When you work with audio-visual data, it is good practice to show your video or play your audio when you present in public (if you have informed consent for this from your participants), together with your transcript. If you have video, it can help your audience if you do one of the following so they do not need to be looking in different places:
· Play your video directly from your transcription program on your computer, so that they have the text and the media on the same screen. This is often not a possibility at conferences.
· Make a video recording of your computer screen while your transcription is playing along with the video, using a program such as Camtasia.
· Embed the video next to a screen shot of the transcript on the same slide in your presentation.
· Subtitle your video.
Below we include some instructions for how to turn your CLAN (or ELAN) transcript into a subtitle file to add to your video using Quicktime.
GET TO IT: Making subtitles from your CLAN transcript
1. If your transcript was done in CLAN, you first need to send it to ELAN, and then to Quicktime Pro.
2. Open CLAN. In the command window (Windows → Commands), check that the working directory is correct (where you have your files) and type in chat2elan. Then, click on File in, find your transcription file and click Done. Add the command +e.mov, so your screen looks like this, then click Run.
3. Now, in your working folder, you will have an ELAN file (.eaf). Open it in ELAN.
4. In ELAN, select File → Export as → Quicktime text. Choose which tier(s) you would like to export as subtitles. It is a good idea to export different speakers (tiers) separately, especially where there is overlapping talk in the data, as this will allow you to use a different colour for each speaker (see next step).
5. Click on Edit font and display settings and set your preferences for the text colour and size. Select Apply and Okay.
6. Open Quicktime Pro and then open the exported file. Select all and copy.
7. Then, open the movie file you want to add the subtitles to. Select Edit → Add to movie. Your subtitles should appear on your video screen.
8. You might need to move your subtitles horizontally or vertically. Do this by selecting Window → Show movie properties → Select the text track → Add a value into the offset field → Enter.