Edit a transcript

Open any finished transcript from the Library to see the editor. The text sits in the middle, the player bar holds playback controls and the side panel has the AI notes and Details tabs. A toolbar above the text holds the tools described below.

Play the audio

The player bar has these controls:

• Play and Pause start and stop playback.
• Back 5 seconds and Forward 5 seconds jump along the recording.
• Playback position is a slider you can drag to any point.
• Speed changes how fast the audio plays.

Each segment starts with its time. Select the time to play from that point. Selecting a segment’s text also selects the segment and moves playback to its start.

While the audio plays, the active segment is highlighted and the transcript follows it. If you scroll away, a Back to playback button appears. Choose it to jump back to the playing segment.

Note

The transcript scrolls with the audio only if Auto-scroll is on in Settings, Appearance. That page also has Pause while typing, which pauses playback while you type in the transcript.

Fix the text

1. Select the segment you want to fix.

2. Press Enter, or choose the pencil button that appears on the segment. The button is named Edit segment followed by the segment number.

3. Type your change.

4. Press Esc or click outside the box to stop editing.

Scribewren saves your changes on its own. The save indicator in the player bar reads Saving…, then Saved. If saving fails it reads Not saved, followed by Retry. Choose Retry to try again.

Use the Undo and Redo buttons in the toolbar, or Ctrl or Cmd plus Z and Ctrl or Cmd plus Shift plus Z.

If you edit in two tabs

If the same segment changes in another tab or window, the segment shows This segment changed in another tab. Choose Reload segment to load the newer version.

A translated version of a transcript is read-only. Edit the original and translate it again. See Translation.

Name the speakers

When Scribewren finds speakers, each segment starts with a speaker name. Open the speaker menu on a segment to:

• Choose Rename speaker…. The Speaker name dialog changes the name for every segment of that speaker. Choose Rename to save or Cancel to close.
• Pick another speaker under Change this segment to when a segment was assigned to the wrong person.
• Choose New speaker… to add someone Scribewren did not detect. The dialog button reads Add speaker.

If a transcript has no speaker labels, the editor tells you with a notice. See Transcription statuses.

Search the transcript

Choose Find in the toolbar, or press Ctrl or Cmd plus F. The Find in transcript box shows No matches or your position, for example 2 of 9. Use the next and previous buttons to move between matches and Match case to match capitals exactly.

Details and audio

The Details tab lists Language, Duration, Words, Segments, Speakers and when the file was Added.

Choose Delete audio to remove the playback copy. The dialog Delete the audio? says you can no longer play this recording and that the transcript is kept. The sample transcript does not offer this option.

Tools in the toolbar

Tool	What it does
Version switcher	Switches between the original and a finished translation.
Undo, Redo	Steps through your edits.
Find	Searches the text.
Translate	Starts a translation. See Translation.
Export	Downloads or copies the transcript. See Export and copy.
Keyboard shortcuts	Shows the list of shortcuts. Press ? for the same list.

The AI notes tab holds summaries, chapters and action items. See AI notes.

If a transcript has no text, the editor shows This transcript has no text.