Wooohooo. With Simon Says and a couple of clicks you can now easily transcribe clips and timelines natively in Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve. Then receive markers (which attach to clips) and subtitles (which attach to sequences).
Requirements
- Mac computer with DaVinci Resolve v16 or above installed. We support both free and paid versions of Resolve.
- Latest Simon Says macOS app downloaded and installed:
- The python scripts correctly downloaded and installed:
Install the Python Scripts
- Install the four Python scripts (*.py and *.pyc) to one of these locations:
All users (recommended):
/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Comp/Simon Says
or Single user:
~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Comp/Simon Says
2. Open DaVinci Resolve and check the scripts are in the menu Workspace / Scripts / Simon Says
How-To Transcribe Clips and Subtitle Timelines
Video overview:
Make sure to open both Resolve and Simon Says applications.
1. Transcribe Clips and attach markers to them
a. index the clips in your Resolve bin
- select a bin with clips
- go to the menu Workspace / Scripts / Simon Says and select "1a Transcribe Clips in Bin"
- once it indexes, open the Simon Says Mac app and a new project will have been created. Simon Says then transcodes and uploads the clips for transcription.
- click "Transcribe" in the Simon Says Mac app and pay.
- once Transcription is complete, click Export, choose the Resolve icon, and choose "Markers".
b. reconnect transcript to the clips in Resolve
- go back to Resolve. From its menu Workspace / Scripts / Simon Says, select "1b Attach Transcript Markers to Clips"
TaDa, markers will seamlessly reconnect!
Advanced: you can make edits in Simon Says, such as add notes and speaker names and they will intuitively and appropriately roundtrip back to Resolve.
2. Caption/Subtitle your Edit
Caption and subtitle (including translated subtitling of) your timeline:
- make a timeline active in Resolve
- go to the menu Workspace / Scripts / Simon Says and select "2 Subtitle-Caption Timeline"
- once it exports, open the Simon Says Mac app and a new project will have been created. Simon Says then uploads the exported timeline for transcription.
- click "Transcribe" in the Simon Says Mac app and pay.
- once Transcription is complete, click Export. (If you are looking to translate, do it at this step.) Choose SRT subtitles. It downloads to your Downloads folder. Unzip it.
- go back to Resolve and locate the downloaded SRT file and import it
TaDa, captions / subtitles will seamlessly reconnect!
