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Wong5EEC
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May 9, 2023
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Re-transcribe sequence and Language Selection aren't available for Text-Based Editing

  • May 9, 2023
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While I was hyped by the Text-Based Editing feature released on Premiere Pro 23.4 today, but I was confused by the new feature. I transcribed a sequence of a 40-min interview in Cantonese, but the default language was set to English, until I found out it's transcribed in nonsense English, the "Re-transcribe sequence" option in the drop down menu was greyed out. There is no way to delete the transcription data or redo the transcription process, unless I tried the old way "Generate static transcript" so I can choose another langauage and retranscribe the sequence, but text-based editing isn't available. 

 

Has anyone found out how to re-transcribe a text-based editing sequence? Or simply the feature wasn't there? 

 

    Correct answer nbechere

    You can not re-transcribe a TBE Sequence because it is not transcribed 🙂 - only the contained source footage is transcribed. The TBE sequence is just a compilation of that source material. 

     

    So if your source clip is already transcribed in Cantonese, the sequence will also show a cantonese transcript.
    If you really want to hard-transcribe the sequence, please select "Generate Static Transcript..." from the overflow menu in the text panel (upper right corner of the panel). This will disable TBE for this sequence but you'll get to chose a language and transcribe the sequence audio directly. 

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    Snehal339946522laz
    Inspiring
    June 20, 2024

    hi there, I solved a similar issue by lassowing all the dialogue clips in my timeline, right click menu and select 'Ignore Transcript'.

    This cleared the current text in the text panel and allowed the option to retranscribe the sequence.

    Stan Jones
    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2024

    @Snehal339946522laz,

     

    It's an interesting process, but I don't think it should have any effect on re-transcribing.

     

    If you select one or more source clips in a sequence and use "Ignore Transcript," and you double click one of those clips to open it in the Source Monitor, it will show "No dialogue" in transcript view and there is no option to transcribe or re-transcribe.

     

    If you right clip the original source clip in the Project Panel, without regard to the ignore transcript/sequence setting for the clip, it will show re-transcribe as an option.

     

    Stan

     

    lindead
    lindead
    Inspiring
    March 26, 2024

    I found this video, it helped me, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-1sJZTkfBw&ab_channel=LeadNerds

    Stan Jones
    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    March 26, 2024

    The subject of this thread is re-transcribing a source clip when the language was incorrect. And it deals with the problem of the re-transcribe option being greyed out when you are in Sequence/Program Monitor view when the transcription is of a source clip. The tutorial does not address this. The tutorial recommends creating a static/sequence transcript to avoid the issue, but does not explain why "re-transcribe sequence" is greyed out.

     

    The confusion about source media transcriptions and sequence ("static") transcriptions is a primary part of the text-based editing learning curve. If you don't want to use the text-based editing functions, just create static transcriptions of sequences and update (re-transcribe) as needed. And do not create source media transcriptions. But the text-based editing functions are very useful, and it is important to understand the difference even if you are not planning to use them.

     

    Early in the tutorial, the sequence shown is already transcribed using "create static transcription." We know this because the 3 dot menu shows "Generate text-based editing transcript" and "re-transcribe sequence."

     

    Then they click on another sequence, and say "it just doesn't work," because re-transcribe sequence is greyed out.  This time, we can see that there is only a source media transcript, because we see "create static transcription" and, since there is no static transcript, "re-transcribe sequence" is greyed out.

     

    If you have only a source media transcript, and you are in Source Monitor view, you will see "Re-transcribe clip" (NOT sequence).

     

    Stan

     

     

     

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    defaultig3dqv3ixuap
    New Participant
    March 6, 2024

    This is bloody infuriating. I cannot retranacribe a sequence in another language. It takes spanish audio and goes to english. Whyyyyy I cant even get the option for english let alone re transcribe being an option it is always greyed out.

    Stan Jones
    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    March 7, 2024

    A screenshot might help.

     

    In the project panel, right-click -> re-transcribe. That should the option to pick language.

     

    Stan

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    David25533612jes7
    New Participant
    October 26, 2023

    Hy guys, im here with a kind of related problem. I actually transcribed an italian video in my premiere pro in italian, howeever when I'm triyng to delete a part of I just can't. The option is greyed out. Do you know how to resolve? thanks in advance

     

    Stan Jones
    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    October 27, 2023

    I think you are in the "selection" mode and not the edit mode. Click the edit text (testo corretto?), press the Enter key, or double-click.

     

    Does that work?

     

    Stan

     

     

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    Kolja282207803yu6
    New Participant
    November 8, 2023

    Hi sorry i have the same issue and like to choose "re-transcribe sequence" but is grey. how to change it? i choose by mistake english and need to change it to German... as the engilsh makes nonsense right now. please help

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    Luciano29784385i32m
    New Participant
    August 17, 2023

    Propably its kind of late, but maybe it works for someone in the future, first of all, this works for me on the 23.5.0 version.

    In the project bin, or in the source/project file, select all of them (or necesary) right click/retranscribe, then a new tab opens, there you select the languaje and transcript.

     

      alfrexr78659032
      alfrexr78659032
      Participating Frequently
      October 12, 2023

      Thank you very much!!!!! This is the right answer.

      aayushnevatia
      aayushnevatia
      Participating Frequently
      June 27, 2023

      I am facing the same problem. My video is in English but TBE is transcribing it in Hindi and there's no way of changing it

        emilerk
        emilerk
        Known Participant
        July 24, 2023

        I have the exact same problem and it's infuriating. WHY IS THERE NOT A SIMPLE RESET PANEL/RESET TRANSCRIPT OPTION. I have a video with half interview in english the other half in french. I separated both english and french part. Did the caption/transcript first for the english part from the caption tab, it asked me what the transcript option I wanted like language etc. It worked well. Then for the french part, I was in the transcript tab and click on transcript thinking it would ask me what language etc, but no, it automatically started transcribing with no option to restart or cancel. And now I'm stuck. No matter what I do I'm stuck with the dumb english transcript of the french interview. Even when going to a new project, the bad transcript follow my clips, is there some metadata I can erase???? Also, the re-transcribe sequence is grayed out, I tried the re-transcribe option when clicking directly on clips in my project, choosed my audio clip, choose the right language and clicked ok, but then nothing. No change in the trancript from english to french, and now that option is grayed-out too. Wtf do I do now? Just add a reset button and everything would be fine.....

          Stan Jones
          Stan Jones
          Community Expert
          July 25, 2023

          @emilerk,

           

          I hear you re "reset" or "delete transcript" or similar requests. I think they would be useful.

           

          But the reality here is that all you need is "re-transcribe." And the secret to getting re-transcribe to not be greyed out is to know which type transcript you are looking at: source media or sequence/static.

           

          Screenshots would help; I cannot tell for sure from your description which you have.

           

          But there may be a special situation with your two languages in one video. Is the video with the two languages a single clip? If so, how have you separated them?

           

          Post back; we can get this sorted.

           

          Stan

           

          nbechere
          Adobe Employee
          nbechere
          Adobe Employee
          May 9, 2023

          Hi, 

          sequences by default are now put into text based editing mode. What happened in your case is that the source clip was transcribed in English and is now used in the text based editing sequence. You have three options to fix that:

          - You can retranscribe the source clip (by right clicking the source clip in the project panel context menu)
          - You can set your App Preferences to default to Chinese or Auto Detect the Language and restart the project
          - You can put the sequence in the old "static transcript" mode by going into the text panel, clicking the overflow menu and selecting "Generate Static Transcript..."

          Let me know if any of these address your issue. 

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            Wong5EECAuthor
            New Participant
            May 9, 2023

            Thank you for your reply, nbechere. I've tried your options. The issue is the text-based editing sequence I have used a wrong language to transcribe, I want to retranscribe it into a correct language. Even I was able to retranscribe the source clip into Cantonese, but the text-based editing sequence was still in English which I transcribed it wrong and couldn't be retranscribed correctly as the "Re-transcribe sequence" option was greyed out. 

              nbechere
              Adobe Employee
              nbechereCorrect answer
              Adobe Employee
              May 9, 2023

              You can not re-transcribe a TBE Sequence because it is not transcribed 🙂 - only the contained source footage is transcribed. The TBE sequence is just a compilation of that source material. 

               

              So if your source clip is already transcribed in Cantonese, the sequence will also show a cantonese transcript.
              If you really want to hard-transcribe the sequence, please select "Generate Static Transcript..." from the overflow menu in the text panel (upper right corner of the panel). This will disable TBE for this sequence but you'll get to chose a language and transcribe the sequence audio directly. 

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