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Anne Millar
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Jun 27, 2017
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Closed Caption .vtt edit in Stream

Love the closed caption creation on upload but how do I edit the .Vtt file created to correct our acronyms and accent? TIA
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    Marc Mroz
    Jun 29, 2017

    So it would be as follows...
    - After the autogenerated caption file is created and shows the transcript mode on the video.
    - Edit the video
    - Options section > Captions > "Download file"
    - Open up the .VTT file downloaded in a text editor, make corrections, etc.
    - Go back and edit the video > Options > Captions
    - Uncheck the "autogenerate a caption file" check box.
    - "Upload a caption" file button.
    - Upload your edited .VTT file.
     
    We'll then use your new custom caption file for the transcript mode and deep search.
     
    NOTE: We'll be adding ability to edit the transcript direclty in Stream in the future as I know the above isn't intuitive or easy.

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Marc Mroz
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Nov 28, 2017

Jennifer Bill - Sorry I missed your question on this thread till now. You can edit the .VTT file in any text editor. Notepad, Notepad++, Textpad, etc.

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djreit
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Dec 12, 2019

Marc Mroz does any one know if there are any editing tools to correct the time code?

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    Marc Mroz
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    Jan 02, 2020

    djreit - Our inline transcript editor only lets you change the text at each time code, it doesn't let you change the time codes themselves. To do that you'd have to download the VTT file, edit it in your own text editor (it's just a simple text file), and then re-upload it to the video in Stream. (Uncheck autogenate a caption file, and then click the upload a caption link to upload your manually edited VTT file).

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