Download Transcripts

In Microsoft Stream, you can go into the settings and Download Captions. I had to do this fancy stuff because the Video I wanted the transcript for was not mine, and I didn't have the option to Download Captions.

I found a chrome extension but that didn't work, so I made my own called Transcript Extractor for Stream using the knowledge I got from my previous answer to streamline this process for myself and others. Hope it helps!

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/transcript-extractor-for/pabgaigmlgofdiialamkcpijifmodahl?authuser=0&hl=en

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Previous Answer

MS Stream has a feature that lets the author of a video "prevent download" for other users. This seems to also be blocking downloading the transcript and not just the video. I wanted to get the transcript from a recorded work meeting and I couldn't find a simple way to do it. After scurrying around in the Network tab of my browser, I found a way to solve my problem.

So I found the API call that Stream makes to get the full transcript from the server. 

Currently, <urlToYourStreamVideo>/streamContent is the API call that responds with the JSON with all the transcript data. Once I found this, I copied the JSON into my browsers Console and did this: 

let asd = <paste your content here> //run this as step 1
let ftw = asd.entries.map(obj => obj.text) //run this as step 2
ftw.reduce((sum, x) => sum = sum + x + "\n") //run this as step 3

I then had to figure out how to select that massive transcript by dragging and dropping. You might have a better way to do this depending on the browser you use.

Once I had it all copied, I could then use it to get a decent summary from Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT.

Hi there, the only option I have when I double click on the three ... is Disable auto scroll. Tried to copy the transcript (ctrl a, ctra c). Even though all text is highlighted, it only copies a small portion of the hour-long transcript. Appreciate ANY suggestions.

Thanks,

Rob

SarahFabius 

I've got a customer who is getting this message when trying to download the .VTT file.  Is it as simple as creating an association with Notepad or similar? Or is there another Windows setting that needs to change?

They want to download it so they can then run it through the web utility already mentioned on this thread.