tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5864 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish
| Message 1 of 1 01 September 2012 at 3:47am | IP Logged |
I'm convinced that closed captions (CC) in text files are far superior to CC on the video screen. In a related thread, I described how to capture TV closed captions using an Arguino microprocessor: Arduino CC
During that project, I discovered what is probably a better alternative. It requires a bit of hardware and a bit of software.
1. You need a TV video capture board or USB device to get the TV signal into your computer. I use a very tiny Diamond Multimedia USB receiver. Diamond
2. You need a PC with Windows Media Center to record the video to a .wtv file. It comes with Windows 7 and other Windows systems.
3. You need a video editor/converter to convert the .wtv file to a .ts file. I use VideoRedo It is a commercial product. It has a free trial version to try it.
4. You need CCExtractor to extract the CCs from the .ts file and save them in a plain text file. It is free. CCExtractor
That's it. This process works extremely well with English and French TV, and should work well with Latin-accented letters. It is flawlessly with French accents.
This does a better job with French than the Arduino solution and uses easy, off-the-shelf products. So you can capture your CCs to text files, use an electronic dictionary on any unknown words, and then read along with the audio/video.
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