Printing and Exporting Transcripts

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Printing a Transcript

The currently open file can be printed by doing one of the following:

  • Choosing File > Print
  • Pressing Command-P

The printed transcript has the same layout as the app, with each speaker range shown with the assigned speaker name above. Timestamps are displayed in the right column for the start of new sentences. The file name and page number are displayed in the footer.

 

Exporting a Transcript to Avid DS Captions

SpeedScriber can be used very effectively for saving time when preparing captions and subtitles. However since SpeedScriber is currently designed to only handle speech metadata we strongly discourage adding non-speech metadata (e.g. [music playing]) for captioning purposes since this will affect word timings.
For complex captioning, we recommend that SpeedScriber is used to save time in creating a "first pass" of the speech and other audio descriptions are added later in Avid.

If the current file contains timecode, it can be exported to Avid DS Captions format by doing the following:

  • Choose File > Export > Avid DS Captions

Three options are available to determine how SpeedScriber creates caption pages:

  • Auto (Up to 1 line) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 line per page.
  • Auto (Up to 2 lines) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 or 2 lines per page.
  • Single Line Sentences — each sentence is placed on a single line in separate caption pages with no maximum characters per line. 

Maximum characters per caption line can be set to 20, 32, 36 or 42. Lower values are useful for portrait aspect videos.

Several options are available for exporting speaker names:

  • None — no speaker names will be exported.
  • Name: – speaker name with a colon will be added on each change of speaker.
  • >> NAME: — two arrows and the speaker name in uppercase will be added on each change of speaker.

 

Exporting a Transcript to Avid Script

The current file can be exported to Avid Script format by doing the following:

  • Choose File > Export > Avid Script

Read more on using integrating SpeedScriber with Avid Media Composer.

 

Exporting a Transcript to Final Cut Pro

Transcripts can be exported to Final Cut Pro using XML. The transcript text will be broken down into chunks (using the FCP Export Keyword Type set in Preferences) and converted to keyword ranges. The speaker name is used as the keyword and the transcript is added to the Notes column. Words highlighted in the transcript as a Favorite are converted to favorite ranges in Final Cut Pro.

To send a transcript to Final Cut Pro running on the same Mac:

  • Choose File > Send to Final Cut Pro

To export a transcript to a Final Cut Pro XML file:

  • Choose File > Export > Final Cut Pro XML
All XML exports use version 1.6 which is compatible with Final Cut Pro 10.3 and later. It is usually easiest to use a round trip workflow. If a Final Cut Pro clip has been imported to SpeedScriber using the round trip workflow, then the Export and Send to Final Cut Pro options are not available and the round trip workflow should be used for export.

Read more on integrating SpeedScriber with Apple Final Cut Pro.

 

Exporting a Transcript to iTunes Timed Text (.itt)

SpeedScriber can be used very effectively for saving time when preparing captions and subtitles. However since SpeedScriber is currently designed to only handle speech metadata we strongly discourage adding non-speech metadata (e.g. [music playing]) for captioning purposes since this will affect word timings.
For complex captioning, we recommend that SpeedScriber is used to save time in creating a "first pass" of the speech and other audio descriptions are added later in Final Cut Pro.

The currently open file can be exported to iTunes Timed Text for use in Final Cut Pro by doing the following:

  1. Choose File > Export > iTunes Timed Text (.itt)

Three options are available to determine how SpeedScriber creates caption pages:

  • Auto (Up to 1 line) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 line per page.
  • Auto (Up to 2 lines) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 or 2 lines per page.
  • Single Line Sentences — each sentence is placed on a single line in separate caption pages with no maximum characters per line. 

Maximum characters per caption line can be set to 20, 32, 36 or 42. Lower values are useful for portrait aspect videos.

Several options are available for exporting speaker names:

  • None — no speaker names will be exported.
  • Name: — speaker name with a colon will be added on each change of speaker.
  • >> NAME: — two arrows and the speaker name in uppercase will be added on each change of speaker.

When importing the file into Final Cut Pro, the Insertion Time option should be set to the default value of Relative to Timeline. iTunes Timed Text format requires frame rate information, so if the current file does not contain it, you will be asked to choose a frame rate when exporting.

 

Exporting a Transcript to PDF

The currently open file can be exported to PDF by doing the following:

  1. Choose File > Export > PDF

The layout in the exported PDF is identical to printing a transcript.

 

Exporting a Transcript to Plain Text

The current file can be exported to plain text format by doing the following:

  • Choose File > Export > Plain Text.

Several options are available for exporting timestamps in the text file:

  • None — no timestamps will be exported.
  • Change of Speaker — a timestamp will be added after each speaker name.
  • Start of Sentence — a timestamp will be added before each sentence.

 

Exporting a Transcript to SubRip (.srt)

SpeedScriber can be used very effectively for saving time when preparing captions and subtitles. However since SpeedScriber is currently designed to only handle speech metadata we strongly discourage adding non-speech metadata (e.g. [music playing]) for captioning purposes since this will affect word timings.
For complex captioning, we recommend that SpeedScriber is used to save time in creating a "first pass" of the speech and other audio descriptions are added later in online or desktop captioning apps that have more capabilities.

The current file can be exported to SubRip (.srt) format by doing the following:

  • Choose File > Export > SubRip (.srt)

Three options are available to determine how SpeedScriber creates caption pages:

  • Auto (Up to 1 line) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 line per page.
  • Auto (Up to 2 lines) — words will automatically be distributed across caption pages with 1 or 2 lines per page.
  • Single Line Sentences — each sentence is placed on a single line in separate caption pages with no maximum characters per line. 

Maximum characters per caption line can be set to 20, 32, 36 or 42. Lower values are useful for portrait aspect videos.

Several options are available for exporting speaker names:

  • None — no speaker names will be exported.
  • Name: — speaker name with a colon will be added on each change of speaker.
  • >> NAME: — two arrows and the speaker name in uppercase will be added on each change of speaker.

You can also choose if timestamps should match the timecode on the imported source file, or start from zero using the absolute time:

  • Absolute Time (this will be the correct choice for most workflows and is selected by default).
  • Timecode

 

Exporting a Transcript to Word

The current file can be exported to plain text format by doing the following:

  • Choose File > Export > Word (.docx)

Several options are available for exporting timestamps in the text file:

  • None — no timestamps will be exported.
  • Change of Speaker — a timestamp will be added after each speaker name.
  • Start of Sentence — a timestamp will be added before each sentence.

 

 
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