Edit video from the transcript

Prepare a transcript

1. Open the Transcript inspector and choose Transcribe. Select the audio source and the language spoken in the take.
2. Prepare the local resources if this is your first time, wait for recognition and review the result before saving the transcript.
3. If you have transcribed more than one source, use the selector to choose the corresponding one. If the original has changed and the transcript is no longer valid, transcribe that source again.

Search and follow playback

Select words to locate their interval in the video. Search lets you move to the previous and next matches. “Follow playback” keeps the text near the moment being played.

You can expand or collapse the transcript panel. To adjust its width, drag the divider or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys.

Remove words or pauses from video

1. Enable “Show pauses” to also review intervals without speech. Select the text or pause to remove and check its duration.
2. For a pause, use “Preview pause” and listen to the context: another source may contain sound even when the transcribed source has no speech.
3. Choose “Remove from video”. The interval is cut from the edit and its synchronized tracks. Play the join and use ⌘Z to undo if needed.

Text correction and hiding captions are separate actions

• “Correct text” changes the spelling of consecutive words in one occurrence. It preserves original audio and video; corrected words may need timing alignment.
• “Hide in captions” removes selected words from captions derived from that transcript. It does not cut voice or video.
• “Create captions” generates the visible layer from the transcript. If another layer already exists, review the replacement notice before changing it; you can undo the change.

Restore or update carefully

Enable “Show removed text”, select the section and choose “Restore in video”. If later edits changed the original join, restore those cuts first or recover the material from the timeline.

“Update transcript” or “Sync” can prepare missing word timings. Earlier transcripts and their corrections are retained; if an update cannot safely link existing edits, the app keeps the previous version and identifies what needs review.