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Premiere transcribe

  • August 30, 2023
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This feature seems to have diminished with the latest Premiere update. For some reason now when I try to transcribe a sequence, I get certain paragraphs in Premiere transcription that say "Source has not been transcribed" 

 

Huh? I thought the idea was Premiere was transcribing. I don't get it. Anyone else have this come up in their transcription?

Correct answer Stan Jones

@Mitzleplick8867,

 

A new transcription method was introduced in PR 23.4.0, May 2023. The original transcription method transcribed Sequences only and did not change as you edited. This is still available, and is selected in the Text Panel -> Transcript tab -> 3 dot menu as “Generate Static Transcript.” The new method transcribes Source media, and that transcript stays with the media. It can be used for “Text-Based editing.” When you are ready to explore that method, watch a tutorial demonstrating its use. (See below.) But first let’s focus on getting the old method working for you.

 

  • Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Transcription and turn off automatic transcription. (I suspect that it is turned on.) Or, if you are creating a new project, you can turn off auto-transcription there.
  • In the Text panel -> Transcript tab, 3 dot menu, turn off "show untranscribed."
  • In the Text panel -> Transcript tab, in the bottom left, make sure the checkbox for "Follow Active Monitor" is turned off. And click on the icon for “Show Program Monitor Transcript.”
  • To create a transcript of the sequence, click in the timeline/sequence to make sure it is active, then Text Panel -> Transcript tab -> 3 dot menu and click on “Generate Static Transcript.”

 

If you have already created some source transcripts, you cannot delete them, but you don’t have to use them. If you experience a problem with this, post back.

 

For the new method, note that there are 2 help documents:

Text-Based Editing | FAQs

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/text-based-editing-faq.html

Text-Based Editing in Premiere Pro

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/text-based-editing.html

 

Here’s a link to a tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_QxSET-dO4

 

Stan

 

2 replies

Carlo Mov
Carlo Mov
Known Participant
November 13, 2023

Agree. It's ridiculous that instead of improving Premiere goes backward!!! Why can't you make it simple like it used to "Transcribe Sequence" Becasue, we don't want to transcribe a 1000 clips in the project panel if we are only using few of them, and what is I had clips where audio is not needed? So, now we have to wait hours before Premiere transcribes all the clips? It is so bad. Premiere 24.1 has to improve the trasncribe feature becasue it is wasting our time.

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Stan JonesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 13, 2023

Carlo,

 

Yes, you want to turn off the automatic transcription.

 

See the bullet points in this post above:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/premiere-transcribe/m-p/14050231#M474234

 

And resist any prompts from PR that invite you to turn autotranscription on.

 

Stan

 

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Stan JonesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 30, 2023

@Mitzleplick8867,

 

A new transcription method was introduced in PR 23.4.0, May 2023. The original transcription method transcribed Sequences only and did not change as you edited. This is still available, and is selected in the Text Panel -> Transcript tab -> 3 dot menu as “Generate Static Transcript.” The new method transcribes Source media, and that transcript stays with the media. It can be used for “Text-Based editing.” When you are ready to explore that method, watch a tutorial demonstrating its use. (See below.) But first let’s focus on getting the old method working for you.

 

  • Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Transcription and turn off automatic transcription. (I suspect that it is turned on.) Or, if you are creating a new project, you can turn off auto-transcription there.
  • In the Text panel -> Transcript tab, 3 dot menu, turn off "show untranscribed."
  • In the Text panel -> Transcript tab, in the bottom left, make sure the checkbox for "Follow Active Monitor" is turned off. And click on the icon for “Show Program Monitor Transcript.”
  • To create a transcript of the sequence, click in the timeline/sequence to make sure it is active, then Text Panel -> Transcript tab -> 3 dot menu and click on “Generate Static Transcript.”

 

If you have already created some source transcripts, you cannot delete them, but you don’t have to use them. If you experience a problem with this, post back.

 

For the new method, note that there are 2 help documents:

Text-Based Editing | FAQs

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/text-based-editing-faq.html

Text-Based Editing in Premiere Pro

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/text-based-editing.html

 

Here’s a link to a tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_QxSET-dO4

 

Stan

 

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