Answer
With Fine-tuning subtitles you correct a clip's subtitles word by word. Each word is its own block with its own timing, so you cannot accidentally break the timing. This is useful when speech recognition picked a plausible but wrong word.
Early access
This feature is still in early access and is currently only available for selected accounts. Want to know if we can switch it on for you? Feel free to email us at support@identityfirstmedia.com and we will look at the options together.
Opening it
- Open a clip that has already been rendered.
- Below the video, click Fine-tune subtitles.
At the top you see the video, and below it the subtitles split into line cards, exactly as they appear in the video.
What you can do
- Hear a word: tap a word. You hear that exact fragment and the word lights up.
- Hear a whole line: click Listen on the card.
- Correct text: tap a word, type the right text, and confirm with Enter. The timing stays in place.
- Split a word: type a space in the input field, for example to split a glued-together word in two.
- Merge: use the merge icon to combine a word with the next one.
- Delete a word: use the trash icon.
- Insert a word: click the plus between two words and type the missing word.
- Trim the start or end: use the scissors at the edges to cut away a too-long start or end. Trimmed words turn gray. Tap them to bring them back.
- Let the AI help: click AI suggestion. The AI checks the subtitles for mishearings and proposes corrections. You decide: Accept or Ignore. Nothing is ever changed automatically.
Words the recognition is unsure about get a small dot, so you know which ones to check.
Saving
At the bottom, click Save & re-render. The clip is re-rendered with your subtitles. From that point on, your subtitles take the lead and the AI no longer changes them.
Tips
- Tap the words with a dot first, those are the most likely errors.
- Use the scissors to neatly trim a hesitant start or a trailing end.
- Unsure about a word? Listen to it first before changing it.