Cannot import corrected transcript or re-transcribe

[MatthewEmson]

Hi everyone - I am on 2024 version 24.2.1 (build 2)

My Import corected transcript (txt) option is missing / greyed out. I do my edits, transcribe it and then export the transcript as txt file - no problem. But when I go to import the option is greyed out. This has only happened in the last few weeks. 

Does anybody else expereince this? Does anybody know how I can get it owrking - what am I missing?

In the screen shot I have not transcribed the sequence but that is the view I get when I have transcribed and exported.

Many thanks in advance

Matthew Emson

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Hey there @MatthewEmson,

Thanks for writing in with your issue. This tripped me up too. Try the import function on the source clip, not one in the timeline. Choose Sequence > Match Frame to load the clip from the sequence or double-click it in the Project panel. Then, go to the Text panel to make the import. See if that works for you.

Thanks,
Kevin

[MatthewEmson]

A thousand thanks @Kevin-Monahan - this has worked a treat. It was the Sequence > Match Frame that did it and I express the feeling of happiness that shot through me when all of a sudden Import Corrected Transcript (txt) appeared for me! Thank you, sir.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Fantastic! I press the F key for an even quicker match frame. Check it out.

Kevin

[JRE-PS]

Hey, this is nice to know, had the same issue... but to be honest, if you have a transcript made out of a lot of different sources or parts, this functin is really annoying, do it manually. So, you are exporting the full transcript of the complete sequence, but then you have to split it for the import? Is there no other way?  My workaround know at the moment: Exporting just the Audio to one MP3 and merge, import in Premiere, doing the transcript then, exporting, doing the edits and importing like you described? 

[musagetes]

I argree with jörgr, I exported the complete transcript, proofread it (after making sure there was the option to upload a corrected transcript), and now I can't upload my corrected version no matter what I try. If the option isn't greyed out, Premiere will freeze before I even have the option of chooing the txt file. I tried creating a new project with the exported sequence, and uploading the transcript there, but Premiere doesn't recognize it's own timecode stamps in the transcript. PLUS when I convert the unproofed transcript to captions, the captions are even worse than the transcript text. To make matters worse, trying to correct the transcript or captions within the text editing window in Premiere is slow and labourious. Funny that the program can handle the complex video edits and effects, but bogs down as a text editor.

[melmetcalfe]

The whole process has been frustrating!!!

My interview is in French, Premeire created the French transcript.  Then I exported to a text file and had Happy scribe translated the french interview into english.

Now I have a corrected text file but premeire won’t let me import it - it’s greyed out too?

[Grant34943213rnh0]

I also agree. To be useful, this feature needs to work for a seqeunce, not just at a clip level.

[sBirch]

This part of Premiere Pro has been broken for years and years. It is less broken but still garbage because you just can't rely on it to finish a project.

[CanteenUK]

I found a workaround, I have a corrected transcript from a client as a .txt but it was only importing the first minute or two and reverting to the incorrect one after that. I was getting very frustrated but I figured out that the transcript seems tied to the original source clips so very hard to change once generated unless you want to go through and correct it yourself in the text box. Here's what I did:

I turned off any soundtrack and exported my timeline and renamed it for 'forsubtitles' or something like that.

I then re imported the for forsubtitles.mp4

Started a new sequence and added the forsubtitles.mp4 so it was just one long clip. I then transcribed this.

the import corrected transcript was still greyed out. However I clicked sequence>match frame and it became clickable.

I then imported the corrected transcript from the client and generated correct captions with the new transcript.

on my original timeline I deleted all of my old captions and then copied and pasted the new ones in. they were not in the correct place but I was able to drag them to the right timings by highlighting them all and now I have correct captions on my original timeline.

I really hope this helps someone.

[Sandwich Post Production]

Similar issue here. I managed a workaround -

1) Create a new sequence (do NOT duplicate the problem sequence, as it may carry over the bug)

2) Copy and paste the dialog tracks from the sequence you want to transcribe (don't copy music or SFX)

3) Transcribe the new sequence

4) Now import the corrected transcript (may have to Sequence > Match Frame as others have suggested)

Now the corrected transcript imports correctly. I was able to create captions and copy/paste back to the original sequence.

Hope this helps.