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Walter.Meregalli
Participant
February 4, 2026

Premiere Pro Beta v. 26.1.1 Build 32 - Close Caption Generation from transcription fails

  • February 4, 2026
  • 6 replies
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the automatic transcription fails to properly transcribe the dialogues and this issue leads to wrong close captions

    6 replies

    Participating Frequently
    March 26, 2026

    Can confirm. Using Mac 26.0.3 which seems the latest stable version. And transcription in German still is not usable linke in the 25s versions. Will there be a fix soon cause right now I have to do all the captions by hand….

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2026

    @efford_5932,

    This thread is regarding a particular issue in an earlier version of the Beta app. The latest Beta is 26.3.0.11. What version are you using?

    As I asked another user, I think the issue is the transcription, not the captions: “I think you are actually saying that the Transcription is bad, and that the captions made from it require correction.” Is that true for you?

    Sorry; I see your other post where you reported that you are on the Release version (assume 26.0.1 or 26.0.2). 

    Stan

    efford_5932
    Participating Frequently
    March 18, 2026

    I can confirm the newest beta 26.3 fixed the problem perfectly! 

    efford_5932
    Participating Frequently
    March 17, 2026

    The same issue is happening to me on MacBook Pro m5, I just got the new one and captions are unusable. Please help 

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 10, 2026

    @Walter.Meregalli,

    I think you are actually saying that the Transcription is bad, and that the captions made from it require correction. Recent threads have not been migrated to the new forum, and include this problem.

    In that thread, staff ​@mattchristensen reported that “We're aware of the issue and it is true that in Beta right now, the transcription output is worse than it used to be. We're working on a fix.”

    I do not know what version that was, other than 26.1.1. The current Beta is 26.2.0.18. I was not experiencing the problem in 26.1.1.32, and I do not know if there has been any improvement in the  newer Beta versions.

    Once migrated the old thread may be available via the old link:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-bugs/transcription-is-generating-garbage/idi-p/15667454

     

    @Sameer K,

    Can you move this one to:

    https://community.adobe.com/premiere-beta-731

    Thanks,

    Stan

     

    mattchristensen
    Legend
    February 10, 2026

    @Stan Jones ​@Walter.Meregalli yes that’s correct – there was an issue for a couple weeks where the Beta had worse transcription performance, with many errors. This has been fixed now, and if you make sure to up to the latest available Beta of Premiere, you should experience both faster and more accurate transcription, than the current release.

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 5, 2026

    Moving a message to the correct forum is not working
    The USING THE COMMUNITY forum is not where you ask program questions
    Start here https://community.adobe.com/community and find the correct forum for your question
     

    Walter.Meregalli
    Participant
    February 4, 2026

    Damn! I had to go through and edit something like 750 blocks of close captions, to correct the numberless errors generated by the faulty transcription feature.
    Missing words, creative and unwante reinterpretations instead of literal transcriptions, mispelled words and various holes in the automatic flow.
    It took me more the eight hours to correct the CC track of a 39 minute video. 
    What the hell!

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 5, 2026

    @Walter.Meregalli 

     

    again, post in the correct forum.  for premiere beta, it’s the premiere beta forum.

     

    start here to find it, https://community.adobe.com

    efford_5932
    Participating Frequently
    March 17, 2026

    This is happening on the full release not the beta.