Instantly transcribe video to text with AI.

Follow these instructions to transcribe your video accurately:

1. Open your video project in Adobe Premiere.
2. Go to the Speech to Text panel in the workspace.
3. Click Transcribe Sequence to transcribe video to text automatically.
4. Select the video language and any transcription options, such as speaker detection.
5. Wait for the AI to process and generate the full video transcript.
6. Review and edit the transcript in the panel to correct any errors.
7. Save the transcript for future editing or caption creation.

Use these steps to create captions or subtitles from your transcript:

1. After generating a transcript, click Create Captions in the Speech to Text panel.
2. Choose your caption style: Open Captions (always visible) or Closed Captions (toggleable).
3. Premiere will auto generate captions for your video based on the transcript.
4. Adjust timing or placement directly on the timeline if necessary.
5. To create subtitles for external platforms, choose Export Subtitles and select the preferred format (SRT, VTT, etc.).
6. Review the captions/subtitles and save the project.

Follow these steps to translate captions into other languages:

1. After generating captions, click Translate Captions in the Speech to Text panel.
2. Select the target language(s) from the 27 supported options.
3. Premiere will auto generate subtitles from video in the selected language.
4. Review translated captions and adjust formatting or timing as needed.
5. Save the translated captions for export or timeline use.

Here’s how to customise the appearance of your captions or subtitles:

1. Select the caption or subtitle track in the timeline.
2. Open the Essential Graphics panel.
3. Adjust text font, size, colour, background, and placement to match your video style.
4. Optionally, add motion effects or animations to captions.
5. Save your settings as a caption template for reuse in other projects.

Speech to Text is available for: English, English (UK), Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Traditional Chinese (Mandarin), Traditional Cantonese, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Italian, Russian, Hindi, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

No, Speech to Text is included in your Premiere subscription. There is currently no set limit for fair and reasonable use by individual subscribers, for their own projects.

With Premiere 22.2 (and later) you can use Speech to Text off-line. Premiere includes an English language pack for transcriptions. Additional language packs can be downloaded individually. Once a language pack is installed, you can create transcriptions of your videos without an Internet connection.

Yes. Speech to Text leverages AI technology to generate transcripts and position captions on the timeline so that they match the pacing and cadence of the spoken words.

SCC, MCC, STL and DFXMP files or embed captions into videos upon export.

To edit a video with text in Adobe Premiere, create a new Title clip, add your desired text and customise its appearance. Place the Title clip on the Timeline above your video clips. Use the Title Tool to reposition or animate the text overlay. Additionally, you can import pre-made title templates from Adobe Stock.

Transcript-based editing in Adobe Premiere refers to the ability to generate a text transcript from the audio in your video clips. You can then edit the transcript text and have Premiere automatically adjust the corresponding video and audio clips based on the edited transcript. This streamlines the editing process for dialogue-heavy projects.

To enable text-based editing in Adobe Premiere, go to the Workflow workspace and select the Transcription tool. You can then transcribe audio from your video clips or import an existing transcript file. Once the transcript is available, you can edit the text directly and Premiere will automatically update the corresponding video and audio segments based on your text edits.

Adobe Premiere makes it easy to refine your videos and audio while managing captions. Use Extend Video & Audio to lengthen clips seamlessly with Generative AI, adding frames or audio to the start or end of a shot. Then, fine-tune your edits with Editing and Trimming tools to ensure captions and transcripts stay perfectly aligned with your content.