Streamline Video Subtitles with AssemblyAI and Zapier Integration

AssemblyAI,
a
leading
provider
of
speech-to-text
services,
has
unveiled
a
new
integration
with
Zapier,
enabling
users
to
generate
subtitles
for
their
videos
seamlessly.
This
tutorial
covers
the
process
of
transcribing
videos,
generating
SRT
subtitles,
and
uploading
them
to
Google
Drive
using
the
AssemblyAI
app
for
Zapier.

Prerequisites

To
follow
this
tutorial,
users
need
an
AssemblyAI
account
and
a
Zapier
account.
The
AssemblyAI
app
can
be
accessed
via
the
Zapier
dashboard.

Create
Your
Zap

To
begin,
log
into
your
Zapier
account
and
create
a
new
Zap.
This
can
be
done
by
selecting
the ‘Create
Zap’
option
from
the
dashboard.
The
first
step
involves
setting
up
a
trigger.

Log
into
your
Zapier
account
and
create
a
new
Zap.

Configure
Trigger

Select
the ‘Zapier
Chrome
extension’
as
the
trigger
to
enable
manual
execution
of
the
Zap.
Choose ‘New
Push’
as
the
event,
and
add
two
input
fields: ‘Video
File’
for
the
video
URL
and ‘Subtitles
File
Name’
for
naming
the
subtitles
file
in
Google
Drive.

Transcribe
Audio

In
the
next
step,
add
an
action
and
search
for
the
AssemblyAI
app.
Select
the ‘Transcribe’
event.
If
this
is
the
first
time
using
AssemblyAI
with
Zapier,
a
new
connection
must
be
created
using
the
AssemblyAI
API
key.
After
configuring
the
connection,
map
the ‘Video
File’
field
from
the
trigger
to
the ‘Audio
File’
field
and
set
the ‘Language
Code’
or
enable ‘Language
Detection’.

Generate
Subtitles

Add
another
action,
select
the
AssemblyAI
app,
and
choose
the ‘Get
Transcript
Subtitles’
event.
Use
the ‘ID’
field
from
the
transcribe
step
as
the ‘Transcript
ID’.
Test
the
action
to
ensure
it
returns
sample
data
during
testing.

Upload
Subtitles
to
Google
Drive

Finally,
add
an
action
to
upload
the
subtitles
to
Google
Drive.
Select
the ‘Create
File
From
Text’
event,
configure
the
connection
to
Google
Drive,
and
map
the ‘Subtitles
File
Name’
and ‘Subtitles’
fields
accordingly.
Test
the
action
and
publish
the
Zap.

Run
Your
Zap

To
run
the
Zap,
use
the
Zapier
Chrome
extension.
Fill
out
the
fields
with
your
video
URL
and
subtitles
file
name,
then
click ‘Send’.
The
subtitles
file
will
appear
in
Google
Drive
shortly
after
the
Zap
runs.

Next
Steps

With
this
setup,
users
can
efficiently
generate
subtitles
for
their
videos
using
the
AssemblyAI
and
Zapier
integration.
This
powerful
combination
allows
for
further
customization
and
integration
with
other
services
available
on
Zapier.
For
more
detailed
documentation,
visit
the

AssemblyAI
blog.

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source:
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