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How to label speakers in a Premiere Pro transcript
Short answer
Transcribe with speaker recognition on, then in the Transcript tab click a speaker name and choose Edit Speakers to rename them. To fix a line, click its speaker label and pick the right person.
In Premiere Pro
01
Turn on speaker recognition
When you transcribe, tick the option to recognize when different speakers talk.
02
Rename the speakers
In the Transcript tab, click a speaker label such as Speaker 1, choose Edit Speakers, and type each person's name.
03
Fix a wrong line
Click the speaker label at the start of a paragraph and choose the right speaker.
04
Use the names
Speaker names show in the transcript export and help when you search for who said what.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie detects speakers and names them when the audio makes the name clear.
Otherwise speakers show as Speaker 1 and so on. To rename one, open the clip's transcript, click the filter icon, go to Speakers and click the pencil. Use the swap icon to move a line to another speaker. A rename stays in that one interview. Speaker colors work in captions, such as "Make Speaker 2's captions yellow."
From the help center
Questions
- What is speaker labeling in Premiere Pro?
- Premiere detects changes of voice in the transcript and marks each paragraph with a speaker, which you can rename.
- Can Premiere tell speakers apart on one microphone?
- Usually, if the voices differ. Similar voices get mixed up and need fixing by hand.