Is there a way to search multiple transcripts in different sequences at once?

[Al Yonder]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a way of searching through multiple transcripts in different sequences at the same time?

Ive got around 80 hours of interviews in 40 different sequences, and pulling my hair out trying to figure a way of searching through all transcripts at once, rather than one at a time - which I'm currently doing.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated. 🙂

[Stan Jones]

I don't think there is a way in PR.

One workaround: export each sequence as csv. Oh, wait, that is a Beta feature? Not where I can test till tonight. If not, create captions and export. Import each as a new sheet in Excel and name the sheet the sequence name.

Search the whole workbook.

Stan

[Al Yonder]

Thanks Stan,

I was hoping there might be a simple way to do it within Premiere that I was missing, but I guess there isn't.

I saw a plug in called Power Search that I'll try and get a demo for in the hope that might do the job - or make three or four long 24 hr sequences maybe....

Thanks again

Al

[tomjstern]

Hi Al, I'm trying to do the same thing. Did you try Power Search? How does it work?

[tomjstern]

FYI I tried Power Search plug in - it's not helping. The folks who sell it told me it won't work with Adobe Premiere transcriptions. Because I have a lot more than 24 hours of interviews to search, I'm going to try exporting all the transcriptions to a Word file and then search that way. I will have to then open the relevant sequence when I find a shot in Word, but I can't think of a better way. Does anyone else have a way to globally search transcriptions?

[owens74073756]

I don't have a solution to what you're asking for -- but just to check... do you have a way to search multiple audio files within one, single sequence? I can't find a way to search multiple trascribed audio files, period. If you have a way to search within a single sequence, I'd love to hear it!

[tomjstern]

I don't know the answer to your question, sorry. My workaround is to export all my transcriptions to a word file so i can search that and then go back into premiere and find the shot

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[Stefan26225810jexg · Accepted solution]

Just had the sae question. This is now possible in the latest Beta (as of February 2025) It allows you to find all with a new project wide search, supported by ai, even finding images by keywords.

[Al Yonder]

Great news!

Thanks

[vasils]

You can upload and transcribe all your interviews using Otter. ai, Sonix. ai, or Trint. Then, use their global search feature to search all transcripts simultaneously.

Alternatively, if you already have text files, try:
:small_blue_diamond: Windows/macOS Search – Use built-in search with keywords.
:small_blue_diamond: Notepad++ or Sublime Text – Use "Find in Files" to search across multiple documents.
:small_blue_diamond: Google Drive/Docs – Upload all transcripts and use the search bar.

For more advanced solutions, consider NLTK (Python) for keyword analysis.

Hope this helps! 😊