Google Drive is used for video shares as well as storing various files. Users areted valuable time to find a specific topic of a big video. For this, Google added 'Video Transcripts' feature to the app. This will create a written form of video conversations, speeches, dialogs. In addition, the video transcript can be easily searched in the video. Because clicking on any sentence of these transcripts will go away at that particular time. As a result, there will be more benefits to find certain parts of the video.
Video Transcripts Feature on Google Drive
Google has announced the new feature on their workspace blog. It is based on the automatic caption feature launched in July 2021. This feature creates a caption automatically when uploading the video.
The Automatic Caption Feature is currently working for videos speaking in English and Google has said that this feature will work in other languages in the future. With this new update, users can now watch the transcript separately during the video. The transcript can be opened on a side panel on the right side while running the video.
Template and search feature with transcript
These transcripts will be displayed with time stamps and each sentence will be listed as separate items. There will also be a search bar in the side panel, which allows users to search for specific words and find the correct time stamp. Clicking on a sentence will only leave the video at that time, which will help users to find their desired part quickly.
The way you use the feature
To use this feature, you must first launch a video on Google Drive. Then, the video has to be ensured that the automatic caption has been created. The 'CC' button on the lower right of the video player will confirm this. Then, clicking on the settings icon on the right below the video player will show a new 'transcript' option. Clicking on this option will open the side panel.
This new video transcript feature on Google Drive is now launched for all users, which will make the video watch experience more fun.
