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qubodup

27 Sep, 2011 03:24 PM

It might be possible to ease listening and writing down/translating words if there was a way to slow down playback speed.

I fear this might be technically impossible though.

It would be useful if the user could set the seconds-to-skip number. 8 is often too much for me for example.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Craig Zheng on 03 Oct, 2011 04:59 PM

   

   Thanks for this suggestion. We'll think about this and see if we can come up with a solution.

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2. 2 Posted by thorsten82 on 11 Jan, 2012 10:25 PM

   

   i agree with the original poster: having 8 seconds with fast talkers is a lot of words.
   a small configurable slider, or textbox would be fantastic.

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3. 3 Posted by Alan Kelly on 20 Jan, 2012 10:16 PM

   

   I use Advanced feature (Tab control) to stop start stop start because I find it easy. Taking more time, but results in best accuracy, eloquent flow and easy synching is creating the transcript separately from the audio only. By this method, one can pay attention to selecting and pasting "just enough" into the lines.

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4. 4 Posted by claude.almansi on 08 Feb, 2012 01:38 PM

   

   Alan, I also use the Advanced feature. Nevertheless, even so, the skip back time is set at 8 seconds, which, as qubodup and thorsten82 pointed out, can be way too long with fast talkers. If skip back were 1 second, as it is on other captioning platforms, people could repeat it if they wanted to skip back more.

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5. 5 Posted by claude.almansi on 08 Feb, 2012 01:58 PM

   

   qubodup, re slowing down the video, until Univsubs possibly comes up with something of the sort, here's a DIY work around: extract the audio of the video (e.g. with MPEG Streamclip), then use Audacity's labels to transcribe it or the parts that are difficult: Audacity's transcription toolbar allows you to adjust the reading speed without modifying the video, and it is free multiplatform software.

   Links:
   Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
   Audacity's labels: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Label_Tracks
   Adjusting reading speed in Audacity: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Transcription_Toolbar

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6. 6 Posted by Alan Kelly on 08 Feb, 2012 01:59 PM

   

   Claude, I've learned to set controls for zero skip back time with Advanced
   Tab as control stop/start/stop - way way easier, more direct. Best best AK

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7. 7 Posted by claude.almansi on 08 Feb, 2012 02:20 PM

   

   Thanks, Alan: but what about when you need to skip back, e.g. when your connection is slow and hitting tab to stop does not stop the video immediately? I've had that issue when working with a wobbly wifi connection.

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8. 8 Posted by Alan Kelly on 08 Feb, 2012 02:52 PM

   

   If I understand you, you seek the best way to edit closed caption text
   within, e.g., UniversalSubtitles online application.

   When I am working and must correct a caption I just created, I click on
   that caption box, edit and it's done.

   Wobby, weak, or unreliable WiFi creates problems because data packets must
   be sent and received.

   For various reasons I prefer to
   1) obtain the audio offline;
   2) create text offline; and
   3) copy-and-paste the text to be synchronized.

   Doing the work this way makes more easy and "graceful" the
   UniversalSubtitles step of synchronizing.

   Reliable internet connections, extremely short or small files, and/or tight
   deadlines can be reasons for doing everything online.

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