Fix a misheard transcript line and update its captions

Automatic transcription gets most words right. The ones it misses tend to matter: a dish, a town, a word in a regional accent, a phrase in French that comes out meaning something else. Until now that wrong word sat in the transcript, in the captions on every clip and in every export. Now you can open the line, fix it and save, and the correction follows the line everywhere it shows up.

A silent walkthrough, from a misheard word to a matching caption.

How it works

• Open the line. Every participant line in the transcript has an Edit transcript button. It works on the original transcript and on the translated one.

• Hear it while you type. The edit window plays that line's clip above the text, so you can check what the participant actually said.

• Save once. The correction updates the transcript, the exports and the video captions. Edit the original language and the translated transcript and both subtitle tracks follow within a few minutes.

• Nothing is lost. The line keeps a version history with who changed it and when, and Restore brings back any earlier wording.

Quotes, reels and coding update when you ask

Quotes and reels made from the line pick up the fix when you regenerate them. Facet codings on the line stay as they were until you act: the edit window shows how many there are, so you can review them or run Reanalyze above the transcript. You decide when the analysis moves.

Research teams asked for it in four situations

These come from teams we work with in consumer goods, food and dairy, consulting, and from research agencies. We kept them anonymous.

• A misheard word in a lower-quality recording. Teams wanted to hear the line and type the right word themselves.

• Captions on clips that go to stakeholders. Teams sharing clips asked to fix subtitles before anyone else saw them.

• Interviews in another language. Teams reading translated transcripts asked for a way to fix the source line and have the translation follow.

• A last check before sharing. Agencies asked to go through transcripts and correct them before they reach a client.

What this means for your research

The words you quote, clip and export are the words the participant said. You stay in control of the record: every change is logged and reversible.

Edits apply line by line. Existing quotes and reels change only after you regenerate them, and coding changes only after a reanalysis, so plan those steps for lines that feed your findings.

Transcript editing in under three minutes

Watch a French line get corrected

Read the interviews and transcripts guide to see where edits show up.