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Andrew C. Brinsmead
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October 5, 2025
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Workflow for correcting AI transcripts using text window

  • October 5, 2025
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Workflow for correcting AI transcripts using text window

Can anyone suggest an efficient workflow for correcting the AI transcripts in Premiere Pro. I've found that correcting the transcript by having to click into the text window is cumbersome when there's lots of correcting to be done. Ideally I'd like to be able to play the source clip while having all of the text editable so that I can edit it on the fly. I'm a moderately adequate typist, and it took me all day yesterday to correct one hour of interviews (filmed in a noisy conference room)

I don't think I have the best work flow for correcting text, as I find myself having to stop playback, enter the text window, correct text, then step out again to hear the text again if there's lots of typing to do, and then go back in again to clean it up.  This is fine for the occasional text correction, but very cumbersome when there's lots of correcting to do 

In the past, on Final Cut Pro, I was able to type text into a text window (for on screen captions) while also having the clip play independently, so I wasn't constantly stepping into & out of the text editing mode; rather I had both play back & text editing functionality occurring concurrently. 


I'd love to hear of any workflows that do this better (or alternatively, an external transcription tool that I could use when I need to actually transcribe my clips myself, and import the transcription back into premiere pro)

 

 

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    DaveKeMc
    Participant
    March 19, 2026

    The Transcriptive product from Digital Anarchy, which is officially at end of life on May 1st 2026, is a good pattern for multiple workflows that Adobe could think about implementing. Their PP plugin, Transcriptive Rough-Cutter, provides good transcript editing within Premiere Pro and is fully integrated with the sequence timeline. There is also a transcript export to a web server. Through the webserver, anyone can edit the transcript and still have video/audio of the sequence for reference.

    I have hired out dozens of transcript finetuning jobs to my favorite transcriber for full polish using the webserver method. Those corrected transcripts are then easily imported back to overwrite the initial AI attempt. At end-of-life the entire webserver portion of the Transcriptive workflow will be terminated. I am also looking for a workflow to replace what Transcriptive had to offer.

    I hope that Premiere Pro will recognize that the burden of fixing 20-30 hours of interviews is a part of the editors workflow that needs to be delegated to other people. After my transcriber fixes the errors, the writer uses the webserver to pick interview segments and copies the corrected dialog into the script. As an editor, using the PowerSearch tool that comes with Transcriptive, I can search my entire project for the exact dialog text from the script and go directly to the in-point on the clip that contains it. Massive time-saver for everyone.

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    PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 6, 2025

    You can streamline the process by working with the transcript outside of Premiere Pro. Here's a workflow that might help:

    1. Go to the Transcript tab in the Text panel.
    2. Click the three dots (•••) in the upper-right corner and select Export > Export to text file…
    3. Edit the exported .txt file manually using your preferred text editor.

      Alternatively, I like to upload the file to ChatGPT with a short explanation of what the content is about, and ask it to correct grammar and punctuation. Just make sure not to add or remove words, as that can cause alignment issues when reimporting.

    4. Once your edits are done, return to the Transcript tab, click the three dots again, and select Import > Import corrected transcript (txt)


    This method allows you to work more comfortably outside of Premiere Pro and then bring the cleaned-up transcript back in for captioning or reference.

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    Andrew C. BrinsmeadAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 6, 2025

    thanks Paul, correcting the transcription externally and re-importing is definitely a possibility when required.  

    I'm not creating captions, I'm preparing transcriptions to use while editing (so that I can navigate through interviews as I edit), so ChatGPT is not much use for this, unless it can do a better job of transcribing the raw material; there's no point using ChatGPT to re-transcribe an existing transcription as there's no way for it to know what was actually said, other than relying on a poor transcription.

    What I'm after is an easier workflow to correct the AI transcription in Premiere Pro, as even a slight mis-transcription can render a transcription useless for editing; I find the current method of correcting the AI transcriptions in the text tool cumbersome

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Community Manager
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 7, 2025

    Hi Andrew,

    Do you want to make a feature request then? Let me know.

     

    Thanks,

    Kevin

     

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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