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Is there any tutorials or even communities which are devoted to in-game dialogues extraction (text + audio)? I've managed to do this for Portal 2, for instance. But there's a plenty of games to operate on. :)

The main purpose is learning the language (yes, I'm not native english speaking person :) )

UPD: I mention extraction of audio and extraction of the corresponding text subtitles. Not converting the audio to text.

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Why the down-vote? Seems like a halfway-decent question. Although, I think it would maybe fit better on gamedev? – Ragnar Jun 7 '11 at 11:48
It would be a much better fit onto gamedev. – The Communist Duck Jun 7 '11 at 14:19
So, you just want to listen to the audio without playing the game as a language learning mechanism? – Raven Dreamer♦ Jun 7 '11 at 21:21
Exactly! And read the corresponding text which is supposed to be shown as subtitles. – igorp1024 Jun 8 '11 at 6:16

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Some resources include youtube by searching for [game name] quotes. Also Game Faqs usually has FAQs devoted to converting the speech into text.

Of course you could always just play the game.

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You can think of me as of pervert but instead of wasting my time for playing I'd rather watch the video walkthrough on gameanyone.com :) – igorp1024 Jun 8 '11 at 6:19
@igorp1024 - Given that you mentioned you're trying to learn English, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "pervert" isn't the word you intended. I'd suggest "strange" instead. "Pervert" has a much, much more negative connotation. – Raven Dreamer♦ Jun 8 '11 at 7:26
@Raven Dreamer: That was a joke :) I can tell the difference between "strange" and "pervert". Thanks anyway. – igorp1024 Jun 8 '11 at 8:06
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Seems like I have to answer my question by myself.

The translators communities members are interested in resources extraction (translation and repacking). So, at the moment I see the only way to extract the audio+subtitles. You need to use Dragon UnPACKer or GCFScape in order to extract all resources. Then find there the resources you are interested in.

That's it.

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