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Did you know InqScribe offers access to more export formats than what’s in the app? Our InqScribe Labs website allows you to convert your InqScribe transcript into a few extra formats. What is InqScribe Labs? InqScribe Labs is website that gives users access to experimental new features. Currently, the site houses a few commonly…
Interested in sharing your subtitles with others? Consider uploading to Vimeo. Although YouTube is the more popular option, Vimeo entices users with their clean, professional, and ad-free interface. Vimeo also offers password protected videos, which will give you more privacy control compared to YouTube. Whether you choose Vimeo or YouTube, uploading subtitles is a cinch.…
As you might have noticed, InqScribe version 2.2.3 includes a new subtitle export format: WebVTT. Why should you care? Although it’s a young format, WebVTT has quickly become a new standard, supported by HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo. Here’s a quick overview of what you can do with WebVTT: What is WebVTT? WebVTT is a text-based…
There are quite a few ways to creates subtitles in InqScribe (check out a list of them here). Using the built-in “Save Subtitled QuickTime Movie” option is probably the quickest and easiest, but if you or your colleagues don’t have access to QuickTime 7, sharing the exported video file can be a problem. If you’d…
As you may or may not have noticed, Facebook has been making some improvements to its video feature. Part of this campaign includes newly added support for caption/subtitle display. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Can I use InqScribe to add subtitles to my Facebook video?” The answer: yes, yes you can. The following process…
You can easily create Subtitled QuickTime Movies directly in InqScribe, and in general we recommend using QuickTime with InqScribe. However, there is another method to play a subtitled movie by combining your video with an exported subtitle track in Windows Media Player. How you ask? Windows Media Player doesn’t natively support subtitle importation, so we’ll be using…
InqScribe is popular among filmmakers for a variety of reasons. In our latest guest blog, Scott Squire shares his workflow to translate and create subtitles for his documentary. by Scott Squire, Independent Producer & InqScribe user Our movie, The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a feature documentary about women’s empowerment, the complexities of globalization and…
When Apple released QuickTime in 1991, it was revolutionary. QuickTime provided a straightforward means to open and play a wide variety of audio and video formats. Over the years, Apple enhanced QuickTime, adding support for additional formats, subtitles, Windows support, and even a handful of interactive features. When InqScribe debuted (nearly 10 years ago!), QuickTime was arguably…
InqScribe’s integration with Final Cut Pro has made it a popular tool among filmmakers, particularly when their projects require generating subtitles. Sometimes we come across interesting blog posts from users about how they put InqScribe to use. Here’s one from Jessey Dearing of Talking Eyes Media about how he uses InqScribe along with Final Cut…
We occasionally feature guest bloggers who can offer insights into different workflows. For the beginning documentary filmmaker, managing Final Cut Pro (FCP) workflows in a foreign language in combination with InqScribe can be daunting at first. This is why we asked Chad Braham, an experienced InqScribe and FCP user to describe his workflow in detail.…