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Students: Using Kaltura's transcripts to study more efficiently
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Kaltura videos include automatically generated or user-uploaded transcripts that contain the speech from the videos. These transcripts can be a useful resource when studying and are able to be downloaded and used by students. This article will show you how to use Kaltura transcripts to help you study more effectively.

All Kaltura videos available through Florida State University provide a search bar function to enable you to parse through a video's transcripts to find a desired sentence or phrase.

  1. Locate the search bar in the Kaltura video's interface. It will be directly below the Play/Pause and Volume controls.
    The Kaltura video player interface highlighting the search icon located below the playback controls.
  2. Type your search term into the text field of the search bar.
    Close-up of the transcript search bar with example text.
  3. Locate the results of your search within the transcript field below the search bar. Search results will be time-stamped below.
    Search results displayed in the transcript widget with highlighted text and timestamps.

How to download transcripts as a text file

Kaltura also offers the ability to download the transcripts as a text (.txt) file.

  1. Locate the show transcript button within the Kaltura video's interface. It will be in the top right of the video frame.
    Kaltura video frame showing the 'Show Transcript' toggle button in the top right corner.
    The transcript widget expanded next to the video player with the download icon visible.
  2. Clicking the download button will open a prompt which will ask if you would like to open the .txt file with a certain program or save it. Select the Save File option and then select OK.
    Browser download prompt showing the Save File option selected for a text document.
  3. Check your browser's Downloads folder for the transcript file. You can open the file and copy and paste the transcript text into a Word document or similar file from here.
    A plain text file showing the exported transcript content with timestamps.

Kaltura also provides you the ability to directly print the transcript of the video in question. This ability also allows you to create a .PDF file of the transcript for later reading and sharing.

  1. Locate and click the Print current transcript button in the Kaltura interface.
    The Print current transcript option located within the Kaltura transcript widget interface.
  2. This command will present you with a preview of the file to be printed (1) as well as a standard print menu (PC version shown here). Choose your desired printer from the selection menu (2) and click Print (3) to begin printing your transcript. Learn more about printer selection on Macs.
    Windows print dialog showing the document preview and printer selection list.
  3. You can also opt to save your transcript as a .PDF file. To do so, click the Print button in the Kaltura video's interface as before. When you go to select a printer, click the Microsoft Print to PDF (1) option if you are on Windows. Click Print (2).
    Print menu with 'Microsoft Print to PDF' selected as the destination printer.
  4. From here, you will be prompted to input both a location (1) and a name (2) for your saved PDF. Specify these items and click Save As (3) to save your transcripts as a PDF. This process is different for Mac users. Learn more about Printing to PDF on Mac.
    Windows Explorer 'Save Print Output As' window highlighting the file name and save button.

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