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https://github.com/dnoneill/captiontotranscript


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# captiontotranscript

This script creates a txt transcript file for VTT or SRT transcripts. It will create a transcript for every vtt and/or srt file in the inputted filepath.

# Steps to Run

1. Have python installed
2. Open a command line terminal
3. Download this script

`git clone https://github.com/dnoneill/captiontotranscript.git`
4. Go to captiontotranscript folder

`cd captiontotranscript`
5. Create a virtual environment

`python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment`
6. Enable virtual environment

`source /path/to/new/virtual/environment/bin/activate`
7. Install libraries

`pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
8. Run script

`python3 captiontotranscript.py`

9. Enter the filepath where the captions are located. This script will find all vtt and srt files in a folder, even if they are nested so only worry about giving the path of the topmost folder.

10. Transcript files will be located in the captiontotranscript folder.

# Troubleshooting for Mac
## Problems running in terminal
1. Go to the Terminal > Preferences
2. In the line Shell opens with: if the line says /bin/tsch change it to /bin/bash