Closed Caption .vtt edit in Stream

[Anne Millar]

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

[#2]

@scottkeir I have found a way to make the .vtt file work in Stream by simplifying the code produced by stream in it's auto transcript process. The original .vtt will look like this:

WEBVTT

NOTE duration:"00:04:19.8340000"

NOTE language:en-us

NOTE Confidence: 0.926972687244415

8bca61c2-8720-4b7e-bc4f-0c0ef383c7d9
00:00:01.780 --> 00:00:05.667
Hello! I am glad to get a chance to greet you in this cluster

NOTE Confidence: 0.950916528701782

3ff35dab-7006-4f27-a915-9850df7c2831
00:00:05.667 --> 00:00:10.682
meeting. I was looking forward
to rubbing shoulders with you

NOTE Confidence: 0.930423617362976

b47309a3-2673-4f10-8de3-7a50a496c212
00:00:10.682 --> 00:00:14.361
physically at our area directors convention, but we...

In order to make these work they need to be simplified by removing the "NOTE Confidence:..." lines and changing the verse numbers to sequential numbers:

WEBVTT

NOTE duration:"00:04:19.8340000"

NOTE language:en-us

1
00:00:01.780 --> 00:00:05.667
Hello! I am glad to get a chance to greet you in this cluster

2
00:00:05.667 --> 00:00:10.682
meeting. I was looking forward
to rubbing shoulders with you

3
00:00:10.682 --> 00:00:14.361
physically at our area directors convention, but we...

When simplified this way the resulting .vtt file can be uploaded back to Stream.

Here is also a handy page that strips all of the code and gives you a flat versified text:

Microsoft Stream transcript VTT file cleaner

docs.microsoft.com

Microsoft Stream transcript VTT file cleaner Microsoft Stream automatically generates a WebVTT file from what was spoken in a video and uses it for a video's transcript and closed captions. At times you may want to get a copy of a video's transcript …

[#3]

@David Van Leeuwen Can't access the vtt file cleaner mentioned in your post. Any updated link?

[#4]

@Jennifer Bill any text editor will open and edit the vtt file. https://www.msigeek.com/11568/10-free-text-editing-tools-for-windows-10

https://support.apple.com/guide/textedit/welcome/mac

[#5]

@Mandy Clark  you can find instructions on downloading the vtt file here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/portal-add-subtitles-captions

[#6]

@Marc MrozHi I auto generated my captions and then downloaded and edited the file in Word. I removed the 'auto generated' tick, but when I try to upload it says the file type is not supported. Do you need to put it into an editor to change the file type back to a .vtt? I tried adding .vtt on the end of the file name but this doesn't work

[#7]

You'll need to save the file as a text file first (.txt) then change the extension to .vtt @Ruhurl 

[#8]

It's here: https://amsglob0cdnstream13.azureedge.net/vttcleaner/CleanVTT.html  @gdorfeuil 

[#9]

@David Van Leeuwen Thanks I will give that a try - just by resaving .vtt?

[#10]

@Justin Miller yesterday I found the vtt to download (i recall it being tricky to find. today I cannot see where it is at all.  any ideas?

[#11]

@officepea click on the Update video details pencil icon (✎), then Download file in Options.