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Trying to get German transcript?
Hi I tried to upload a meeting that was recorded. The language is german so when I uploaded the mp4 file, I chose german and chose to create a transcript. I'm hoping I can then download the transcri...
- Hi boflynn,
Currently, only English and Spanish are available for auto-generated captions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/portal-autogenerate-captions
With other languages currently, you actually have to upload a custom caption file. I imagine that auto-transcript will be available for other languages in the future.
Hope this answers your question!
Best, Chris
Hi,
In https://express.adobe.com/page/OUxtXMQI0hbUm/ language, need to manage something like this reasonably and might have the option to assist you with figuring out the organization.
Currently under development per roadmap here
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2Ff%2F2%2Fe%2Ff2e66351-35f6-4c9e-8d93-9d5fa24e193a%2FComparison%2520Stream%2520(Classic)%2520to%2520Stream%2520(built%2520on%2520SharePoint)%2520roadmap%2520%26%2520migration%2520info%2520-%2520April%25202022.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
- Generate transcript on demand for a video in other languages besides English
- Upload subtitles for alternate languages
Hope that helps!
Best, Chris
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2Ff%2F2%2Fe%2Ff2e66351-35f6-4c9e-8d93-9d5fa24e193a%2FComparison%2520Stream%2520(Classic)%2520to%2520Stream%2520(built%2520on%2520SharePoint)%2520roadmap%2520%26%2520migration%2520info%2520-%2520April%25202022.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
- Generate transcript on demand for a video in other languages besides English
- Upload subtitles for alternate languages
Hope that helps!
Best, Chris
- Hi Chris, the linked page is not accessible any more. I'm researching, because german transcripts are more than funny - mostly an obscene compilation of arbitrary words which would probably trigger NSA surveillance if exposed to the outside. Since I'm working in an international environment, some meetings even mix languages (english, german, italian), adding additional complexity. The big question is: after being able to transcribe other languages will the transcription service also be able to autodetect the language spoken?
- Marc Mroz
Microsoft
Both Stream (Classic) and Stream (on SharePoint) need you to say what language is being spoken in the video before we can transcribe it. We are working on using some of the Azure tech to auto detect the language but it’s not going to work as far as I’ve seen with multiple languages spoken in the video. I think the best we’ll likely get to eventually is detecting the first spoken language or the one spoken most. We are still investigating how to leverage this tech, improve it, and incorporate it into transcription for videos in onedrive and SharePoint. This won’t be applied to Stream (Classic) as we are gearing toward the retirement announcement later this year or early next.Marc Mroz Hi Marc, thanks for your prompt and substantial reply. The situation (multiple languages spoken during a meeting) described is actually very common in our situation and probably at Microsoft as well. I reviewed some other transcripts with English only and they are pretty good to understand. But in the end using language autodetection would improve results considerably when it comes to languages other than English. Kind regards, Manfred
