transcribe

# Transcribe > **First time?** If `setup_complete: false` above, run `./SETUP.md` first, then set `setup_complete: true`. Generate SRT subtitle files from audio/video using ElevenLabs Scribe v2. ## Quick Start ```bash cd ~/.claude/skills/transcribe/scripts # Basic transcription (auto-detect language) npx ts-node transcribe.ts -i /path/to/video.mp4 -o /path/to/output.srt # Specify language npx ts-node transcribe.ts -i /path/to/video.mp4 -o /path/to/output.srt -l en # Custom subtitle length (max words per entry) npx ts-node transcribe.ts -i /path/to/video.mp4 -o /path/to/output.srt --max-words 6 # Custom max duration per subtitle npx ts-node transcribe.ts -i /path/to/video.mp4 -o /path/to/output.srt --max-duration 4.0 ``` ## Options | Option | Short | Default | Description | |--------|-------|---------|-------------| | `--input` | `-i` | (required) | Input audio/video file | | `--output` | `-o` | (required) | Output SRT file path | | `--language` | `-l` | auto | Language code (en, he, ar, etc.) | | `--max-words` | | 5 | Max words per subtitle entry | | `--max-duration` | | 3.0 | Max seconds per subtitle entry | | `--max-chars` | | 70 | Max characters per subtitle entry | | `--timing-offset` | | 0.25 | Timing offset in seconds | | `--json` | | false | Also output raw transcript JSON | ## Language Codes - `en` - English - `he` - Hebrew - `ar` - Arabic - `es` - Spanish - `fr` - French - `de` - German - `ru` - Russian - `zh` - Chinese - `ja` - Japanese - (or omit for auto-detection) ## Output The script generates: 1. `.srt` file - Standard subtitle file 2. `.json` file (optional) - Raw transcript with word-level timestamps ## Environment API key stored in `scripts/.env`: ``` ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_key_here ```