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Transcript Format
If you don’t need timecodes, you can upload a plain text file of your transcript in .txt format.
Break up your text into segments to make it more readable. You can use blank lines, new lines, or specific characters. We recommend adding a blank line between units.
Multilingual Transcripts
If you want to add multiple languages to your transcript:
- include each language within each transcript units
- keep language order consistent within transcript units
- separate languages with specific characters, like /
Here's an incorrectly formatted text transcript with multiple languages.
Inconsistent order of languages in the second transcript unit
No separator between languages in the first transcript unit
Here's the same transcript, corrected:
The separator / appears consistently between languages in a unit
Languages always appear with English first, then Spanish
Uploading Your Transcript
- Edit or create a media asset
- Learn more at Upload an Audio File, Upload a Video File, and Edit Your Media
- Click Transcript
The transcript area will open
- Click Choose file
The file browser for your operating system will open
- Open your transcript
- Make sure your file follows the formatting requirements above
The file browser will close
- Click Upload
You’ll see a confirmation message, and the transcript wizard open
- Don’t worry about the “empty timecode have been inserted” message; this won’t affect your final transcript
- Under “Timecodes” choose the unit delimiter
- This is the character you used to separate out sections in your transcript for readability
- If you followed the formatting example above, the unit delimiter is “Empty Line”
- Under "Languages," choose whether your transcript has one or multiple languages
- If your transcript has more than one language:
- Enter the “Language Delimiter”
- This is the character you used to separate out languages
- If you used the example above, choose Custom: /
- Select your languages in the order in which they appear
- Remember, you should keep the language order consistent in your transcript
- In the formatting example on this page, "Language 1" is English, "Language 2" is Spanish.
- Enter the “Language Delimiter”
- Check your processed transcript at the bottom of the section
- Click each language tab to make sure Mandala assigned the correct language
- Make sure the text is separated into shorter units
- Click Save at the bottom of the editor
The media asset with your transcript will appear
Transcript processing may take a few minutes