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Note: If you would like to upload the transcript into Kaltura, you must remove the time stamps from each line. Kaltura has an auto-alignment feature that negates the need for the timestamps. Consequently, the time stamps will will prevent the auto-alignment form working correctly. If you have many lines of text and find that manually removing the timestamps would not be possible, please reach out to avt@uconn.edu with "transcript edit" in the subject. This IT department has a computer script that autonomously removes all the timestamps from the file within a minute.
Converting to text file (.txt)
- Open Notepad by opening your Windows Start Menu and typing in Notepad.
- File → Open → All Files → browse to find the downloaded transcript.
- Once the file is open, you may remove the timestamps manually. If you have many lines of text and find that manually removing the timestamps (for Kaltura) would not be not possible, please reach out to avt@uconn.edu with "transcript edit" in the subject. This IT department has a computer script that autonomously removes all the timestamps from the file within a minute.
- When the file is ready to be converted, click on File → Save As.
- At the end of the filename, type .txt (including the period) and make sure the Save as type: is Text Document.
- The new text file is ready to be uploaded/used with other programs, such as Kaltura.
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- Open Microsoft Word.
- Click on Open → Browse. Navigate to, and open your downloaded transcript (.vtt).
- Once the file is open, you may remove the timestamps manually. If you have many lines of text and find that manually removing the timestamps (for Kaltura) would not be not possible, please reach out to avt@uconn.edu with "transcript edit" in the subject. This IT department has a computer script that autonomously removes all the timestamps from the file within a minute.
- When the file is ready to be converted, click on File → Save As.
- Change the Save as type to Word Document.
- Click Save