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whsudderth
whsudderth
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November 4, 2023
Question

Sequence transcript to captioning workflow

  • November 4, 2023
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I am new to Premiere Pro; please be gentle. I am trying to understand the captioning workflown on my two-speaker, two-camera podcast edit.

 

Regardless of whether I generate source transcripts prior to or after bringing the media into my sequence, when I create my sequence transcript I only get transcripts for one audio track on my timeline, meaning that any captions I create are then for only one half of the conversation.

 

Am I required to build captions based on the generation of a static transcript? I have been more satisfied with the quality of the original source transcripts than the resulting static transcript, which misses a number of speaker changes as well as generating numerous typos. I could just rely on Whisper for transcribing after export, but I'd rather handle it all in-app.

 

Please point me toward any resources that might help me better understand the workflow.

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    Stan Jones
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    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 11, 2023

    @whsudderth,

     

    Sorry for the delay in responding to your post.

     

    Transcription of multi-channel audio is still being developed. PR 2024 added such transcription for mono tracks. The current Beta version has added stereo, which will be added to the regular PR release in the future.

     

    Upvote this feature request, which includes workarounds:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/audio-track-selection-for-source-media-transcription/idi-p/13828019

     

    For your situation, if the PR 2024 options don't work or you don't want to upgrade yet, try the following.

     

    You already have audio track 1 transcribed, correct?

     

    In the Project Panel, right-click the multitrack file in the Project Panel and Clip -> Audio Options -> Extract Audio. This creates as many files as there are audio tracks, named [Filename] + Extracted.wav, [Filename] + Extracted_1.wav, etc. Note that the numbers are in reverse order to the audio tracks in a sequence. For example, if there are 2 audio tracks, the file named ...Extracted_1.wav will be audio track one and the file named without the _1 will be track two.

     

    In the Project panel, pick the second audio track, right-click, Transcribe. Add that wav to the sequence, and you will get both transcripts.

     

    Now the problem with any multitrack audio that is overlapping: when transcribed clips are on different tracks in a timeline, the higher-ranking track (e.g. audio track 1 is higher than audio track 2) will be active. You can't see both at once. You can mute track 1 to see track 2. You can create captions from each transcript, then Upgrade caption to graphic and position them differently to see both.

     

    Let us know what works for you and what you need help with. This is still being developed, and the programmers want feedback from real-life workflows.

     

    Stan

     

      whsudderth
      whsudderthAuthor
      Participant
      November 12, 2023

      Just to make sure I'm clear: even if I have mono audio from camera 1 (V1 and A1) and mono audio from camera 2 (V2 and A2) in my sequence, there is no way that a sequence transcript can be created for captioning purposes that integrates the source transcripts from A1 and A2?

      whsudderth
      whsudderthAuthor
      Participant
      November 12, 2023

      If I eliminate overlapping clips (without their own audio) on A1, will any dialogue "underneath" on A2 make it into the sequence transcript? Or would I still have to run a static transcript?

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