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gurmeets39816897
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August 1, 2019
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Convert speech to text in Audition

  • August 1, 2019
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Is it possible to convert audio in audition to text. I need this to make complete script for my long video. Kindly help me.

    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    No, I'm afraid that Audition doesn't do this at all - it's an audio editor. You need dedicated software to do this - something like Sonix: https://sonix.ai/

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    josefm808422
    Participating Frequently
    June 23, 2022

    Adobe products are really outdated. Neither after effects can do automatic subtitles nor audition can do speech to text. Stone age software.

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    David_at_Summit
    Inspiring
    June 23, 2022

    josefm808422:

     

    I think perhaps the frustration you experience is that certain features, found in only certain applications, are not included in all related applications. After Effects is more of a specialized video tool for use in production or between production and post-production as the name implies. Most Adobe tools tend to be packed full of features already. Packing them with larger, significant features already found in other tools would be redundant and would only add to the bloat. Essentially, they would grow be too bulky, slow, and demanding of precious resources to be very useful to most users.

     

    For a humorous break, watch the movie Shorts (2008) which exemplifies this concept as it relates to smartphones. It's also presented in a way that only video editors will be able to follow without much effort.

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    josefm808422
    Participating Frequently
    June 24, 2022

    The furstration I experience is, that adobe bought up all good competetive products and killed them off. And without competition they are lazy and have awful business models. Millions of people are paying them every month for products. Where does all the money go to??? Adobe was never innovative and adobe programs always have been memory hogs and are bugged to no ends. The only good adobe programs were the third party software they took over and ran into the ground.

     

    Geez I wonder why I am frustrated? "Spezialied tool"? You are apologizing for Adobe? Adobe is the center of the world for media creators. All because my fellow species is so primitive and carried this branch of designer tools into the spotlight... it really sucks designers understand so little about what is good and what isn't. So superficial, so hype controlled, such a bunch of fomos... at least it's not my fault we are in this bad of a world.

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      David_at_Summit
      Inspiring
      June 21, 2022

      Adobe Premiere Pro CC transcribes natively and beautifully and supports exporting to plain text. It will even distinguish between multiple speakers and label them accordingly, like a script. Just create a new project, import your audio file, and add it to the timeline to prepare. Then, from the menu select Window > Text.

       

      Alternatively, I think someone else suggested YouTube Studio. It's free. I have used that as well, though not for exporting the text (yet). Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to do as well as Adobe.

       

      Also, you might try Zoom. Launch a session, begin recording it, enable transcription, and play your audio file. You might have to setup transcription before you launch. And, you might also have difficulty actually recording the playing audio. But, it is another free option to work with.

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        corey6790
        New Participant
        March 19, 2020

        Is there software that would be for a one time purchase and not charging me a subscription or by the minute?

        SteveG_AudioMasters_
        SteveG_AudioMasters_
        Community Expert
        March 19, 2020

        It's never been an option in Audition, so you can't have been watching Audition doing it in any videos. You may have seen Soundbooth attempt to do it, but that was discontinued nine years ago, and it didn't work very well - which is why it was dropped.

         

        And no, there hasn't been any Adobe software for one-time purchase since the Sarbanes/Oxley legislation stuffed up the retailing of software completely.

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        corey6790
        New Participant
        March 19, 2020

        Thank you Steve for the information.  I'm just trying to find something for the small tasks that I will be working on over the next several months.  I'm trying to promote our small veterinary business and the doctors don't want to type.  So, I figured, get a digital recorder, record the doctors giving their answers to the questions, then just converting the speech to text.  Edit the text and then submit the information to the reporter.  I just wondered if Adobe had this function.

        I'll keep looking.  Thanks

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        Community Manager
        Shivangi_GuptaCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        August 2, 2019

        Hi Gurmeet,

        Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, the feature to convert speech to text is not available in Adobe Audition. However, you can suggest for this feature to our development team by adding your voice here: Audition: Hot (442 ideas) – Adobe video & audio apps

        Thanks,

        Shivangi

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        corey6790
        New Participant
        March 19, 2020

        Was speech to text ever an option in Audtion?  It appears in the videos that i've been watching on youtube.

        bojoey
        bojoey
        Participating Frequently
        August 1, 2019

        If you're doing this for subtitles, there's several GREAT companies which do that really affordably. I just used a company for a release. Cost $100 for over two hours of SOLID dialog. Worked great. You end up with a .srt file which integrates perfectly with youtube or other anything else.

        http://www.cinemasound.com

        Mike Russell
        Mike Russell
        Inspiring
        August 1, 2019

        +1 for Sonix. It'll even play nicely with Adobe Audition.

          SteveG_AudioMasters_
          SteveG_AudioMasters_Correct answer
          Community Expert
          August 1, 2019

          No, I'm afraid that Audition doesn't do this at all - it's an audio editor. You need dedicated software to do this - something like Sonix: https://sonix.ai/

            ryclark
            ryclark
            Participating Frequently
            August 1, 2019

            Or even Youtube now provides an automatic subtitle creation from speech option. Once scanned Youtube provides a script that can be downloaded and edited.

            And, of course, any such software relies on there being clear unambiguous dialogue, one voice at a time.

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