Add description to README

README.txt

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+This script is for extracting and transcribing audio files from .mp4 video files into .srt formatted text files for subtitling purposes using Googles Speech-to-Text and Google Cloud Storage APIs. It outputs both a raw text transcription and a .srt formatted version. In the current version, this script requires you to authenticate your Google credentials through the gcloud CLI and also requires that you have ffmpeg installed locally on your machine (for video to audio conversion and compression)
+
 Instructions for use
 
 Use the Cloud Platform Console to create a new Cloud
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ enable billing: https://console.cloud.google.com/
 (Skip if project already set up)
 
 Enable the Google Speech to Text API
-in APIs and Services of new project
+in APIs and Services in new project dashboard
 
 Set up a storage bucket in Google Cloud Storage
 
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ Download, install and set up Google SDK
 https://cloud.google.com/sdk/
 (authenticate your machine by following the auth instructions)
 
+Install ffmpeg
+    sudo apt update
+    sudo apt install ffmpeg
 
 Set your virtual environment
 
@@ -28,21 +33,18 @@ virtualenv env
 source env/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-Install ffmpeg
-    sudo apt update
-    sudo apt install ffmpeg
-
 In goog.py change the bucket_name variable to the name of the storage bucket you wish to use
 
-To run transcription script add .mp4 files to specified directory
+To run transcription script add .mp4 files to a specified directory
 
 Then run:
 
     python autorun.py /path/to/directory/
 
-The script will automatically strip the audio files from the video and Convert them to .ogg format
+The script will automatically strip the audio files from the video and convert them to .ogg format
+
 The it uploads the audio to the gcloud storage bucket and
-then passes its gcs_uri to the transcription API for processing
+then passes its gcs_uri to the speech to text API for processing
 
 When finished, it outputs both the .srt formatted file and raw text file into the specified directory