Working with Transcripts in Echo360
Transcripts are text versions of speech from video or audio media, allowing viewers to read along with the spoken words. They provide the text of what is being spoken on the screen, divided into small chunks that correspond to the video’s location. Transcripts show the entire transcription, highlighting the current entry, and are searchable within the player.
Transcripts for media created and uploaded by Lassonde instructors are generated by Echo360’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Service after the media has been posted to a class section.
Accessing the Transcript Editor
- Echo360: Accessing the Transcript Editor – Describes various ways to access the Transcript Editor, including through the Media Tile menu, the Media Details page, and the Class List.
Editing Transcripts
- Echo360: Uploading a Transcript File for Editing – Provides instructions for uploading a transcript file into Echo360, including required format specifications.
- Echo360: Editing a Transcript using the Transcript Editor – Step-by-step instructions for entering edit mode, modifying text, changing speaker tags, saving new versions, and using the undo/redo functions in the Transcript Editor.
- Echo360: Using the Transcript Editor Playback Panel– Highlights features in the Transcript Editor Playback Panel that improve editing efficiency, such as scrubbing, speed control, volume, captions, and the “Pause when typing” feature.
- Echo360: Using Search and Replace in the Transcript Editor – Describes the Search and Replace feature, which is useful for correcting commonly mistranscribed phrases.
Editing Transcripts Outside of Echo360
- Echo360: Editing Transcriptions Outside of Echo360 – Details the process of exporting a transcript, making edits in a text editor or transcription software, and uploading the edited file back into Echo360, including useful tips.
Managing and Downloading Transcripts
- Echo360: Managing and Downloading Transcriptions – Introduces how to manage transcriptions in Echo360, including updating, downloading, editing, reverting, and deleting both automated and manually uploaded transcripts. Includes steps for downloading original and edited transcript files and reverting to original transcriptions.
- Echo360: Exporting a Transcript for Offline Use – Provides steps to export a transcript file for use outside of Echo360.
Deleting Transcripts from Media
Additional Transcription Features
Echo360 provides additional features for working with transcripts to support digital accessibility. Additional documentation is available for Instructors at Echo360: Transcripts.