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Unable to change or edit speaker names in transcript

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
September 26, 2022
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I am using Premiere Pro 22.6.2 (Build 2). I have Premiere transcribe a sequence and check the box for it to recognize different speakers. All good.

But when I click on the speaker in the transcription window, it does not allow me to change to another speaker. And when I choose to edit the speaker name, the same does not save.

I used to be able to do this and it's a great feature. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix?

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TIM_Producer6

Participating Frequently

This happens when you have Premiere transcribe the clips as you import them so its "attaching" the transcript to the source clip (rather then say dropping your clips into a sequence then transcribing the sequence). To edit the speaker names in this case you'll need to reveal the clip in your project window, double click it, now in your Text panel you'll have the ability to edit the speaker names. The benefit of this is that your transcript will now follow that source clip throughout other sequences. The downside is that if you' have many clips, you'll have to change the speaker names for each clip. Hope that helps!

Andrew Johnstone

Known Participant

OK, I am not able to edit the speaker names at all. I have not been on Premier for a while, but we never had this issue before. What is going on...?

Andrew Johnstone

Known Participant

When I try to 'edit speaker names' i get a pop up box saying "To edit speaker names, make changes in the source transcript'. Not sure what it is asking me to do.

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defaulttakl3v3jszk2

Participant

I'm still experiencing this issue on 23.0.0. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't.

Barns_c

Participant

I had the same bug, couldn't change speaker names. Turns out if the sequence panel loses focus (blue highlight box around it) you can't change the names. You need to click back in the sequence timeline somwhere so the panel is highlighted and then change the name in the text panel.

The problem is, the sequence panel loses focus again when any change is made in any other panel. So you need to go back and highlight the timeline panel EVERY TIME you make a speaker change. This happens to also be true for the 'effect option' panel, which makes moving/scaling anything very, very tedious.

Completely stupid way of handling things obviously and Adobe needs to fix this. If I change any option which is already linked to some element in a sequence, with the name listed at the top and everything, there is no confusion possible as to what parameter you're changing, even though it's coming from a separate panel from the main sequence. The fact that I have to re-focus the correct sequence and/or sequence element for every change is totally redundant and cumbersome.

Adobe seem to have skipped a little piece of code somewhere. Please fix this !

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John26814415onyt

Participant

I had the same issues with switching/adding speakers. My fix was simple and random. Bottom left hand corner in transcrpit box, you can choose betwen three different text sizes. The defualt text size is the middle one so I randomly changed it to the smaller size and for some odd reason it allowed me to change/add speakers afterwards. Weird bug.

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SamVideo

Participating Frequently

I had this issue too, and after reading replies here, it seemed to be a dual-screen issue. So I found disabling Playback to a 2nd monitor resolved this issue for me - easy as that for now!

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SamVideo

Participating Frequently

Correction, my issue is not resolved. Yet another unresolved bug to add to the list.

Stan Jones

Community Expert

SamVideo,

Yes the "resolved" several users are reporting is a workaround that temporarily gets back to the correct function. But only temporarily.

The report that this may be related to monitor status is interesting. I am using a single monitor currently, so that might have something to do with the fact that I cannot replicate the issue.

Stan

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ds_aliengirl

Known Participant

I'm having the same issue and nothing seems to resolve it.

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flipdesign

Known Participant

try the technique of ethel edwards above in this thread, that's been working for me, very annoying and not consistent, but at least it gets a result

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ds_aliengirl

Known Participant

Unfortunately, that technique doesn't work for me but I just found that if I move the text window to my other screen it works and will keep working when I move back again (at least for a little while).

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UHS5E15

Participant

I havwe this problem too... it's really annoying!!

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Ethel Edwards

Participant

Opened a different sequence, jump back into the sequence with the transcript and then I can edit speaker and split / merge. It works maybe twice before I have to click back on the second sequence I made and then click back to the sequence I am working on. VERY ANNOYING. But it is working. Thanks liams15070763.

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Mel Matsuoka

Known Participant

I'm also experiencing this issue in 22.6.2 on macOS Monterey 12.5.1. The kebab-menu trick does not seem to be working for me.

Kevin PrangeAuthor

Participating Frequently

@Stan Jones and @liams15070763 Thanks for the replies. As liams5070763 has reported, it seems like it is periodic and I cannot tell what is causing it. Since reporting the problem, I have closed Premiere and restarted my PC. But I also needed to log out of my Adobe account for another reason. I don't know if any of these actions had an impact, but they are the only things that I have done that might have had an impact on the program.

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Jeremy26436038sg10

Participant

Randomly figured this out-- if you go to the three dots in the upper right hand side and choose "export to text" (dont think it matters) and save the export file. If you go back to Premiere the name is updated. This worked for me. Good luck.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for posting. Yes, there could be something amiss with this feature, a usability bug. I had a little trouble with Kevin's files, too, but once I went to the "three dots" menu (called a "Kabob" menu by my UI peeps), I selected the Edit Speakers dialog box and could switch the name there. Then, I clicked Save. It works.

Thanks again,

Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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liams15070763

Participant

I'm also having this issue on Premiere Pro 22.6.2 (Build 2) on a Mac.

Go to edit the speakers name, hit save and nothing happens. This only seems to happen every now and again. Sometimes it'll work fine but most of the time, it doesn't.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hi Kevin, Hi Liam,

Sorry. It is super odd that you are having the same issue. I tried a test and could not reproduce the issue. If you have a project exhibiting the issue, you can PM me the project file, and I can have the team take a look.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

Kevin PrangeAuthor

Participating Frequently

Kevin, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the problem, even on the project where I first encountered the problem. It seems to be working fine right now. The best I can say is that I will report back if it flairs up gain.

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