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DOCX, PDF and TXT with speaker names and a timecode at every paragraph by default, plus Word line and page numbers when a reviewer needs to cite a line.
Reviewed by David Dat Nguyen, CXO Last updated
Transcript exports
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Export the same transcript as a document, a subtitle file, a research table or an editing timeline, with the timestamps and speaker names each tool expects.
18+ formats in five groups, each with the options your tool expects, and the API returns the common ones for your own code.
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18+ export formats
Subtitles with your timing
Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, Audition
The transcript goes where the work is
Three kinds of output from the same words.
Subtitles that fit the screen
SRT, VTT and TTML with one to three lines per cue, 10 to 80 characters per line, up to ten seconds per cue, and speaker names shown or hidden. Burn them into the MP4 when the platform needs open captions.
Timelines and tables
Adobe Premiere XML, Final Cut Pro X, Avid ScriptSync, markers and captions, Audition sessions, CSV with word-level times, and NVivo transcript rows for qualitative coding.
Same transcript, three different deliverables
How three kinds of teams export.
Video teams
The transcript becomes the caption file and the edit.
- SRT or VTT at two lines and 45 characters per line for the platform's player
- Premiere XML or FCPXML to cut the interview by its words
- Burn-in MP4 for social clips that need open captions
Researchers
Text ready for coding, with the times kept.
- NVivo transcript rows with a timestamp per paragraph
- CSV with start and end times for every word
- DOCX with speaker names and a timecode every 30 seconds for citation
Law firms
Documents that can be cited and checked against the audio.
- DOCX with Word line and page numbers for references in filings
- PDF with speaker names and paragraph timecodes for the file
- TXT for pasting into case management and discovery tools
Formats and options
What the export menu offers, group by group.
- Text: DOCX, TXT, PDFDOCX, TXT, PDF
- Speaker names and paragraph timecodes on by default. DOCX and TXT add timestamps before speakers, hundredths or frame rates, and a timecode every 5 seconds to 10 minutes; DOCX adds line and page numbers and removes strikethrough.
- Subtitles: SRT, VTT, TTML, burn-in MP4SRT, VTT, TTML
- Speaker names hidden, as typed or in capitals; split by sentence, 1 to 3 lines, or one word per line; 10 to 80 characters per line; 0.4 to 10 seconds per cue. VTT can color each speaker. Burn-in renders the captions into the video.
- Research: CSV, NVivoCSV, NVivo
- CSV rows with start, end, speaker, text and notes, or one row per word. NVivo transcript rows carry a timestamp and speaker per paragraph.
- Editors: Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, AuditionXML, FCPXML, SESX
- Adobe Premiere XML, Final Cut Pro X .fcpxml, Avid DS captions, Avid markers, Avid ScriptSync and Adobe Audition .sesx.
- MediaMP3, WAV, MP4
- Download the MP3 or WAV, the MP4 for video, or the original file you uploaded.
- The APIGET JSON
- GET the transcript as txt, docx, pdf, srt, vtt, avid_ds or JSON with word-level times, with the timestamp and subtitle options as parameters.
Exports, answered
What would a video editor export?
Export Premiere XML or FCPXML to bring the transcript into the timeline and cut by words, then export SRT or VTT at the platform's line length for the captions. For a social clip that needs open captions, export a burn-in MP4 with the subtitles rendered into the picture.
Can I control how subtitles are split?
Yes. Choose one, two or three lines per cue or one word per line, set the characters per line between 10 and 80, cap each cue at up to ten seconds, and let paragraph breaks override the limits. Speaker names can be hidden, shown as typed or set in capitals.
Do exports include timestamps and speaker names?
Documents include speaker names and a timecode at every paragraph by default, and you can turn either off. DOCX and TXT can also add a timecode at a fixed interval, from every five seconds to every ten minutes, and show hundredths of a second or frames.
Which formats does the API return?
TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, Avid DS and JSON with word-level start and end times, with the same timestamp and subtitle parameters as the editor. The editor-timeline formats, CSV and NVivo are exported from the app.
Is burn-in included in my plan?
Burn-in captions are included on current Core, Advanced, Pro and Enterprise subscriptions. On pay-as-you-go and the trial, a burn-in export uses credit for the length of the video.
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