How to download transcripts/captions in a readable form?

[PeterBaxter]

I would like to be able to download transcripts of videos I have uploaded to Canvas for a course I am the instructor for. When I click on 'Download' under 'Manage Captions' for a video I've uploaded, it downloads a zipped file. When I open/extract this, there are 2 files showing: latest.srt and original.srt. Does anyone know how/whether these can be converted to eg .txt or another format so they can be easily read? Thanks 

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi @PeterBaxter ...

I did a quick Bing search, and the first result that came up was:

SRT to TXT - Convert SRT to TXT Online - VEED.IO

I tried uploading a *.srt file to the site, and then I told it to output to a *.txt file.  It removed all the timestamp stuff that is required when you create a *.srt file...so it only shows the text in a file.  It might work for your needs.

[PeterBaxter]

Thank you very much. I have just tried this and it works. I now end up with a .txt file without all of the time stamps that were in the .srt file, which exactly what I was looking for.

[JeffW]

Hello @PeterBaxter!

You would definitely need to convert the file, downloading it from Canvas will give you the the file in the .srt format.

[CarolaUSC]

Hello @PeterBaxter 

When you download and extract all the caption files, I've found that I can rename the .srt file extension with .txt and it retains all the timings as well as the captions. It's not pretty, but seems to work. 

For shorter captions, I usually Edit the captions in Canvas Studio and then drag over the timings and text to highlight, copy and paste into word which retains the timings as well. This only works well for short captions though.

Hope that helps?