Importing and Exporting Transcriptions

Speech Prompt Editor can import transcriptions from a text file, as well as from ASP.NET Application Speech Controls.

Importing and Exporting With a Text File

Speech Prompt Editor can export transcriptions to a text file to facilitate sharing transcriptions with sound studios and other developers. Speech Prompt Editor can also import such a text file. The imported text file must meet the following standards.

• The imported transcription file must be a tab-delimited text file saved with Unicode encoding.
• The top line in the file must be the column headings as they appear in the Transcription pane.
• The Transcription column is required.
• The imported text file must not include unused columns.
• The number of data columns in the text file must match the number of headings, but columns do not need to be in the same sequence left to right as they appear in the Transcription pane.

To export transcriptions to a text file

1. Open a prompt database.
2. On the Speech Prompt Editor toolbar, click Export Script.
3. In the file browser, specify the file name and location, and then click Save.

To import transcriptions from a text file

1. Open a prompt database.
2. On the Speech Prompt Editor toolbar, click Import Script.
3. In the Import Recordings dialog box, either enter a path, or click Browse and navigate to the file, and then click OK.
4. To import .wav files at the same time, select Import wave data and browse to the folder where the .wav files are located. Speech Prompt Editor matches .wav files to the file names in the imported transcription.

Importing From an Application Speech Control

By default, ASP.NET Application Speech Control prompts are spoken using TTS. Therefore, if a speech application uses recorded prompts, adding Application Speech Controls to the application results in most prompts spoken using a recorded voice, while the Application Speech Control prompts are spoken in TTS. The recommended approach is to import Application Speech Control prompt transcriptions, and then record the transcriptions, ideally using the same voice talent at the same time as the other prompts are recorded.

To import transcriptions from an Application Speech Control

1. In Speech Prompt Editor, on the File menu select Add New Item.
2. In the Add New Item - <prompt project name> dialog box, in the left pane select the project language.
3. In the right pane, select the template for the appropriate Application Speech Control.
4. Click Open.

See Also

Importing Compiled Transcriptions | Entering Transcriptions