Exporting files from Trint

Export Trint Transcript, Caption and Story files in the format that fits your workflow.

Trint has three different file formats: Transcript, Caption and Story. Each file type can be exported in several different ways, so you can take your content into the tool or workflow that suits you best.

File formats

Transcript: A Trint Transcript file contains timed words broken by speaker. This is great for highlighting and finding important points within an audio or video file.

Caption: A Trint Caption file contains timed caption blocks. Caption blocks control what text is displayed and how long it is on screen. This is great for creating closed captions.

Story: A Trint Story file contains free text, titles and quotes from Transcript files. The quotes can be played back in sequence. This is great for creating a rough cut or for collecting lots of important quotes together as part of some wider research.

Export formats

Each file type in Trint can be exported in different ways. The table below shows the formats available for each file type through the Exports API.

File type	Available export formats
Transcript	Microsoft Word (DOCX), Text, JSON, HTML, XML, CSV (full transcript, comments, highlights and markers), SubRip (SRT) and WebVTT captions, EDL, Premiere XML, Avid DS, Spruce STL and Telestream Vantage XML
Caption	SubRip (SRT) and WebVTT captions
Story	Microsoft Word (DOCX), Premiere XML and EDL

Choosing the right format

Use Transcript exports (DOCX, Text, JSON, CSV) for reading and analysis, Caption exports (SRT, WebVTT) for subtitles, and the editorial formats (EDL, Premiere XML, Avid DS, Spruce STL, Telestream Vantage XML) to move your work into a video or audio editing suite.

Exporting via the API

Every format is available as a GET request to the Exports API, authenticated with Basic Authentication using your API key ID and secret. Each endpoint takes the ID of the Trint (or Story file) you want to export and returns the file in the requested format.

For example, to export a transcript as a Microsoft Word document:

cURL

curl --request GET \
  -u "AK-12345ABCDE:this15SECRET_CXJK3ctglt6LOpYxRmZ" \
  --url 'https://api.trint.com/export/docx/TRINT_ID' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --output transcript.docx

See the full list of endpoints, parameters and responses in the Exports API reference.