Creating the Initial Transcript for an Entire Asset

To create the initial transcript for an asset, proceed as follows.

c You can start transcript creation for a master clip but also from a subclip. Triggering transcript creation from a subclip will transcribe the whole master clip.

To create the initial transcript:

1. Open an asset in the Transcript tab.

   If the asset has no transcript, the "There is no transcript yet" message is shown.

   Only for users of a group that has the entitlement Avid Ada Transcribe RW Access assigned, additionally "You can generate a transcript for the whole asset" and a Transcribe Asset button are shown.

   

   The transcript selection in the Transcript tab toolbar is empty.

2. Click the Transcribe Asset button.

   The Create Transcript dialog box opens. For a master clip, the following is shown:

   

   For a sublip, the following is shown:

   

3. (optional) Enter a name for the transcript to be created in the Transcript Name field.

   If you do not enter a name, the audio track name is used as transcript name.

4. Select the track(s) for which a transcript is to be generated from the Audio Track list.

   The Audio Track list shows the available audio tracks of the asset — but not more than 16.

   n If you select more than one audio track, the tracks will be mixed down into one track for transcription and a transcript for the mixed down audio track is created.

5. Click the Transcribe button.

   The dialog box is closed and the transcript creation job is triggered. The Transcript tab shows a "Transcription in progress" message.
   

   

   If the transcript creation cannot be triggered, a "Failed to create transcript" error message is shown and the Create Transcript dialog box is not closed. Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

   

6. (optional) Open the Process app and monitor the transcript creation job. See Monitoring Transcribe Jobs in the Process App.

7. Wait until the transcript is shown.

   • For non-growing clips that are shorter than 1 hour, the fully created transcript is shown. Once the transcribe job has completed, the Transcript tab display auto-refreshes and all transcript segments are automatically shown.

     If the transcribe job fails before completion, the Transcription in progress message will be replaced by the Transcription failed message.

   • When a transcript is created for a growing (EWC) clip or a non-growing clip that is longer than 1 hour, the Transcript tab display auto-refreshes, new portions of the transcript are automatically shown. As long as the transcript creation is not finished, the shown transcript segments are in read-only mode. When the transcript creation is finished, the Transcript tab auto-refreshes and enables editing of the transcript.

     If the transcribe job fails before completion, a message "The transcript creation failed" is shown for a short period of time on the Fast bar, and a warning icon is displayed between the transcript selector and Find control on the toolbar. Its tool-tip reads "Transcription error: partial transcript only". Already displayed portions of the transcript are kept and can be edited.