Which Dailymotion videos can I transcribe?
Choose an individual public video, not a channel, playlist or search page. Supported forms include dailymotion.com/video/ followed by the video id, embed/video/ links and dai.ly short links. A title suffix on a video URL is accepted. A link being recognized does not guarantee the media is still available.
The video must be prerecorded and accessible without a logged-in account. Private, login-gated or unavailable recordings cannot be retrieved. transcript1 does not use account cookies or accept private credentials. Use an original file upload when you have a recording you can use locally rather than trying to bypass a restriction.
Get a reviewable interview transcript
Learn how to transcribe a Dailymotion video to text and distinguish a spoken statement from a headline printed over it.
Confirm the edition
Play the recording and confirm its language and duration. A re-upload or shortened edit can have a different timeline even when the title looks identical.
Submit the URL
Paste the video link in the dashboard. Use automatic language detection or supply the appropriate language hint. Request speaker labels when separating interview turns will help.
Review the passage
Search the completed text for the subject, then listen to the question and answer together. Check names and numbers before using a quotation.
Keep the source trail
Save the video URL and the timestamp beside your reviewed excerpt. Note any correction separately so later readers can find the evidence.
What a video transcript leaves out
A news interview may include a studio introduction, a field recording and a translated voiceover. The transcript reflects the audible speech, not an independent translation or an identification of everyone on screen. Overlapping voices and music can make a line uncertain. A speaker label is not proof of a person’s identity.
Lower thirds, charts and the title above the player may supply context that is never spoken. Record those observations separately after watching the video. The text does not establish whether a claim in the interview is true; it helps locate the words so you can check and cite them responsibly.
Dailymotion auto uses a usable original-language direct SRT caption track first, otherwise speech-to-text. Caption playlists are not supported. Like YouTube and X, it accepts captions-only, which never downloads audio or falls back to STT; no usable track means no_captions. source=stt and speaker labels bypass captions. Native captions report dailymotion_captions with segment timing only; caption_kind is null when unknown, or auto_generated for identified automatic tracks. A dubbed edition may differ from the original recording, so review the selected track and audio.
Export or automate without losing the source
TXT is convenient for reading and annotation. JSON keeps segment timing for an application. SRT and VTT provide timed subtitle cues for your own player or editing workflow; review them against the exact edition of the video. They do not publish subtitles to Dailymotion.
The REST API accepts the same public link. Save its returned job id, wait for completion and read the stored result. Successful jobs cost one credit per media minute, rounded up; failed and canceled jobs are not charged. New accounts receive 60 free minutes once after email verification. Another export from a completed result does not consume more transcription minutes.