transcript-parser

transcript-parser

Description

Parses plaintext speech/debate/radio transcripts into JavaScript objects. It is still in early development and is not stable. Pull requests are welcome.

Usage

npm install transcript-parser

const fs = require('fs');
const TranscriptParser = require('transcript-parser');
const tp = new TranscriptParser();

//Do not use readFileSync in production
const output = tp.parseOne(fs.readFileSync('transcript.txt', {encoding: 'UTF-8'}));
console.log(output);

Config

The constructor for TranscriptParser accepts an options argument.

Options:

• removeActions
  • default: true
  • Specifies if the parser should remove actions (e.g. "(APPLAUSE)").
• removeAnnotations
  • default: true
  • Specifies if the parser should remove annotations (surrounded by []).
• removeTimestamps
  • default: true
  • True if removeAnnotations is true
  • Specifies if the parser should remove timestamps (in the [##:##:##] format).
• removeUnknownSpeaker
  • default: false
  • Specifies if the parser should remove lines that have no associated speaker.

Documentation

.parseOne()

The parseOne() method parses a string and returns an object representing it.

Syntax

tp.parseOne(_transcript_)

Parameters

• transcript
  • The transcript, as a string.