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Best Way to Get VTT files to add to Rise 360
Hi all,
I'm using Camtasia 2022 to create some how to videos. I'm looking for the most effective way to create VTT files I can then upload to Rise 360 for closed captions.
I've tried creating them myself in Camtasia. I've tried uploading the videos to Youtube and then getting Youtube to automatically do them, but none of those options are fast. The Youtube one worked but the translation to closed captions wasn't great and I've still got to go in and tweak almost every line.
The best and quickest solution I found was by using a website called Veed.io. The results from that were really good (I don't know why with all the finances available to Youtube they can't give me results as good 🤔) but you have to pay to download the VTT file. That's not happening 👎🏾.
Can anyone p0int me in the direction of an effective free way to get my VTT files?
Ideally, I'm looking for a solution I can just add/upload my video to, that will then automatically changed them to closed captions, really accurately, and all I have to do is go in and make a few tweaks and then download the VTT file to then upload to Rise 360.
I'm sure others here must have found fast, effective solutions so I'm hoping someone will share 😁.
Cheers
Carlton
You can also manually change the file. There are just a few steps to do it.
- Open the SRT in Notepad
- Add WEBVTT to the top line
- Make sure all of the numbered groups have text
- Replace commas with periods
- Convert file extension to VTT
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/8a660b62-8132-4493-b8d3-a9ac1986d0c5/review
Here's a free site that works well. https://ebby.co/subtitle-tools/converter/srt-to-vtt
I like Rev.com's AI caption option which is $0.25 /minute and I have found really accurate, has an editor for things that aren't accurate (including Find + Replace, which is great), and download as VTT or other major caption types.
Forgot to add this video, she does a more detailed overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJkGwRbxQM&ab_channel=TRACCreations4E
Sorry, misread the question. If you're using Camtasia, I like their Audiate program, which is great for editing the audio and then you can output the captions. Of course, there's a cost, but it works well and if you do a lot of recording in Camtasia, it's worth it.
Here's something that is free and works well. You can use Whisper AI to convert the audio to text. You need Google Drive access.
I tested it out a while back and it works. Just follow the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQV-B83tPU&ab_channel=KevinStratvert
This one may be a little easier to follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2McMS4wNM&ab_channel=JenniferMarie
Thanks Tom and Elizabeth, I'm going to explore all the links to find the best solution for me. I really appreciate it.
I'll let you know what works best for me . 😁
Hi, just to close this off. I looked at all the options and decided that I wanted to continue to do this a free way, rather than use Rev.com for now, as my videos are generally around 3 mins - so not to long.
In the end I found an approach that worked for me. It's still more time consuming than I'd like but it ensures accuracy with the captions. In short, I currently do the following:
- upload my videos to Youtube
- Youtube creates automatic captions
- I copy and paste this captions into a note pad and clean them up by putting punctuation in etc
- I then paste them back into Youtube but use the Autosync option for captions
- When done, I download as a VTT file
- I then upload to Rise
This isn't my ideal approach as it's more time consuming than I wanted, but I am happy with the quality of the output it gives, for that little extra work. When I want to pay (or should I say when my company wants to pay), to save my time, I know there are other options available for me, so I'm happy with that.
~ Carlton
