Many of my peers complained of having trouble taking efficient notes and retaining information during online classes in the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during long lectures. I decided to tackle this problem by developing a digital solution.
classcript is an in-person/virtual classroom tool that accepts audio files and transcribes them to text. classcript also accepts video files, converts them to individual images, and extracts text from them. Users can save these transcriptions to their library and edit them. Students can easily search through their audio and video lectures, as they have been converted to searchable transcriptions.
Students can also download any of their library transcriptions as PDFs, providing them with printable notes ready for next class! classcript can also convert lecture notes to different languages - perfect for foreign students struggling with English. Finally, students can share their lecture notes with other classmates via email. classcript is a digital tool designed to enhance students' note-taking by transcribing audio and video lectures into editable and searchable text, facilitating easier review and study. It features functionalities such as PDF exports, language translation for foreign students, and the ability to share notes via email
- Python/Flask
- SQLAlchemy
- Google Web Speech API
- OpenCV API
- NumPy
- FFmpeg multimedia framework
- smtplib
- BeautifulSoup parser
- HTML
- CSS
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You can download the zip or clone the project with git.
https://github.com/aadikatyal/classcript.git -
Install
requirement.txtvia terminal:pip install -r /path/to/requirements.txt
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To enable all development features (including debug mode) you can export the FLASK_ENV environment variable and set it to development before running the server:
export FLASK_ENV=development -
To run the application you can use the flask command or python’s -m switch with Flask. Before you can do that you need to tell your terminal the application to work with by exporting the FLASK_APP environment variable:
export FLASK_APP=application.py -
To test the web app, execute
$ flask run * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ -
Alternatively you can use python -m flask:
$ python -m flask run * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/
- Python
- Flask