Welcome to dotSub
In this tutorial we are going to show you how to transcribe a video
First thing that you need to do is login as a dotSub user
If you don't have an account, you can see the register button here and you can set up an account very easily
So you go to the video that you want to transcribe
Click on it, this takes you to the video page
We are going to look to the right
Where it says translate/transcribe in a blue tab
An you are going to click on the transcribe video tab
This takes you to our transcription user interface
First thing you need to do is click on this box that says "Add a transcription line"
That's where you are going to be typing
We are going to use the keyboard shortcuts to start and stop the video,
to enter the in and out for the transcriptions,
and to move the video forward and backward,
rewind and fastforward as you are working
So, the first thing you do is use the keyboard commands
You hit Ctrl + Shift + P to start and to stop the video
We hit Ctrl + Shift + P, the video starts, let's turn the sound on
And you listen for a few seconds
Hit Ctrl + Shift + P
And then you type what you've heard
Then you Hit Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Down
Which is going to change the outpoint for this transcription
Then you hit enter
it puts your transcription up into our queue
If you see that you made a mistake, you can hit this edit pencil
and make whatever change you need to do.
You can even change the timecode manually if needed
And then hit the green check to save your work.
And then we go back down here, click on the add a transcription line
Hit Ctrl+Shift+P to start the video
Listen for a few seconds
Ctrl+Shift+P to stop the video
Type one more
Hit Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown to change the timecode, and hit enter.
And Ctrl+Shift+P, Play the video
Ctrl+Shift+P to stop
Type, fix, Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down, Enter.
Now, if you notice that there's no talking for a few seconds
when you hit Ctrl+Shift+P to start the video
You can just play until the talking starts again
Let's say it starts right here
Hit Ctrl+Shift+P to stop the video
And then we make sure that we're clicked on the Add a transcription line
And we're going to hit Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up
And that changes the In Point for the transcription
So you can start exactly where you need to start.
And then Ctrl+Shift+P
Listen for a second, Ctrl+Shift+P to stop
Type one more
And hit Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down to change the timecode, and hit Enter.
It takes a minute to get used to it
But once you do, you'll see that it works pretty well.
We have a couple of other features in the keyboard commands
You can hit Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left and the video will rewind one second at a time
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right, the video will fast forward
one second at a time
Your work is saved every time you hit enter
So if you want to go away from this video and come back to it later to finish the transcription
you can go back to the video page
and you'll see that it's already up here
on the video player, and it will tell you what percentage of the work is done already
If you click on Translate Video again
It takes you right back and you start where you left off
and notice that every time you hit Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down
your transcription will be here in the player so you can see your work as well.
Now, when you are done with your transcription
you will need to mark it as a complete transcription
this is our template to create the subtitles.
If you don't mark it as complete, nobody will be able to do any subtitling.
So you click on Mark this Transcription Complete
and be sure that your transcription is actually complete and you've checked it
because once you hit the okay button you're not going to be able to get back in.
This is a closed transcription and it's the template for all of the subtitling.
Okay, that's it, and if you have any questions you can always go to our help
it's up here in the upper right, or you can send us an email
help@dotsub.com
Thanks.