Transcript processing function and app

On this page:

• Introduction
• Code
  • Function code:
• Instructions
  • How to download and install the app
  • How to use the function

Introduction

After I recorded some tutorials for students on MS Stream, I had to download the transcript. The transcript looked as shown below:

As shown on MS stream	As downloaded

Code

At the time, I didn’t know there is an online tool able to remove the additional text, so I wrote a bit of code. Later, I added a graphical user interface. You can get the app and function code in the table below:

Function code:

function  processTranscript(path,inputfile,outputfile)

cd(path) % Find the path
a = readlines(inputfile); % get the transcript
if strncmpi(a(12),'00',2) == 1 % determine the starting point and the step
    start=12;
    step=6;
else
    start=11;
    step=5;
end
a(1:start) = [];
b = a(1:step:end); % Keep every "stept"th line
ff = fopen(outputfile,'w'); % Create the file
fprintf(ff,'%s \n',b); % Write the file

Instructions

How to download and install the app

• Step 1: Download the app
• Step 2: Within MATLAB, navigate to the Apps tab and click on install app
• Step 3: Launch the app through apps list:
• Step 4: Copy the filepath of your transcript and paste it into the ‘Path’ field
• Step 5: Copy the file name, including any extensions into the ‘Input filename’ filed
• Step 6: Name the output file, including the extension, for example, note1.txt
• Step 7: Click ‘Execute’, and find your processed transcript

How to use the function

• Step 1: Download the function
• Step 2: Add the function’s location to MATLAB’s search path: addpath 'function location', for example addpath 'C:\Users\momchil-terziev\Downloads'.
• Step 3: Use processTranscript(path, inputfile, outputfile) where path is the transcript location path = 'C:\Users\...\Scripts directory', give the transcript file name as inputfile = 'transcript.vtt', and output file name as outputfile = 'processedtranscript.txt'