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gerardbsc
gerardbsc
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April 13, 2023
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Get only 1 big transcript

  • April 13, 2023
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Hello,

I am facing a problem everyday, that maybe is possible to solve with a simple parameter, but I never found it.

When I do a transcript, Premiere is always separating the text into segments automatically. I dont want that as I constantely need to then use the "Merge segments" command a hundred of times to get everything merged (I need to merge everything because its easier to edit the text then).

Is there a hidden parameter in Premiere to generate a transcript, but without merging it into segments?

Thank you very much

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    Correct answer Kerstin Ebert

    Hi Gerard,

    a solution would be to select all the text in your source transcript (use cmd+a or select everything with your mouse) and then click on the Merge button in the tool bar. This should merge all text segments into one big segment.

     

    Hope that helps!

     

    Best,

    Kerstin

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    Kerstin Ebert
    Adobe Employee
    Kerstin EbertCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    June 12, 2023

    Hi Gerard,

    a solution would be to select all the text in your source transcript (use cmd+a or select everything with your mouse) and then click on the Merge button in the tool bar. This should merge all text segments into one big segment.

     

    Hope that helps!

     

    Best,

    Kerstin

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 12, 2023

    @Kerstin Ebert,

     

    Thanks for the response. Always appreciated.

     

    Wow! This works in the Beta - I'm in 23.6.0.18.

     

    In Release 23.4.0, you click in the last segment before selecting all and then must repeat the command. I tried the merge button and shortcut, and also the shortcut to merge selected caption segments - that last one one does not work at all.

     

    Stan

      gerardbsc
      gerardbscAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 12, 2023

      Indeed, in beta it works perfectly fine ! I work in 23.4.
      These little improvements are really saving us a lot of time, like "upgrade captions to graphics" did a little while ago.

      Thank you very much to both of you.

      gerardbsc
      gerardbscAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 13, 2023

      EDIT : *Or is there a command to "Merge all segments together"?

      C
      Clare_Major
      Participating Frequently
      June 10, 2023

      Similar over here! I'm currently wishing for a way to merge multiple transcript segments at once—a "batch merge"? I had Premiere separate speakers while transcribing but it went overboard and has separated out individual words from one speaker's sentences into separate segments, in some cases. I've tried selecting more than two segments in the Text panel and clicking the "Merge segments" button, but the result is either no change or the top segment merging with the one above it, with no change to the lower segments.

       

      Premiere Pro 23.4.0 (Build 56)

      MacOS Ventura 13.4

        Stan Jones
        Community Expert
        Stan JonesCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 11, 2023

        @gerardbsc and @Clare_Major,

         

        Correct; there is no batch merge function. That would be a feature request.

         

        To use the merge segment function, you can select segments in various ways. However, it performs most consistently if you just click in the second of two segments in order to merge that one and the one before. For example, you can Ctrl+A to select all segments and merge segments repeatedly. But it only merges two segments at a time, and at some point it stops doing so.

         

        The easiest workaround I see is to click in the last segment in the transcript, and execute the merge, using the merge icon or a keyboard shortcut. After the merge, you will be in the merged segment, which is now the last one. Repeat until all segments are merged.

         

        The keyboard shortcut for the Text Panel is "Merge Segments." The default is Alt+M which does not work for me on windows, so I reassign it to Alt+Shft+B.

         

        This also works even if the segments to merge are different speakers.

         

        Yes, if it is a lengthy transcript, this is a pain.

         

        Stan

         

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