorrect subtitles to correct them.

On the left side, you'll see the transcription that YouTube automatically generated. Now press the Edit button to begin adjusting them.

Select the Subtitles & CC option to view the subtitle settings, and then click on the subtitle file you want to alter. How to Correct the Automatic Subtitles on YouTube Thankfully, you have the option to manually adjust them. Although the service does seem to be continually improving, YouTube's transcription is notoriously (and sometimes hilariously) imperfect. Easily Add Subtitles to a Video in Premiere ProĬreating subtitles with YouTube is easy, automatic transcription is built directly into the service, and can be edited in the Video Manager.

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