Closed Captioning (CC) for nanoHUB videos: Downloading CC Text Files

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=== How to download closed captioning text files (.SBV) ===
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=== How to Download Closed Captioning Text Files (.SBV) ===
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3 *You may also be interested in downloading the actual captioning text, for instance if you would like to compile video text into a book. In order to do this, follow the instructions below.
4 *NOTE: You may only download CC text for videos you upload onto your own !YouTube account.
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6 #Login to your !YouTube account.
7 #Under your account name, click on "Videos". [[BR]][[Image(access videos.png)]] [[BR]]
8 #Select the video for which you would like to obtain CC text. [[BR]] [[Image(select video.png)]] [[BR]]
9 #In the menu bar at the top, click on "Edit captions/subtitles."[[BR]] [[Image(edit captions.png)]] [[BR]]
10 #Under "Available Caption Tracks", you will see "English: Machine Transcription". Click on "Download."[[Image(download CC.png)]] [[BR]]
11 #An SBV file will be downloaded to your computer.
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=== How to open/edit an SBV file ===
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=== How to Open/Edit an SBV File ===
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15 #Follow the instructions above to download the SBV file.
16 *The SBV file extension is a file type used by !YouTube.
17 *It contains both the CC text as well as the timestamp for when the text is displayed.
18 #The SBV file can be opened with a simple text editor such as Notepad or !TextEdit.
19 *Alternatively, you may wish to use a more advanced CC editor
20 *Mac: [http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25345/moviecaptioner/ MovieCaptioner]
21 *PC: [http://www.cpcweb.com/download/cmplete_downloads.htm CaptionMaker]
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23 See also:
24 *[http://nanohub.org/topics/closedcaptioning Turning on and/or Translating Closed Captioning Text in YouTube]