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  Automated speech to text layers in After Effects

  Posted by Luke Batley on May 7, 2019 at 8:03 pm

  Hi

  I have a fairly long video I made in after effects that I want to put subtitles on. Now previously I have been adding text layers which is time consuming. Does anyone know of a way to automate the subtitling process or any alternative ways?

  Wang Ruixin replied 7 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

• 

  Filip Vandueren

  May 7, 2019 at 9:33 pm

  The Youtube subtitler tool tries do to a text to speech, you can probably export that data.
• 

  Ken Quemuel

  May 8, 2019 at 2:03 am

  this may be helpful, it’s an expression that changes your text layer based on layer markers – goes inside source text of a text layer.

  txt = value;
n = 0;
if (thisComp.marker.numKeys > 0){
n = thisComp.marker.nearestKey(time).index;
if (thisComp.marker.key(n).time > time) n--;
if (n > 0) txt = thisComp.marker.key(n).comment;
}
txt

  in this example, i’m referencing a layer called CASTER01 that has layer markers:

  txt = value; n = 0;
if (thisComp.layer("CASTER01").marker.numKeys > 0){
n = thisComp.layer("CASTER01").marker.nearestKey(time).index;
if (thisComp.layer("CASTER01").marker.key(n).time >
time) n--;
if (n > 0) txt = thisComp.layer("CASTER01").marker.key(n).comment; }
txt
• 

  Walter Soyka

  May 9, 2019 at 9:27 am

  You could use a service like Transcriptive to handle the speech-to-text part:
  https://digitalanarchy.com/transcribe-video/transcriptive.html

  Then use one of Premiere’s captions workflows to burn in your captions as subtitles:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/working-with-captions.html

  Walter Soyka
  Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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  Wang Ruixin

  May 9, 2019 at 11:28 am

  Hi there. If you have to put text on after effect. You should creat a new project to manage your text. And In the final COMP. Put the text comp on your final Comp. you need make sure your text comp is longer enough,then you can cut it

  But i am always render the text comp and import to PR soft. Unless you only got few more text. In PR it’s very easy to edit the text layer. Hope that can help you.

  https://videohive.net/user/untruelife

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