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How to transcribe video in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

In DaVinci Resolve Studio, right-click a clip in the Media Pool and choose Audio Transcription > Transcribe. When it finishes, open the transcript from the same menu to read, search and edit from the text.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Pick the clips
  2. 02Transcribe
  3. 03Open the transcript
  4. 04Search it
  5. 05Edit from the text

  1. 01

    Pick the clips

    Select one or more clips in the Media Pool on the Edit or Cut page.

  2. 02

    Transcribe

    Right-click and choose Audio Transcription > Transcribe. Set the language first if Resolve doesn't detect it.

  3. 03

    Open the transcript

    Right-click the clip again and open the transcription. The text plays in sync with the clip in the viewer.

  4. 04

    Search it

    Type a word in the transcript's search field to jump to every place it is spoken.

  5. 05

    Edit from the text

    Select a passage and add it to the timeline from the transcription window, or delete words to cut them from the clip.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Audio transcription needs DaVinci Resolve Studio. The free version doesn't have the option.
Note 2
Text-based editing arrived in Resolve 19; menu names differ a little between versions.

Eddie AI

Do it in Eddie

Eddie transcribes every clip you import, in 100+ languages.

Eddie detects the language automatically and time-stamps every word, with no Studio license needed. Attach a keyterm dictionary before import to get names and terms spelled right. Eddie then logs each interview, so you can ask for soundbites by topic and build the cut from the transcript.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Can DaVinci Resolve free transcribe audio?
No. Audio transcription is a DaVinci Resolve Studio feature.
Why is the transcript in the wrong language?
Resolve guessed the language. Set it by hand in the transcription options and transcribe again.

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