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Dropbox file to quotes with timestamps in English

Dropbox file to quotes with timestamps in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

The Dropbox file becomes the list of quotations: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps

  1. 1

    Press Download

    The Download button is pressed; the file lands in the Downloads folder of the computer

  2. 2

    Hand the file over

    The widget takes the file of the Dropbox file as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.

  3. 3

    Apply the instruction of the task

    The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Dropbox file as the editor of the interview, and the list of quotations comes in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.

  4. 4

    Mark the language of the speech

    The recording of the Dropbox file is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the list of quotations follows.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    A folder is downloaded as a compressed .zip file

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

What Dropbox keeps, and what it says about it

Where the file is

The file is downloaded from dropbox.com: you log in, hover over the file, tick the checkbox next to it and press Download.

What the file is

A folder is downloaded the same way: the checkboxes of the files and of the folders are ticked and Download is pressed.

What can go wrong

The comments of a file are downloaded from the file itself: the comments icon in the upper right corner, then the more options icon and Download comments.

What the platform says

A folder is downloaded as a compressed .zip file.

What the platform says

The comments of a file are downloaded as a .txt file that is created automatically.

Length of one file

up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro

Free plan

$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card

Pro plan

$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month

The case

What the recording does not give you

The comments of a file are downloaded from the file itself: the comments icon in the upper right corner, then the more options icon and Download comments. The Dropbox file is read by the engine in English, and the list of quotations is written from the text, not from a guess.

Tips

  • A name that was never said in the Dropbox file stays out of the list of quotations.

  • The engine does not translate the Dropbox file from English.

  • Rename the file of the Dropbox file before you send it.

FAQ

Questions about Dropbox file and quotes with timestamps

Which problems can come with the Dropbox file?

A folder is downloaded the same way: the checkboxes of the files and of the folders are ticked and Download is pressed. The engine does not change the file of the Dropbox file; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.

What does the Dropbox keep for the Dropbox file?

Because of the limits of the browser and of the network, Dropbox recommends the desktop app for the large files. The file of the Dropbox file is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.

Who reads the list of quotations after the Dropbox file is sent?

the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Dropbox file is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.

What do I get without a card?

3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the list of quotations comes back in every one of them.

Do I need an account for the Dropbox file?

The file of the Dropbox file and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the list of quotations.

Related pages

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The page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.

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What the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.

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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute

Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps