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Google Chrome has new feature for speech to text any video. (only english)

Are there any way to edit or select text in this box. İ tried some methods but. It's not a dom element. I can't edit or access this box. I need to access this text for copy. But text in the box cant editable or copyable.

If there is any config for manage this box I can try.

https://blog.google/products/chrome/live-caption-chrome/

Sample Live Caption Box (cant copyable)

F.Penb
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I noticed that the example is taken from YouTube, where auto-generated text transcripts of the videos are automatically available in many cases.

  • To access this feature, click the three dots menu (...) below the video and select "Transcript" from the menu
  • You may be asked to select a language or you may be able select a language from the drop-down element. Make your choice and you’ll see a full transcript along with timestamps.
  • You may disable the timestamps by clicking the three-points hamburger icon and selecting "Toggle timestamps"
  • Click and drag to highlight all the text (it will scroll automatically) and press Ctrl+C to copy it.

You can paste this text anywhere to create your transcript in a text file.

For more information with screenshots see the article
How to Transcribe YouTube Videos Automatically.

For other cases where the text is inaccessible, you could use an OCR product. I have used with much success the open-source application greenshot. This product is very accurate and is a alternative to accessing the text-box.

Using greenshot on your second image gave me this: "computer power supplies output 12 volts If you apply 12 volts to a CPU it‘ll look something like this". Pretty good and very accurate.

harrymc
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I don't know if you can access the live caption box but an easy workaround is you can screenshot the screen (Win + PrtSc) and use something like google translate to extract text.

Omar ElBayaa
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Trying to do th same here. screenshot app would be so much time wasting but meantime would have to be that way or upload to youttube to generate subtitles

Enrique Agüeros
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