
Build an AI video to text transcriber app using Python and Tkinter, connecting to the OpenAI API, converting video to MP3 under 25 MB, and producing transcribed text.
Install Python by downloading it from Python.org and ensure add python.exe to path is checked. This prepares the environment before tackling the next two tools.
Install Sublime Text and Git Bash terminal to set up your coding environment, download the latest Windows versions, and follow the simple installation steps for this course.
Set up a project directory and create a Python virtual environment to manage dependencies, activate it, and prepare to install libraries like OpenAI for the transcriber app.
Install tc bootstrap, OpenAI, and moviepy to enable video-to-audio conversion and access to OpenAI APIs, and create transcribe.py within an activated virtual environment.
Create the app framework for an ai video transcriber using Python and Tkinter, configure a root window with TK Bootstrap theme, icons, and 700x450 geometry, then run the main loop.
Create the main text box widget in a Python Tkinter app to display video and audio information and OpenAI transcription results using a scrolled text widget.
Learn to build a Tkinter interface by placing six framed buttons for open, save mp3, copy text, save text, clear, and transcribe, using pack and grid with initial disabled states.
Define an open video function triggered by the open button, using a Tkinter file dialog to select mp4 video files and save the path for later use.
Learn to handle video file selection in a Python Tkinter app, display the file path and size in megabytes, and enable the mp3 save button for later conversion.
Add a save mp3 function and a save-as dialog to name and save the video as mp3 audio with a default mp3 extension.
Convert a video file to mp3 using moviepy, defining input and output paths, handling errors with a try-except block, and ensuring the mp3 is under 25 MB for OpenAI submission.
Check mp3 file size, convert to megabytes, and enable the transcribe button if under 25 MB, otherwise show an error in the python and tkinter ai video to text app.
Clear the screen by presenting a two-button confirmation dialog, delete all text upon confirmation, and disable the mp3 and transcribe buttons to prevent further input.
Learn how to set up an OpenAI account, obtain an API key, understand pricing and verification steps, and explore the platform's speech-to-text capabilities for building a transcriber app.
Learn to transcribe video or audio files using the OpenAI whisper-1 engine by configuring the API key, loading the audio file, and displaying the transcription in a Tkinter app.
Copy transcribed text to the clipboard in a Python Tkinter app by clearing the clipboard, appending the text box contents from start to end, and showing a success message.
Implement a save text feature in a Tkinter app to write the transcribed text to a .txt file using a save dialog, with default extension and a confirmation message.
Generate a secure ssh key to authenticate with GitHub, save it in the hidden .ssh directory, and copy the public key for GitHub integration.
Copy your SSH key, open GitHub settings, select SSH and GPG keys, click new SSH key, paste the key, and add it (you may be prompted for a password).
Push your code to GitHub by creating a repository, securing your SSH key, and running git add, commit, and push, with master renamed to main.
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In this course we'll build a cool GUI app using Python and Tkinter (and ttkbootstrap the modern looking Tkinter library) that connects to the OpenAI Whisper-1 Model to convert video to text.
You'll be surprised just how quickly you can create some pretty cool looking apps that are powered by state of the art Artificial Intelligence!!
OpenAI is the maker of ChatGPT, and their Whisper-1 model allows you to upload video or audio files to their artificial intelligence model, and have it convert those files to text transcriptions!
We'll discuss how to connect to OpenAI with an API Key, query the engine, and parse the responses in the correct way.
We'll use the TTKBootstrap library for Python and Tkinter that will allow our app to look very cool and modern (compared to stodgy old looking Tkinter). You don't need any experience with Tkinter or TTKBootstrap to take this course, I'll walk you through it all very easily.
We won't dive into TTKBootstrap in great detail in this course, we'll just use bits of it here and there to make our app look more modern. So if you have no experience with TTKBootstrap (or Tkinter at all), you won't have any trouble following along; I'll walk you through it step by step!
Why would you want to build an app that transcribes video? TONS of reasons! Maybe you want to convert your video to text and make blog posts out of them, or social media posts, or just offer better closed captioning text on the videos you post online. There's a ton of reason to use this, and it's also just really fun to learn!