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Dec 12, 2022 4:45 PM UTC
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Transcript "No Dialogue Found" Error

I have two sequences that both have audio tracks in from some interviews. When I go to transcribe for text editing, it say there was no dialogue found. 

Stan Jones
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Jun 11, 2023 5:33 PM UTC

Orf,

 

The "dialogue not found" in the latest release version (23.4.0) and Beta (23.6.0 Build 18 - you're in the Beta forum) is generally due to mismatch between source media vs sequence transcription and audio track settings - source transcription will only look at audio track 1.

 

If you want to look at this further, screenshots would help.

 

Stan

 

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Participant
Oct 23, 2026 3:24 PM UTC

Unfortunately, Adobe is still unable to fix this issue for half a year now. Again, I had to deinstall the newest version and rolled back to version 26.01. Now transcription is running.

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Stan Jones
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Oct 23, 2026 8:41 PM UTC

​@Awesome_days4703 

This is an old thread, with a mixed set of issues. “No dialogue found” occurs correctly for various reasons, and is also a symptom of problems, and sometimes bugs. 

Many problems were solved by version 26.5.2, but some users have reported problems. At least one such user’s problems were resolved by resetting preferences. (I would always clear the cache at the same time.)

See this post for information and cautions about resetting:

Stan

 

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MarekMularczyk
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Oct 26, 2026 9:13 AM UTC

Exactly as you say, it is working for me now in 26.5

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Oct 8, 2026 3:09 PM UTC

I had the same problem and was able to fix it by updating the computer's graphics card driver to the latest version.

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MarekMularczyk
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Oct 26, 2026 9:06 AM UTC

Glad to hear that you managed to fix it

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nachitocapo2012
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Oct 7, 2024 5:08 PM UTC

This solution might not work for you, and it might also sound a bit ridiculous. This error shows up to me when I open the project file double-clicking on it on the finder (I have a Mac M1). But if I open the project file from the project files list that appears when you open Premiere, this error doens't happen. I know this is an old post, but it might help someone.

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Stan Jones
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Oct 8, 2024 1:52 PM UTC

@nachitocapo2012,

 

Interesting. This was a workaround for some users who had performance problems with text/captions. And isn't it an odd one!

 

Stan

 

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jakeprice
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Jul 31, 2023 7:20 PM UTC

Ok, I found out what the problem is. Again it's a an unnessary hassle that Adobe created in one of the recent upgrades. You need to click on "..." top right of hte text pannel and then chose static transcript. When the original release of transcribe was released other languages were easily accessable, but in their genius to make things as difficult as possible they hid that function too. It can be accessed by selecting the blue drop down arrow after selecting static transcript.

 

More here: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/speech-to-text.html

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MarekMularczyk
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Jun 3, 2026 4:07 PM UTC

This didn’t work for me...

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Adobe Community ExpertAdobe Certified Professional
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Jun 11, 2023 5:27 PM UTC

Same problem here... 

I dont want to be a downer but adobe really dropped the ball on this one.

I now need to pay to transcribe my content, plus manage this challenge and fustration.

 

It would be appriciated to be reinbursed for my trouble 🙂

Fells like class action situation. hope they dont get hit too hard for this bug.

 

with love

Yonatan

 

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Participant
Jun 11, 2023 5:43 PM UTC

 

This is what I'm looking at spending to work around this.

very sad day.

If you can promise to refund me I can pay for this now and just move on with my life, no hard feelings.

 

adobehelp Please advise asap 

thanks

 

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Orf
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Jun 11, 2023 2:31 PM UTC

Same problem. After last update. Still full of bugs. This is insane. Adobe needs to start firing people.

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Stan Jones
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Jun 11, 2023 5:33 PM UTC

Orf,

 

The "dialogue not found" in the latest release version (23.4.0) and Beta (23.6.0 Build 18 - you're in the Beta forum) is generally due to mismatch between source media vs sequence transcription and audio track settings - source transcription will only look at audio track 1.

 

If you want to look at this further, screenshots would help.

 

Stan

 

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Participant
Jun 11, 2023 5:52 PM UTC

Ok, it magiclly works now. 

Im happy to delete my posts not to raise a storm. not sure how to do that.

 

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Participating Frequently
Jun 3, 2023 12:39 AM UTC

I found a workaround for clips that have many dead audio channels within the file and seems to throw this error on the transcription. in the window>text captions tab, click transcribe and creat captions and that will bring up a separate window that seems to force the transcripion of the entire mix. There's a dropdown for the audio channels. 

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Stan Jones
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Jun 3, 2023 10:08 AM UTC

michael,

 

Thanks; I had not noticed this before. As discussed, the error comes from trying to run a source media transcription on a file with no audio on audio track 1.

 

And if you just want captions (and not to use source media transcription for editing or other purposes), select the sequence, then the Text Panel -> Transcript tab, and the 3 dots menu has "Create static transcription." This creates a transcript of the sequence, and you can then create captions from that.

 

What you discovered is that if you have the clip in a sequence, and there is no source nor sequence transcript, you can use that Create Captions button to create both a sequence transcription and captions in one command. And a sequence transcription allows specifying audio track options.

 

If you want to use the sequence transcript for editing, you can nest that sequence as described in this link:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-bugs/text-based-editing-doesn-t-work-with-multiple-audio-channels/idc-p/13742725#M594

 

Stan

 

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Participant
May 29, 2023 5:35 PM UTC

Just had the same issue with the latest Premiere update.

I was using a subsequence for sync/color, then cutting that sequence into video sized chunks on a separate timeline.

I managed to fix the issue by rendering and replacing the audio on the final timeline (select audio > right click > render and replace)

Seems like this is part of a larger issue with Premiere where the audio waveform disappears when editing a subsequence on your timeline, which rendering and replacing audio fixes as well.

Not sure if this applies to your specific case but might be helpful to others troubleshooting the "No Dialogue Found" error for transcribing.

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Participant
May 30, 2023 11:10 AM UTC

Why is Adobe putting out such a buggy update? I am working professionally and I am not able to transcribe ANYTHING.

 

Adobe is really pushing hard to force me out of Adobe CC towards DaVinci for video editing 😕😕

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Stan Jones
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May 30, 2023 12:02 PM UTC

@defaultv501vnu4l39r,

 

The new Text-based editing functions are working correctly for me - in both the latest Beta and the Release 23.4.0. There is a bit of a learning curve. And you can just use the old method.

 

You are in the Beta forum, which is fine. What version of PR are you using? We can help you get sorted.

 

Stan

 

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Participant
Apr 27, 2023 3:14 PM UTC

I was having an issue with it saying no dialogue found on some interview footage with 4 total audio tracks but only 2 tracks (tracks 3 and 4) with any actual data in them. I exported those two audio tracks on their own and re-imported, and Premiere was able to make the transcript from that audio file.

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Stan Jones
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Apr 27, 2023 3:25 PM UTC
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Dec 12, 2022 4:50 PM UTC

Same author here - interestingly, I can transcribe for captioning, and when I click around at the words, it takes me to that work in the sequence. BUT when I cut, the text disappears and it says No Dialogue Found again...

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Stan Jones
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Dec 12, 2022 8:22 PM UTC

What Audio are you selecting, Dialogue or Mix?

 

I have not checked this for a while. A screenshot might help.

 

Stan

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Participant
Dec 12, 2022 8:34 PM UTC

I was trying to get the transcript based off of the Audio 1 track - so mix I suppose? I didn't take a screenshot unfortunately. 

I found a workaround - downloading the previous version of the beta, 23.1.0 build 75, where I previously had no issues. Back to normal!

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