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The Transcription Window

The Transcription Window is where the text is displayed, along with its options and editing tools.

For ease of use, the Transcription Window is freely movable around the GUI, even to another monitor.


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The Transcription Window showing multiple clips with the Search pane open. The searched for text is highlighted in yellow. The In and Out range of the clip is highlighted in teal,

and the current playhead position in the Viewer is indicated by a red triangle.


To access the Transcription Window:

— Right-click on a clip or clips that have been transcribed, and select Transcribe Audio from the contextual menu. Or click on the Transcribe Audio icon in the Media Pool toolbar.


The Transcription Window is comprised of the following sections and tools:


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Export: Clicking this icon will launch a file browser, where you can save a .txt file of the transcription results for use in other programs.

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Search: Clicking this icon will expose a Search and Replace dialog, letting you find specific words or phrases across all the selected clips in the Clips panel. Found words will be highlighted in yellow.

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Options Menu: Reveals the Transcription Window options. Currently the only option is Remove Silent Portions.

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Clips: This panel shows all the selected clips that you’ve chosen to see the transcription for. Clicking on a thumbnail loads that clip’s transcription into the Transcript window.

The selected clip is outlined in orange. If you only selected one clip, this panel does not appear.


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Transcript: Displays the transcription text. You can also use this box to select the playhead position and set in and out points of a clip, as described in the Text Based Editing section below.


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Text View Controls: Allows you to control the font size and the high contrast settings of the text in the Transcript window.


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Create Subclip: Creates a new subclip of the shot based on the In and Out points set by the highlight in the Transcript window.


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Marker: Places a marker at the word location that is highlighted in red, or if an In/Out range is highlighted, it will place a duration marker for the range instead.

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image Stop: Stops playback of the clip in the Viewer.


Play: Plays the clip forward in realtime in the Viewer.