This script creates a txt transcript file for VTT or SRT transcripts. It will create a transcript for every vtt and/or srt file in the inputted filepath.

1. Have python installed

2. Open a command line terminal

3. Download this script

   git clone https://github.com/dnoneill/captiontotranscript.git

4. Go to captiontotranscript folder

   cd captiontotranscript

5. Create a virtual environment

   python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment

6. Enable virtual environment

   source /path/to/new/virtual/environment/bin/activate

7. Install libraries

   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

8. Run script

python3 captiontotranscript.py

9. Enter the filepath where the captions are located. This script will find all vtt and srt files in a folder, even if they are nested so only worry about giving the path of the topmost folder.

10. Transcript files will be located in the captiontotranscript folder.

1. Go to the Terminal > Preferences
2. In the line Shell opens with: if the line says /bin/tsch change it to /bin/bash