About
The transcript plugin displays captions in a window next to or below the player, allowing viewers to follow along or search and jump to a specific point in the video where a word was spoken.
To use the transcript plugin, ensure your video has a captions file. You can request this file manually or automatically with Kaltura's REACH service. To learn more, please visit our article Introduction to Kaltura REACH.
Setup
To learn how to enable the transcript plugin on the player, see our article Player settings.
Display transcript
Click the transcript icon to display the transcript. Its placement - right, left, top, or bottom - depends on the configuration set by your administrator in the player settings.
Above is an example of a video with its transcript displayed on the right.
Below is an example of a video with its transcript displayed at the bottom.
Features
- Captions are displayed during playback.
- You can fast-forward or fast-rewind to search for a particular point in the video.
- You can play the video and follow the transcript, with the text highlighted as it plays.
- You can pop out the transcript and follow the video in a separate window (read more below).
- You can download and print the transcript file (read more below).
- You can search for specific words in the transcript. Just enter your search term in the 'Search in Transcript' field (as shown in the image below)
Pop out the transcript
The transcript popout feature lets you pop out the transcript into a floating, draggable, and resizable window, allowing for full-size video viewing. The side panel closes automatically when you pop out the transcript. All the usual transcript features are available in the popped out window, for example, words are highlighted, clicking on a word navigates to that point in the video, and you can use the search function.
- If the player is large enough, a popout icon will appear at the top right of the player. Click this icon to pop out the transcript.
- If you don't see the popout icon, click the three dots menu.
- Select Popout transcript.
The image below shows the popped-out transcript.
You can drag the transcript to a different area of your screen.
- To cancel the popout, click the blue button Bring it back.
Download / print transcript
You can download and print the transcript as a plain text file. By default, these options are set to 'On'. If disabled by your system administrator, they won't appear in the menu. Downloaded file names will include the language, such as English-[name of entry].txt or Russian-big-buck-bunny.txt.
To download or print the transcript:
- Click the three dots at the top right of the player.
- Select download transcript or print transcript.
The action is directly performed and the menu closes.
If the video has multiple caption languages, the download and print options apply to the current language, indicated by labels that include the word 'current' like Download current transcript. You can change the language of these options by switching the caption language.
