Sharepoint Video Transcript - Retain speaker names after editing vtt file

Question

I'm wondering if it's possible to retain who is speaking after editing a vtt file on SharePoint video.

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The top image is the original transcript.

The bottom image contains the same transcript with translated words - all tags and metadata remained the same.

Is there any way to retain who is speaking?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Dear @Urquhart Andrew (NBCC), 

Welcome to the Q&A Community.    

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concern about retaining speaker names after editing a VTT file. I truly understand how important it is to see speaker names for better clarity in your videos, and I appreciate you taking the time to highlight this need. 

Currently, SharePoint allows you to download and edit VTT transcripts to correct text or provide translations, which can be very helpful for accessibility and multilingual support.  

However, when you upload a modified VTT file, SharePoint processes it as a series of caption blocks and removes metadata such as speaker-identification tags (<v Speaker Name>…</v>). As a result, only the spoken text and timing information are preserved, and speaker names will not appear in the transcript view. 

 

Additional information is available in the following resource: View, edit, and manage video transcripts and captions - Microsoft Support
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