Assigning Transcript Segment to Another Speaker

If you find out that a portion of the transcript is not assigned to the right speaker, you can correct this. You have the following options:

• Assign portions of a segment to another speaker.

• Assign one or several segments to another speaker.

To assign portions of a segment to another speaker:

1. Click the Edit Mode button so it turns blue.

2. Scroll to the segment that contains portions to be assigned to another speaker.

3. Select the word(s) to be re-assigned:

   1. Click on a word to be re-assigned.

      The selected word is highlighted.

      

   2. To create a selection of words, highlight the words by using the mouse cursor.

      

4. Right-click the selection.

5. In the context menu that appears, select Change Speaker > <speaker name>.

   

   The selected words are assigned to the new speaker.

   Depending on the time stamp of the words, the following happens:

   • The words are added to a previous segment of the speaker.

   • The words are added to a following segment of the speaker.

   • A new segment with the words is created for the speaker.

To assign segments or text across segments to another speaker:

1. Click the Edit Mode button so it turns blue.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click a segment that you want to assign to another speaker.

   • Select a segment, then press Shift+click to select a range or Ctrl+click to select individual segments and right-click the selection.

   • Click in a segment and move the pressed-down mouse pointer up or down to select text across segments, then right-click the selection.

3. In the context menu that appears, select Change Speaker > <speaker name>.

   

   The segment, selection or segments are assigned to the new speaker; the name is updated in the Speakers column.