

And you are sure of getting all the details right. In such a case, editing the video’s transcription would be easier than watching and rewatching it while typing. These are situations where having a text file is more convenient than a video file.įor instance, you have a lengthy interview on video that needs to be summarized into a short article for print media. If you have a great tip to share, please feel free to send it into us and we will share it with all our readers.There are plenty of times when a video to text converter would be a life-saver. instead of pausing the video and writing down the instructions, you can follow Ian’s steps, and have all the audio converted into Text! Imagine those YouTube videos on “How to cook the perfect risotto”…. What an excellent and useful tip shared by Ian! srt format click the link under the ‘GO’ box (For those who want to edit music) It now has a white background and I go through the same process to copy it from the Notepad into Word for better printing. So, what I do is copy the text (Ctrl + A/Ctrl + C) and paste it into the Notepad (Ctrl + V). Then Copy and Paste from the Notepad into a Word document – no grey background! (If it’s firstly pasted straight into Word it gives it a grey background – not good for printing!) It’s best to firstly paste it into the Notepad, so as to give it a plain white background. Head back to the DIY Captions website, and paste the YouTube URL into the field Copy the YouTube URL (Click on the Share button and the URL will appear, choose Copy)ģ. I’ve got some tutorials from YouTube and converted them to text so I can use them as presentations.

They’ve found it interesting and go away with great drawings – even amazing themselves. I’ve done a couple of presentations to a support group I belong to, getting the members to draw portraits and things even though they’ve never drawn anything before. Ian sent in this tip and it was much too good not to share! Many Thanks Ian!! This tip is credited to one of our readers IAN ADAIR. Ever since I introduced my mum to YouTube, she now has a never ending recipe collection, and like many others, loves watching “how to” tutorials on YouTube for DIY projects. We’ve got a lot of YouTube lovers out there! My mum is one of them.
