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September 11, 2026

Transcripts require significant correction before making captions

  • September 11, 2026
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I find myself correcting a significant number of spelling, grammar, word usage, capitalization and punctuation errors in transcripts before generating captions from them. It’s as if Adobe Premiere has a passing understanding of word recognition but no grasp of actual language: of the way that words and thoughts link together to make meaning. As a result, I have to essentially re-caption my videos before publishing them, which is an enormous waste of time. I spent 25 years in journalism, so I can make the edits quickly, but someone with a strong grasp of the English language really needs to give Premiere some better guidance on how to transcribe spoken, conversational English.

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    KatieToo
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    September 11, 2026

    Hi ​@ibischargereaglebear 
    Thanks for stopping by the Premiere forums and letting us know about some of those Transcription issues you’re having. We are aware of some issues involved and included your case on our report, see this community post also here:


    They have made some improvements based on the above, if you’d like to give v27.0 Beta a try to see how that performs.

    If you still feel there are improvements further you’d like to see, I might suggest you post that over in our Feature Requests forum.

    Might we also ask for some additional details to include on the report such as what version/build Premiere you’re using, your setup (Mac or PC, what OS or driver build/version) and whether you’re using transcription by sequence or source clip?

    Thanks for your post!
    Katie